/dentistry/taxonomy/term/103/all en /dentistry/article/research/dr-komarova-appointed-interim-associate-dean-receives-canadian-space-agency-grant <p><a href="/dentistry/svetlana-komarova"><strong>Dr. Svetlana Komarova</strong></a>, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, has been appointed as Interim Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Dental Education during Dr. Faleh Tamimi's leave. In this role, she will support the Faculty’s research mission by invigorating and maintaining the Faculty’s excellence in research and graduate training.</p> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:06:31 +0000 david.leblanc@mcgill.ca 2614 at /dentistry /dentistry/article/faculty-news-research/dentistry-postdoc-receives-mitacs-accelerate-award-pioneer-nanocrystal-technologies-dentistry <p>Dr. Ashwaq Al-Hashedi, postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Dentistry conducting her work under the supervision of Dr. Jocelyne Feine, is the co-founder of<strong> <a href="https://www.invicare.ca/">INViCARE</a></strong>, a Montreal-based biotech startup that develops innovative nanobiomaterials to prevent and treat implant infections. She founded the company alongside Dentistry professor Dr. Faleh Tamimi to address the problem of dental implant infections and failure, using innovative and proprietary inorganic crystalline hydrogels. </p> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:50:37 +0000 david.leblanc@mcgill.ca 2613 at /dentistry /dentistry/article/faculty-news/mcgill-researchers-develop-infection-control-advice-covid-19-pandemic <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the infection control measures of health professions into sharp focus. Health care practicioners remain on the frontlines of treatment delivery during the pandemic; according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/15/business/economy/coronavirus-worker-risk.html">the database developed by the U.S. Department of Labor</a>, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, dentists, dental assistants, and dental hygienists are among the most at-risk professions.</p> Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:43:49 +0000 david.leblanc@mcgill.ca 2612 at /dentistry /dentistry/article/research/dentistry-researchers-have-cihr-success <p>Dentistry researchers have received nearly $1.5M in funding from the <a href="https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html">Canadian Institutes of Health Research</a>, positioning the Faculty for a strong record of success in 2020.</p> <p>Congratulations to Drs. Marta Cerruti, Monzur Murshed, Laura Stone, and Faleh Tamimi for their success in this grant competition.</p> Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:50:35 +0000 david.leblanc@mcgill.ca 2602 at /dentistry /dentistry/article/faculty-news-research/dr-meloto-publishes-jada-cover-article-receives-iasp-award <p><img height="669" width="500" style="width: 250px; height: 335px; float: left;" class="file-extra-large lt" src="/dentistry/files/dentistry/styles/wysiwyg_extra_large/public/jada_july.jpg?itok=mFTQ7F6l" alt="" />Faculty of Dentistry researcher <a href="/dentistry/carolina-beraldo-meloto">Dr. Carolina Beraldo Meloto</a> published the cover story article in a recent issue of <a href="https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(19)30257-0/abstract"><i>The Journal of the American Dental Association</i></a> (JADA).</p> Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:28:00 +0000 david.leblanc@mcgill.ca 2537 at /dentistry /dentistry/article/faculty-news-research/big-sugar-and-neglect-global-health-community-fuel-oral-health-crisis <p>Oral health has been isolated from traditional healthcare and health policy for too long, despite the major global public health burden of oral diseases, according to a Lancet Series on Oral Health, published recently in<em> The Lancet</em>. Failure of the global health community to prioritise the global burden of oral health has led to calls from researchers for the radical reform of dental care, tightened regulation of the sugar industry, and greater transparency around conflict of interests in dental research.</p> Fri, 30 Aug 2019 13:37:16 +0000 Media Relations Office 2536 at /dentistry /dentistry/article/faculty-news-research/professor-maryam-tabrizian-receives-collaborative-health-research-project-grant <p>Funding from the country’s three federal granting councils—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council— was awarded to <a href="/dentistry/maryam-tabrizian">Professor Maryam Tabrizian</a> and a multidisciplinary team composed of Professors Reggie Hamdy, Monzur Murshed, Bettina Willie (Shriners Hospitals for Children) and Dr. Vahab Soleimani (Lady Davis Research Institute).</p> Fri, 09 Aug 2019 17:00:00 +0000 Media Relations Office 2529 at /dentistry /dentistry/people/franco <p><img style="float: right;" class="rt" src="/dentistry/files/dentistry/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/images/eduardo_franco_00.jpg?itok=f9KWib-O" width="160" height="211" alt="" /><span class="spamspan"><span class="u">eduardo.franco</span> [at] <span class="d">mcgill.ca</span><span class="a"> (Email)</span></span></p> <p><b>Professor</b><br /> Department of Oncology<br /> Faculty of Dentistry<br /> Gerald Bronfman Centre<br /> 546 Pine Avenue West<br /> Room 112<br /> Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1S6<br />Tel. 514-398-6032</p> Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:53:46 +0000 james.morris@mcgill.ca 38 at /dentistry