AADR Annual Meeting Elicits Participation From Many Areas of BUGSDM
The Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) was held from April 2-5 in Dallas, Texas. The meeting included individual oral and poster presentations and symposia/workshops on topics of major interest to the scientific community. The meeting is recognized as an excellent forum for the presentation of current dental and collateral research […]
Dr. Thomas Van Dyke Lectures at National Symposium
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Professor and Director of the Clinical Research Center Dr. Thomas Van Dyke lectured at The Burning Question: How to Manage the Fire Within on April 17. The Burning Question is a national symposium on inflammation and disease progression that was held at Wayne State University School of […]
Dr. Eva Helmerhorst Receives Research Funding From NIDCR
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Periodontology and Oral Biology Assistant Professor Dr. Eva J. Helmerhorst has received a notice of award from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) for her R21 grant application, Oral Fluid Proteolytic Effects on Salivary Protein Structure and Function. The award is for $446,875 and […]
Bad Teeth Pose Heart Disease Risk in Younger Men, Study Shows
Members of the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, Associate Professor Dr. Thomas Dietrich, Research Coordinator Monik Jimenez, Professor Dr. Elizabeth Krall Kaye, Pantel S. Vokonas, and Professor and Chair Dr. Raul Garcia, show conclusively periodontal disease is a risk factor for coronary heart disease […]
Congratulations, Mohammed
Dr. Mohammed Fahmi PROS 10 received the second place poster presentation award at the 80th Annual Meeting of The American Prosthodontic Society. The meeting was held February 21 – 22, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The title of Dr. Fahmi’s poster was, Effect of Surface Treatment on Porcelain Bond Strength to Zirconia. The objective of his […]
Congratulations, Camille
Camille Siqueira PERIO 08 won first place in the postdoctoral category at the Yankee Dental Congress Student Table Clinics. Her presentation was titled, "Minimally Invasive Sinus Elevation Techniques With or Without Simultaneous Implant Placement: How to Get Around Challenging Anatomical Limitations." Siqueira worked with Drs. Thomas Van Dyke and Serge Dibart in the Department of […]
Weakened Antibacterial Immunity Linked to Obesity
Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Salomon Amar, and his team have linked obesity to weakened antibacterial immunity. Through experimental research, Dr. Amar and his team looked at how control and obese mice fought P. gingivalis infection. In order to study this, they infected the mice using silk thread that had been coated with bacterial broth […]
BUGSDM Students Present Research at the Hinman Student Research Symposium
Renato de Luna DMD 09 traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, last month to present his research as part of a poster presentation at the Hinman Student Research Symposium. Renato’s presentation, “The Role of N-Glycosylation in Submandibular Gland (SMG) Branching Morphogensis,” was based on research he did during his APEX rotation in Professor of Molecular and Cell […]
CTRC Named New “Bad Guy” of Chronic Pancreatitis
Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has named CTRC a susceptibility gene for three common forms of chronic pancreatitis, including alcoholic pancreatitis, which accounts for the majority of all cases in the United States and Europe; tropical pancreatitis, a common form found in India; and idiopathic pancreatitis, in which the […]
New Susceptibility Gene Discovered for Chronic Pancreatitis
Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth of Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine has named CTRC a susceptibility gene for three common forms of chronic pancreatitis, including alcoholic pancreatitis, which accounts for the majority of all cases in the and Europe; tropical pancreatitis, a common form found in ; and idiopathic pancreatitis, in which the cause is […]