DMD 11 Students Share APEX Research During Oral Presentations

Nine Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) DMD 11 students involved in research during their recently completed APEX I rotations presented their findings on Thursday, August 7. BUGSDM faculty, many of whom served as research mentors; staff; and students attended the session. Professor and Associate Dean for Research Dr. Salomon Amar hosted the session and Manager of Science Information Afaf Hourani organized the event and served as moderator.

"This event honors predoctoral student research efforts, something I enthusiastically support," said Dr. Amar. "I thank the students and the mentors for their hard work in bringing about such a high quality of work."

The following students presented their research:

Deepas Vyas: Partial characterization of the role played by scavenger receptor A in the macrophage response to the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis
Elizabeth Benz: Determining the relationship of root caries development and fluoridated water supply in the participants of the VA dental longitudinal study
Courtney Brady: Program white coat: an assessment of its ability to stimulate young minds toward a health career
Jeffrey Clark: Odontogenic Keratocysts: an analysis of surgical treatment options and their long-term results
Serena Jacob: Purification of tap-tag wild type E-cadherin and its N-glycosylated variant V13
Firouzeh Jamshidi: Osteocalcin production by osteoblasts in response to platelet rich plasma and resolvin E1
Payam Matin: Oral health related quality of life in BUSDM patients
Kunha Park: Elevated mitochondrial respiration and superoxide production in diabetic PMN
Ankit Patel: Double mutant mice that are diabetic and superoxide deficient are at a lower risk of developing periodontal disease

Click here for a more detailed list of the student’s research, including the mentors associated with each.