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Research Grant Program


About the Research Grant Program

Research grants are awarded twice a year. To date, over $2.1 million has been awarded to researchers. Grants are reviewed and evaluated by the AAE Research and Scientific Affairs Committee. Grant recipients are notified after Annual Session for the spring cycle and after the Foundation Board of Trustees Interim Meeting for the fall cycle. Per review cycle, the highest scoring student and nonstudent research proposals receive special recognition and an additional $500 award.

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Research Grant Recipients

Below are names and institutions of funded researchers. Thank you to all applicants for submitting research that strengthens and advances the specialty of endodontics.

Fall Research Grant recipients are announced mid-November, and Spring Research Grant recipients are announced following the AAE Annual Session in May.

NEXT FALL DEADLINE: August 18, 2012
NEXT SPRING DEADLINE: February 7, 2013

 

Spring 2011 Grantees Total: $70,862 

 

Steven L. Richardson 

$1,530 

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 

Access to Endodontic Care in North Carolina Public Health and Medicaid Settings 

Andrea Shah 

$2,100 

Tufts University  

Outcomes in patients hospitalized for periapical abscess: a longitudinal trend analysis from 200o to 2008 

Sara D. Iampaglia 

$2,340 

University of Illinois Chicago 

Effect of different irrigating solutions on intradicular dentin microstructure during endodontic therapy

Anousheh Persadmehr 

$7,017 

University of Toronto 

An in vitro evaluation on the ability of a biologically active nano-carrier based photodynamic therapy to stabilize dentin matrix metalloptoteinases 

Justin McAbee 

$8,166 

Medical University of South Carolina 

Role of MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1 in Periapical Infection-Driven Bone Loss 

Trevor Blattner 

$14,000 

University of Maryland 

Systematic Response to Chronic Endodontic Pathogens as a Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis 

Philippe Gautheier * 

$16,470 

Boston University 

 De novo regeneration of periodontal ligament using stem cell sheet technique 

Phuong N. Quang 

$19,239 

University of Texas San Antonio 

The effect of a photo-polymerizable hydrogel scaffold on the proliferation and phenotype of stem cells from the apical papilla (SCAP) 

 

 

Fall 2011 Grantees Total: $71,212.36 

 

Emi Shimizu 

$6,900.00 

New York University 

Eph/ephrins interaction in reparative dentinogenesis in calcium hydroxide direct pulp capping. 

Randy Ball 

$9,518.36 

University of Washington 

Effects of Direct Pulp Capping Materials on Neural Markers in Rat Molar Pulp 

David Martin 

$11,777.00 

University of Texas San Antonio 

Effect of Sodium Hypochlorite on Survival and Differentiation of SCAP in Cultured Organotype Human Roots 

Pavel Cherkas * 

$18,517.00 

University of Toronto 

Central Mechanisms Associated with Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain. 

Lisa Leone 

$24,500.00 

The Ohio State University 

A prospective study of emergency patients with facial swelling: a two part investigation 

 

 

*Indicates researchers who received $500 award for highest scoring proposal.  

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