Research and Innovations
Same but different
As though a virtual Research Scholars Day wasn’t already next level. Now dental hygiene students have traded out the traditional trifold posters for bulletin board and onscreen presentations. And the results are in. Read More
Good things come in threes
A slew of research grants, strong departmental support, fulfilling mentoring roles and now a chance to grow his influence in the mineralized tissue world has Yongbo “Bob” Lu, associate professor in biomedical sciences, thinking that coming to Texas A&M College ... Read More
Interprofessional excellence
It was a victorious trifecta for Texas A&M College of Dentistry as students and faculty picked up several Interprofessional Education Excellence Awards at the annual IPER 6 Interprofessional Education and Research Symposium. Read More
Filling a special-needs void
With a special-needs daughter who had slipped into a “dental desert,” a frustrated mom pleaded with Dr. Dan Burch, clinical assistant professor in pediatric dentistry, to not only hear her but—if he could—help her. That gut-punch of reality born from ... Read More
Rethinking COVID-19
Allowing COVID-19 to derail their summer research wasn’t an option. Instead, these dental students and their mentors turned the tables on the new coronavirus and made it their research focus. Students Andrea Carrizales and Jordan Chen delved into COVID-related public ... Read More
One door closes, another opens
For nine years, Texas A&M College of Dentistry faculty have overseen care for oral cancer patients at Sammons Dental Clinic within Baylor University Medical Center. That commitment to patients continues despite two major changes that occurred this spring: COVID-19 and ... Read More
From presentation to peer-reviewed journals
Caruth School of Dental Hygiene students have one-upped themselves, going above and beyond their streak of winning research poster presentations at both the state and national level. Next stop? Publication. Read More
Showing up and showing off
Social distancing wasn’t about to keep Caruth School of Dental Hygiene students from presenting their research posters this year. So they improvised…virtually. Dr. Faizan Kabani, assistant professor in dental hygiene, made the decision to go ahead with dental hygiene’s portion ... Read More
Wang lands NSF grant
Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s Dr. Qian Wang, associate professor in biomedical sciences, and collaborators have received a $790,000 National Science Foundation grant for a study on a colony of rhesus monkeys and the health effects on aging, bone development ... Read More
A skeletal solution
Jay Groppe could talk about his hard-earned research patent, but the true glory, he’ll tell you, would be leaving a legacy of healing and hope for those who suffer. Read More