News
- October 10, 2018
Peter Sabiri (Summer Research Student) wins Travel Award
Congratulations to Peter Sabri (DDS 2021) on being awarded one of three 2018 Schulich Dentistry Research Day Travel Awards. Peter will represent our Schulich Dentistry Summer Student Research Program at the prestigious 25th Hinman Student Research Symposium in Memphis, TN. Peter was supervised in the summer by Dr. Doug Hamilton, and will present his project entitled 'Epsilon Sarcoglycan as a novel mediator of cell adhesion to titanium'. (Read full entry)
- October 04, 2018
Adam Hopfgartner successfully defended his MESc Thesis
Congratulations to Adam Hopfgartner for successfully defending his MESc (Masters of Engineering Science) thesis in Biomedical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Douglas Hamilton and Dr. Geoff Pickering. Title of Thesis: Development of Granulation tissue mimetic scaffolds for skin healing. (Read full entry)
- August 20, 2018
CIHR Funding Success
Congratulations to our Schulich Dentistry Faculty Members on their success in the recent 2018 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Funding Competition: Douglas Hamilton - $703,800 for 5 years | Co-applicants: Les Kalman, Mark Darling, Amin Rizkalla | Project title: Novel Biomaterials‐Based Strategies to Stimulate Periodontal Tissue Regeneration (Read full entry)
- June 14, 2018
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry collaborative research group successful in competition
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) awarded a Schulich Medicine & Dentistry research group with a Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) operating grant for their project entitled, ‘Novel technologies for engineering closure of non-healing skin wounds’. This multi-disciplinary collaborative research team consists of biologists, engineers, imaging specialists, a veterinarian, clinicians, and industrial collaborator. Primary Investigators include Dr. Douglas Hamilton (Dentistry/Anatomy & Cell Biology) and Dr. Amin Rizkalla (Dentistry/Chemical & Biochemical Engineering), along with David Bagley. Bagley is the CEO of Advanced BioMatrix, Inc. in San Diego, where they manufacture & distribute collagen and other quality 3D matrix products, specializing in three dimensional (3D) applications for tissue culture, cell assay, and cell proliferation. (Read full entry)
- June 11, 2018
Dental students awarded summer studentships
Congratulations to Tianhui Li (DDS 2021) and Peter Sabiri (DDS 2021), who were successful (along with 9 other DDS Students) in being awarded a 2018 Dentistry Summer Research Studentship. Li and Sabiri will be supervised by Dr. Doug Hamilton. Tianhui Li will work on a project entitled ‘Influence of nanometric topography on human gingival cell physiology', and Peter Sabiri will work on a project entitled ‘Epsilon Sarcoglycan as a novel mediator of cell adhesion to titanium'. (Read full entry)
- April 23, 2018
Schulich Students presented at AADR/CADR Annual Meeting March
Shawna Kim and Georgia Nikoloudaki presented their research posters at the Annual General Meeting of the CADR (Canadian Association for Dental Research), held in conjunction with the annual AADR meeting, in Fort Lauderdale in March. Congratulations to Georgia Nikoloudaki, DDS (PhD candidate), supervised by Dr. Douglas Hamilton, who had earlier competed for and won a CADR-NCOHR Student Research (Travel) Award to attend and present at this annual meeting. This award was sponsored by the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) and the Network for Canadian Oral Health Research (NCOHR). (Read full entry)
- June 27, 2017
Dental students awarded summer studentships
Congratulations to Mohammad Parsanejad (DDS 2020) and Shawna Kim (DDS 2019), who were successful (along with 13 other DDS Students) in being awarded a 2017 Dentistry Summer Research Studentship. Parsanejad and Kim will both work in the Hamilton Lab. Mohammad Parsanejad will work on a project entitled ‘Influence of nanometric topography on human gingival cell physiology’ and Shawna Kim will work on a project entitled 'Regulation of periostin-mediated fibronectin synthesis in gingival fibroblasts by ERK1/2'. The Dentistry Summer Student Research Program provides an opportunity for students enrolled in the DDS program to contribute to clinical and basic science research being performed in Schulich Dentistry. Each year, there are a limited number of Studentships awarded by competition. Learn more about Dentistry's Summer Research Program. (Read full entry)
- November 15, 2016
Drs. D. Hamilton and A. Rizkalla awarded funds from ITI Foundation
Dr. Douglas Hamilton and Dr. Amin Rizkalla (Oral Biology-Dentistry) were awarded funds from the ITI Foundation (International Team for Implantology) of US $110K for their work entitled, “Mechanisms for reduced fibrosis and enhanced healing around implants”. (Read full entry)
- May 10, 2016
Two dental students awarded summer studentships
Congratulations to Carissa Menant Tay (DDS 2019) and Shawna Kim (DDS 2019). Both students were awarded 2016 Dentistry Summer Research Studentships and will work in the Hamilton Lab. Menant Tay will work on a project entitled 'Influence of nanometric topography on human gingival cell physiology' and Kim will work on a project entitled 'Role of periostin in the regulation of gingival healing'. The Dentistry Summer Student Research Program provides an opportunity for students enrolled in the DDS program to contribute to clinical and basic science research being performed in Schulich Dentistry. Each year, there are a limited number of Studentships awarded by competition. Learn more about Dentistry's Summer Research Program. (Read full entry)
- November 11, 2015
Invited Speaker - Schulich Dentistry Research Seminar Series
Dr. Doug Hamilton was an invited speaker for Schulich Dentistry Research Seminar Series (Western University) in November. Title of his talk: Multifaceted role of the matricellular protein periostin in dental health, disease and healing. (Read full entry)
- September 01, 2015
Georgia Nikoloudak awarded the Dean's PhD stipend for Graduate Research.
Congratulations to Georgia for being awarded a Dean's PhD stipend for Graduate Research. This award provides Georgia with a PhD stipend for up to four years of funding, to a maximum of $25,000 per year. Georgia will also be attending the annual Awards of Excellence event in the spring, at which time Dean Strong will formally acknowledge her success. (Read full entry)
- June 01, 2015
K. Martin, DDS 2015, wins Quintessence Research Award
The 2015 Quintessence Research Award was presented to Kathleen Martin (DDS 2015) at the Convocation Ceremony and Awards Luncheon for the Dentistry Class of 2015. This award is given annually to a graduating dental student who has been exemplary in research in the undergraduate dental program. Kathleen worked on her research under the supervision of Dr. Doug Hamilton. The focus of her project was on development of novel scaffolds that would bind and slowly release growth factors (basic fibroblast growth factor) to aid in gingival (gum) tissue regeneration. (Read full entry)
- March 31, 2015
K. Creber presented with CADR-NCOHR Student Research Award in Boston
Kendal Creber was presented with the 2014-2015 CADR-NCOHR Student Research Award at the CADR Annual General Meeting in Boston, MA. Congratulations to Kendal, who had placed second in the Senior (Basic Science) Category for her work “Design of an Electrospun Collagen/Periostin Scaffold for Periodontal Regeneration”, supervised by Dr. Douglas Hamilton, Oral Biology, Schulich Dentistry. (Read full entry)
- January 01, 2015
2015 CMHR Training Award
Congratulations to Karrington McLeod on achieving a Western Bone & Joint CMHR Training Award of $13,000. McLeod is supervised by Dr. Douglas Hamilton, Chair and Associate Professor of Oral Biology, Dentistry. (Read full entry)
