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Sponsored Research Awards

Greater than $50,000 from Sept. 1, 2019, to Feb. 29, 2020


NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

Darnell Kaigler: (RO1) $2,070,588. Redefining mesenchymal stem cells: using their cellular and molecular phenotypes to determine their regenerative and therapeutic properties.

Lucia Cevidanes: (RO1) $2,545,710. Integrative Predictors of Temporomandibular Osteoarthritis.

Brent Ward: (UG3 Subcontract with Rutgers) $1,108,480 (Projected total award). Opioid Analgesic Reduction Study (OARS): Managing Post-Operative Surgical Pain.

Yu Leo Lei: (UO1) $3,799,975. Robust Immuno-prevention Strategies for High-Risk Oral Epithelial Dysplasia.

Carlos Gonzalez: (NIH STTR/SBIR Phase 2 with Greenmark Biomedical) $477,182. Bioresorbable Nanoparticles for Visual Detection of Early-Stage Dental Caries.

Renny Franceschi: (F30) $277,395. Exosome-mediated Craniofacial Bone Tissue Engineering by Controlled Release. Student: Ben Swanson.

Vesa Kaartinen: (RO3) $156,000. Periderm in Palatogenesis.

Hsun Liang Chan: (R21) $429,000. Quantitative Estimation of Periodontal Inflammation and Tissue Destruction with High-Resolution Ultrasound-Based Imaging.

FOUNDATIONS, INDUSTRY and OTHER AWARDS

Marco Bottino: Osteo Science Foundation, $100,000. Novel Bioceramic-based 3D Printed Hybrid Scaffold for Local MicroRNA Delivery.

Mark Fitzgerald and Howard Hamerink: Delta Dental Foundation, $150,000. U-M SoD Victors for Veterans Program.

Dennis Fasbinder: 3M, $210,535 (projected total award). Clinical Performance of Chairside CAD/CAM Restorations using a New Adhesive Cement.