# Comprehensive Training Program in Oral Biology

> **NIH NIH R90** · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · 2020 · $25,439

## Abstract

Summary/Abstract
In response to PAR-15-101 Institutional Training for a Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research
Workforce, a T90/R90 Comprehensive Training Program in Oral Biology is proposed. Building on
twenty-four years of experience with a highly productive T32 and T90/R90 Training Program at the
University of Florida College of Dentistry (UFCD), the proposed program will provide extensive breadth
and depth in training for basic and clinician scientists in multiple areas that are designated as high
priority by the NIDCR. The scientific areas encompassed in this Comprehensive Training Program in
Oral Biology include, but are not entirely limited to, Oral Infectious Diseases, Mechanistic Connections
between Oral and Systemic Health, Autoimmunity, Bone Biology, Head and Neck Cancers, Salivary
Gland Biology, and Neuroscience/Pain. To accomplish our goals, a team of experienced and well-
supported basic and clinical researchers has been assembled to serve as mentors to provide an
extensive set of training experiences in the biomedical sciences that are directly relevant to oral health
and diseases. Established interdisciplinary research training programs in the UFCD and the UF College
of Medicine will be utilized, with particular emphasis on the UF Health Sciences Center Interdisciplinary
PhD Program in Biomedical Sciences and the recently renewed UF Clinical and Translational Science
Institute (CTSI). Trainees will include i) traditional PhD students conducting oral health-related
research, ii) dual-degree candidates in our DMD-PhD program, iii) degree-seeking DMD/DDS holders,
iv) traditional post-doctoral PhD scientists, and v) DMD-DDS holders seeking advanced post-doctoral
training to prepare them for careers in academic dentistry. Formal training in Clinical Investigation will
be available to all trainees through the CTSI. Our extensive educational, scientific, and clinical
resources have allowed us to develop highly integrated, yet sufficiently flexible, training options to meet
the needs of a diverse group of talented trainees. Collectively, these programs will produce a cadre of
highly skilled and interactive scientists who can engage in team science to generate new knowledge
and translate discoveries to tangible advances in the detection, prevention, treatment and cures of
diseases and abnormalities of the oral and craniofacial complex.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9964506
- **Project number:** 5R90DE022530-10
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** Jose A Lemos
- **Activity code:** R90 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $25,439
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2011-07-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9964506

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9964506, Comprehensive Training Program in Oral Biology (5R90DE022530-10). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9964506. Licensed CC0.

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