Celebrating Research Achievements
Winter 2023/24
IADR Lion Award
Congratulations go out to Luis Limo (supervisor: Dr. Noha Gomaa) who was awarded the 2024 IADR Lion Award in Dental Research for his MSc work examining the links between oral health, multimorbidity and access to dental care. Luis has previously received the Network for Canadian Oral Health Research-Canadian Association for Dental Research (NCOHR-CADR) travel award to present his research at the 2024 IADR in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Appointments
Dr. Noha Gomaa has been busy since the Winter newsletter was released! She has been acclaimed as Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) Councillor-at-Large for the 2024-26 term, effective March 2024. Dr. Gomaa was also invited to join the Editorial Board of the Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology Journal, and she continues to serve as an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Dental Research.
Grant Announcements
Dr. Noha Gomaa was recently awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Grant for her project titled: “Better Dental Care for Healthy Aging: Barriers, Connections and Interactions.” This new grant will help Dr. Gomaa and her team investigate if and how enhancing dental care for older Canadians can contribute to better social and biological outcomes in light of the new Federal dental care plan. The project is in collaboration with Schulich’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster’s Institute for Research on Aging and the Edwin S. H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging at the University of British Columbia.
Congratulations also to Dr. Sheila Butler for receiving an Interdisciplinary Development Initiatives grant. The new grant will help Dr. Butler and her team continue their innovative work on the role of 3-YZTP in enhancing the biocompatibility and longevity of dental implants.
2024 International Association for Dental Research, March 13-16, New Orleans, LA, USA
Schulich Dentistry was very well represented at the 102nd General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) in New Orleans, LA from March 13 to 16, 2024. Faculty and students presented research on a variety of topics:
Poster Presentations
Butler, S., Souza, R., Araujo, L., Martins, M., Souza, R., Pires, T., & Leite, F. Zirconia Implant Stress Distribution in Posterior Region: A Systematic Review.
Darling M., Thorburn V., Abbas A., Dong C. S100A7 Expression in Margins of Resected Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Guo, C., Rizkalla, A.S., & Hamilton, D.W. Growth Factors Modulate Phenotypes of Periodontal Ligament and Gingival Cells.
Fakharjani I., & Jessani A. Scoping review of LGBT+ state oral health and associated risk factors.
Jessani A. Design and implementation of community service-learning undergraduate dental curriculum.
Pi, K.S., Found, A.A., Lima, N.B., Lima, N.B., Rizkalla, A.S., Lazar, D.R.R., Dehnavi, V., & Butler, S. (2024, March 13-16) Evaluation of the effect of planetary micro milling time on the 3Y-TZP/TiO2 ceramic’s microstructure for dental application - a Pilot study.
Proaño, D., Allin, S., Essue, B., Singhal, S., & Quiñonez, C. Oral health care out-of-pocket costs and financial hardship: a scoping review.
Proaño, D., Allin, S., Essue, B., Singhal, S., & Quiñonez, C. Trend analysis on dental out-of-pocket spending affecting catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Canada from 2000-2021.
Santos Jr, G., & Santos, M.J. Influence of cleaning methods on removal of try-in pastes for a lithium disilicate ceramic - SEM analysis.
Santos, M.J., Mundy, E., Butler, S., & Rizkalla, A. Mechanical Properties of Composite Core Build-Up Materials – A Comparative Study.
Oral presentations
Ghoneim, A., Laporte, A., Hancock-Howard, R., Quiñonez, C., & Singhal, S. Cost-Utility of a comprehensive dental care program.
Limo, L., Nicholson, K., Stranges, S., & Gomaa, N. The impact of access to dental care on sub-optimal oral health and multimorbidity.
