# Clinical and Translational Research Innovation in Dental Schools (ClinTrain-RIDeS)

> **NIH NIH U01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2024 · $788,621

## Abstract

Abstract Text:
Abstract The overall goal of UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Research Innovation in Dental School 
(ClinTrain-RIDeS) is to develop future dentist-scientists and establish a clinical research enterprise at the 
UCSF School of Dentistry and Northern California through the following aims: 1) Provide clinical research 
training and skills development to UCSF Dentistry’s community of clinicians (predoctoral students, 
postgraduate residents, faculty) and to other collaborating partners – UCSF Dentistry- affiliated clinical 
faculty from Community-Based Clinical Education externship sites in California and Alaska and clinical 
faculty at California Northstate University College of Dental Medicine. The successful training programs 
and courses from the UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) will be adapted and 
tailored for School of Dentistry residents and faculty, and dental research faculty will facilitate small 
group sessions to provide mentoring on developing a clinical research protocol. For predoctoral 
students, the existing research methods curriculum required of all dental students will be redesigned to 
expand clinical research topics and a new quality improvement course will be developed. Dental 
students will also be supported to participate in CTSI’s Yearlong Inquiry Program and obtain a 
certificate/master’s in clinical research degree. 2) Develop a Practice-based Clinical Research Incubator 
Program at the UCSF Dental Center to foster conducting clinical research studies by building and 
expanding on effective mentorship and sponsorship initiatives at UCSF and in the School of Dentistry. 
Mentoring will be available to trainees in all phases of designing and implementing their clinical research 
including forming project ideas, developing them into protocols, applying for intramural funds, 
implementing research, and disseminating findings. 3) Conduct small-scale practice-based clinical 
research projects prospectively collecting data, starting with (a) validating the accuracy and adherence 
to evidence-based treatment guidelines of artificial intelligence (AI)- generated caries diagnoses and 
treatment plans compared to faculty-approved student-dentist diagnoses and treatment plans with 
assistance from UCSF’s APeX-Enabled Research Program and leading industry partners; and (b) 
assessing the usability of a real-time dental AI clinical decision support tool among predoctoral student-dentists and clinical faculty. Future small-scale research projects will be clinical faculty- generated and 
prioritized based on observations from their daily clinical practices. Together these aims will catalyze 
UCSF to be a leader in practice-based clinical research in Northern California dental schools, which have 
a diverse patient base permitting favorable generalizability and applicability of findings.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10928790
- **Project number:** 5U01DE033240-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** Lisa Berens
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $788,621
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-09-13 → 2028-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10928790

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10928790, Clinical and Translational Research Innovation in Dental Schools (ClinTrain-RIDeS) (5U01DE033240-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10928790. Licensed CC0.

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