News
- October 22, 2018
Andrei Zaharia presents at the CDA/Dentsply Sirona Student Clinician Research Program
Andrei Zaharia (DDS 2019), represented Schulich Dentistry at the 2018 CDA/Dentsply Sirona Student Clinician Research Program which took place during the Canadian Dental Association (CDA) Convention in Charlottetown, PEI. Zaharia (supervised by Dr. Amin Rizkalla), was awarded this opportunity during Schulich Dentistry’s Annual Research Day by placing in the top 3 poster presentations. (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 Maher Alazzam (DDS 2021) and Kristen Desranleau (DDS 2020), who were successful (along with 9 other DDS Students) in being awarded a 2018 Dentistry Summer Research Studentship. Alazzam and Desranleau will be supervised by Drs. Amin Rizkalla and Doug Hamilton, and carry out their work in the Rizkalla lab. Maher Alazzam will work on a project entitled ‘Novel bioactive covalently bonded hybrid coatings on titanium surfaces', and Kristen Desranleau will work on a project entitled ‘3-D Printed Bioactive Glass-Copolymer Scaffolds for Bone Augmentation'. (Read full entry)
- March 28, 2018
Three-dimensional solutions
Schulich Dentistry researchers are developing novel applications of three-dimensional (3D) printing for use in cranio-facial reconstruction. Amin Rizkalla, PhD, PEng, is the principal investigator and he is working with a team of people, including Yara Hosein, PhD, Drs. Joe Armstrong and Henry Lapointe, as well as David Holdsworth, PhD, to determine how 3D printing can be utilized to develop porous titanium constructs for craniofacial reconstruction. They are hoping that their research will help to solve a large problem in current craniofacial reconstruction methods. See full article on The Bridge (Read full entry)
- November 22, 2017
Andrei Zaharia (DDS 2018), attends Colgate Dental Students' Conference on Research
Andrei Zaharia travelled to Maryland to present his research at the American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation’s 53nd Annual Colgate Dental Students’ Conference in October 2017. Andrei competed for this travel award at Schulich Dentistry's 2016 Annual Research Day with his poster “Novel bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cement for bone augmentation”, supervised by Drs. Amin Rizkalla and Jeff Dixon, in Dentistry's Summer Research Program (Read full entry)
- October 26, 2017
Andrei Zaharia - CDA/Dentsply Travel Award
Congratulations to Andrei Zaharia, DDS 2019 (Rizkalla Lab Summer Research Student), for winning the CDA/Dentsply Travel Award in the Junior Category for his poster presentation at Schulich Dentistry Annual Research Day. Title: Novel Bioactive and Injectable, Co-Polymer-Reinforced Bone Cement for Bone Augmentation. Andrei will represent Schulich Dentistry at the 2018 CDA National Oral Health Conference. This was Andrei’s second summer working with Dr. Rizkalla. (Read full entry)
- June 20, 2017
Dental students awarded summer studentships
Congratulations to Shokoufeh Yaseri (DDS 2020) and Andrei Zaharia (DDS 2019), who were successful (along with 13 other DDS Students) in being awarded a 2017 Dentistry Summer Research Studentship. Yaseri and Zaharia will both work in the Rizkalla Lab. Shokoufeh Yaseri will work on a project entitled 'Surface functionalization of titanium with bioactive glass to improve osteoblast recruitment at implant surface', and Andrei Zaharia will work on a project entitled 'Novel bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cement for bone augmentation - continuation'. 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)
- April 17, 2017
Dr. Amin Rizkalla awarded a Collaborative Research Seed Grant (CRSG)
Congratulations to Dr. Amin Rizkalla (Oral Biology, Schulich Dentistry) for his project entitled '‘Optimization of 3D-Printed Porous Titanium Constructs for Craniofacial Reconstuction’. Co-Investigators include Dr. Henry Lapointe (Schulich Dentistry) and Dr. Yara Hosein (Engineering). Collaborative Research Seed Grants (CRSG) provide recipients with seed funding for the formation and development of new interdisciplinary collaborative research teams. The intent is to promote new collaborations that build on different scientific and scholarly backgrounds, to facilitate breakthroughs in solving research questions in a collaborative manner, and to position the School's researchers to successfully respond to targeted requests for proposals from Tri-Council or other funding agencies. (Read full entry)
- December 19, 2016
Dr. A. Rizkalla awarded funds from OCE
Congratulations to Dr. Amin Rizkalla for being awarded an Ontario Center of Excellence Innovation and Productivity Award (in the amount of $20,000) for his project titled, ‘Advanced 3D Metal Additive Manufacturing for Dental Metal Substructures’. These funds are leveraged against contributions from Rotsaert Dental Laboratory Services Inc. in the amounts of $5,000 cash and $25,470 in-kind. In addition, Dr. Rizkalla’s application has been approved for $25,000 from NSERC-Engage, conditional on activation of the OCE award. (Read full entry)
- November 15, 2016
Drs. D. Hamilton and A. Rizkalla awarded funds from ITI Foundation
Dr. Amin Rizkalla and Dr. Douglas Hamilton (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)
- October 24, 2016
Andrei Zaharia - Top 5 Finalist
Congratulations to Andrei Zaharia, DDS 2019 (Rizkalla Lab Summer Research Student), for being one of 5 finalists in the Junior Category for his poster presentation at Schulich Dentistry Annual Research Day. Title of Poster: Novel bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cement for bone augmentation (Read full entry)
- May 10, 2016
Dental student awarded summer studentship
Congratulations to Andrei Zaharia (DDS 2019) who was awarded a 2016 Dentistry Summer Research Studentship and will work in the Rizkalla Lab on a project entitled 'Bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cements for craniofacial reconstruction'. 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, Schulich Dentisty Research awards a limited number of Studentships by competition. Learn more about Dentistry's Summer Research Program. (Read full entry)
- March 31, 2016
Collaborative Research Seed Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Amin Rizkalla (Oral Biology, Schulich Dentistry and Dept of Medical Biophysics) for his collaboration on 'Tissue engineering a resilient bio-artificial cornea for human transplantation'. (Read full entry)
- August 31, 2015
Greg Luvison (DDS 2017) attends CDA Conference
Greg Luvison attended the Canadian Dental Association’s National Conference in St. John’s, Newfoundland in August 2015. This trip was made possible through the CDA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Program Travel Award which was presented to Greg for his Summer Research poster presented at Schulich Dentistry's 2014 Annual Research Day, entitled "Bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cements for craniofacial reconstruction". Greg's work was supervised by Drs. Amin Rizkalla and Jeff Dixon. (Read full entry)
