RECENT GRANTS AND AWARDS Homa Amini, DDS, MS, MPH Dental faculty loan repayment program; Health Resources & Services Administration: $60,750 John Bartlett, MS, PhD Enamelysin processing mechanisms in amelogenesis; National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: $514,584 Canise Bean, DMD, MPH Medicaid Equity Simulation Project; Ohio Department of Medicaid: $23,101 Lewis Claman, DDS, MS Tobacco cessation counseling training for Ohio Medicaid dental providers; Ohio Department of Medicaid: $112,376 Bryant Cornelius, DDS, MBA, MPH Comparing oral ketamine and liquid oxycodone for postoperative pain management following surgical removal of two mandibular third molars, American Society of Dentists Anesthesiologists: $7,206
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Brian Foster, PhD Role of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase in dentoalveolar development and disease; National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: $156,000 Rachel Kearney, BSDH, MS An evaluation of the effects of listening to music on dental anxiety during a scheduled dental appointment; International Federation of Dental Hygienists: $1,000 Do-Gyoon Kim, PhD Effects of reproduction and lactation on postmenopausal bone health; University of Pennsylvania: $6,274 Purnima Kumar, BDS, MS, PhD Interactive Omics: Black raspberry metabolites and the oral microbiome in smokers; National Cancer Institute: $132,858 Purnima Kumar, BDS, MS, PhD E-cigarettes and perturbations in the subgingival ecosystem; National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: $473,892
Shareef Dabdoub, PhD Uncovering the functional potential of the developing peri-implant microbiome; National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: $148,200
Purnima Kumar, BDS, MS, PhD Assessment of the relevance of the plaque biofilm-oral disease matrix; William Wrigley Jr. Company: $60,782
Brian Foster, PhD Function of cementocytes in cellular cementum formation and resorption; National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: $148,304
Purnima Kumar, BDS, MS, PhD Impact of peri-implant treatment using glycine powder air-abrasive debridement on the oral microbiome; Colgate-Palmolive Company: $30,000
Brian Foster, PhD Modeling odontohypophosphatasia in the sheep; Texas A&M University: $15,251
Eugene Leys, PhD The oral microbiome in HIV-associated oral warts and candidiasis; LSU Health Sciences Center: $10,000
Brian Foster, PhD Functions of extracellular matrix proteins in dental and skeletal mineralization; National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research: $701,593
Eugene Leys, PhD Diabetes reversal and the subgingival microbiota; University of Pennsylvania: $189,371
