Dean Lyndon Cooper receives Academy of Osseointegration’s William R. Laney Award
VCU School of Dentistry Dean Lyndon Cooper, D.D.S., Ph.D., accepted the William R. Laney Award at this year's annual meeting of the Academy of Osseointegration.
M.S. program helps Alexis Fakunmoju pursue her passion for research training on a path to dentistry
“‘Education is something that nobody can take away from you.’ I’ve heard that so many times from my dad, but he’s right,” said Alexis Fakunmoju, who is planning to graduate this spring in the first cohort of students in the oral biology track of the Microbiology and Immunology M.S. program jointly administered by VCU School […]
Study measures impact of Medicaid dental coverage for Virginia’s pregnant population
In 2015, Virginia began providing comprehensive dental benefits to pregnant Medicaid enrollees in an effort to eliminate a key barrier to dental care access. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the VCU School of Dentistry and VCU School of Business analyzed survey data to shed light on the policy’s impact on pregnant women.
VCU School of Dentistry receives NIH funding for collaborative research to improve children’s oral health
Shillpa Naavaal, B.D.S., M.S., M.P.H., was recently awarded two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants aimed at reducing oral health disparities in children.
VCU scientists pinpoint druggable target in aggressive breast cancer
A collaborative research effort between VCU’s Massey Cancer Center and School of Dentistry has zeroed in on a new therapeutic target for an aggressive form of breast cancer with limited treatment options.
Novel targeted therapy could be effective treatment option for deadly childhood cancer
New research from the Philips Institute for Oral Health Research at VCU School of Dentistry — published this week in Cell Reports — demonstrated that a novel targeted therapy could be an effective treatment option for a deadly pediatric cancer known as neuroblastoma.
VCU School of Dentistry ranks 17th among U.S. dental schools in National Institutes of Health research funding
VCU School of Dentistry is now ranked 17th among all U.S. dental schools in National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR). In 2021, the school received more than $4.8 million from the NIH to advance a wide range of oral health and biomedical research. “In […]
VCU School of Dentistry Ph.D. student receives National Institutes of Health grant to explore inflammatory disease processes
Hannah Lohner, a third-year student in the Ph.D. in Oral Health program at VCU School of Dentistry, was recently awarded an F31 Fellowship Grant from the National Institutes of Health totalling nearly $120,000 over three years. Working in the lab of Huizhi Wang, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the Philips Institute of Oral Health, Lohner […]
VCU-led study is the first to assess dental faculty well-being during the pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world to withdraw for safety in 2020, faculty at dental schools did not report significant decreases in measures of their well-being, according to results from a study led by Carlos S. Smith, D.D.S., M.Div., at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. Recently published in the American Dental Education Association’s […]
Study: Many Medicaid-enrolled women in Virginia weren’t aware of dental pregnancy benefits
Though Virginia enacted comprehensive dental care coverage for pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid in March 2015, a significant portion of this population remained unaware of the benefit even years later, according to a study by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. Recently published in the Journal of Women’s Health, a survey of […]