The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research has funded a new 2-year contract totaling almost $350K with Dr. Steven and colleagues at the University of Iowa. The project is designed to manage and share the 28 years of data previously collected as part of the Iowa Fluoride Study and the Iowa Bone Development Study. Read more on the College of Dentistry website.

The National Institute of Nursing Research awarded Dr. Xi Chen, associate professor in preventive and community dentistry, a two-year R21 grant totaling over $426K for his project “Functionally-tailored Oral Care Intervention for Community-dwelling Older Adults with Dementia and Their Caregivers.” Read more about the project on the College of Dentistry website.

Dr. Emily Lanzel (visiting assistant professor in OPRM) received a $25K grant from the Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation for her project, “Salivary biomarkers for diagnosis of childhood Sjögren syndrome.” Read more about the project on the College of Dentistry website.

The American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (AAOF) awarded Dr. Kyungsup Shin (Orthodontics) a $20K grant for his project “Fracture Energy Assessment Using CBCT: a pilot study for predicting risk of Post-Traumatic Craniofacial deformities.” Read more on the College of Dentistry website.