Dental Research

Federal Grants

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• The Oral Microbiome in HIV-associated Oral Warts and Candidiasis (R01)
  Principal Investigators:  Paul L. Fidel Jr, PhD, Professor and Director, COE in Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Michael Hagensee, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Div. of Infectious Disease, Ann Griffen, DDS, and Eugene Leys, Ph.D., Professors, The Ohio State University


• Characterization of Novel Virulence Factors in Candida (R01)
  Principal Investigators:  Paul L. Fidel Jr, PhD, Professor and Director, COE in Oral and Craniofacial Biology, Michael Lorenz, Ph.D., Professor, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center


• BrpA in Virulence Modulation of Streptococcus mutans (R01)
  Principal Investigator:  Zezhang Tom Wen, D.V.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Oral Biology. zwen@lsuhsc.edu and Hui Wu, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Pediatric Dentistry & Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham


• High Performance Antimicrobial Fluoride Releasing Dental Materials (R01)
  Xiaoming Xu, PhD, Professor and Head of Biomaterials, Director of Biomedical Research, Department of Oral Biology xxu@lsuhsc.edu

Foundation / Industry Grants / Contracts

• Camargo Pharmaceutical
  Principal Investigator:  Paul L. Fidel Jr., PhD, Professor and Director, COE in Oral & Craniofacial Biology. pfidel@lsuhsc.edu


• Cowen/University of Toronto
  Principal Investigator:  Paul L. Fidel Jr., PhD, Professor and Director, COE in Oral & Craniofacial Biology. pfidel@lsuhsc.edu


• 3M Filtek Studt
  Principal Investigator:  Adriana Wilson, DDS, Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics. acorde@lsuhsc.edu


• Zimmer Fellowship
  Principal Investigator:  David Simmons, DDS, Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics. dsimmo@lsuhsc.edu

Center Funded Grants

• Regenerative Potential of Platelet rich fibrin (PRF) and Platelet rich in Growth factors (PRGF) in maxillary sinus augmentation:  a pilot study
  Principal Investigator:  Panos Dragonas, DDS, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics. pdrag1@lsuhsc.edu