May/June 2021
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Multi-PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Dr. Natalie Ebner, Multi-PI Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dr. Zhiguang Huo, CO-I Biostatistics, PHHP Dr. Roland Staud, CO-I Rheumatology, College of Medicine “Julia Cochran’s Diversity Supplement: Mechanisms of Oxytocin’s Analgesia in Older Adults” NIH/NIA/R01AG059809-04S1 $173,118 for Two Years
Dr. Seunghee Cha, PI Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences “Targeting P2 Receptors to Restore Salivary and Lacrimal Gland Function in Sjogren’s Syndrome” University of Missouri, NIH/NIDCR R01DE029833 $954,857 for Five Years
Dr. José Lemos, PI Department of Oral Biology “Vaccine Evaluation to Prevent Root Canal Failure” VAXCYTE, AGR00021384 $149,999.00 for One Year
Ms. Natalie Atyeo, PI Department of Oral Biology Bernadett Papp, Mentor Department of Oral Biology “Forkhead Factor Regulation in Oral Viral Infection” NIH/NIDCR/F30DE030666 $137,984 for Three Years
Dr. Brian Cooper, PI Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery “Supplement: Optimizing Kv7 Channel Opener for Treatment of GWI Pain” Department of Defense, US Army W81XWH1910657 $93,234 for Seven Months
Dr. José Lemos, PI Department of Oral Biology Dr. Mary Ellen Davey, CO-Director Department of Oral Biology “Comprehensive Training Program in Oral Biology” NIH/NIDCR R90DE022530 $328,366 for Five Years NIH/NIDRR T90 $2,473,020 for Five Years
Dr. Robert Shields, PI Department of Oral Biology “Exploring Integrative Conjugative Elements in the Biology and Ecology of Oral Streptococci” NIH/NIDCR R03DE029882 $305,000 for Two Years
Dr. Frank Gibson, Multi-PI Department of Oral Biology Dr. Mary Ellen Davey, Multi-PI Department of Oral Biology Dr. Jorge Frias-Lopez. CO-I Department of Oral Biology “Microbial Sphingolipids and Suppression of Host Inflammation in Periodontal Disease”
NIH/NDCIR R01DE031159 $2,885,264 for Five Years
Dr. Mary Ellen Davey, PI Department of Oral Biology “L-Arg Availability Affects the Physiological State of Porphyromonas Gingivalis” NIH/NIDCR R01DE024580 $1,448,752 for Five Years
March-April 2021
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Dr. Roger Fillingim, Mentor Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences “Admin supplement: Biobehavioral basis of knee osteoarthritis pain” NIH/NIA/R01AG067757-02S2 $379,496 for One Year
Dr. Marcelle Nascimento, PI Restorative Dental Sciences “Caries Dose-Response Study” Colgate-Palmolive Co/CRO-2020-CAR-ARG-ED $350,000 for Five Years
Dr. Robert Shields, CO-I Oral Biology Dr. Kelly Rice, PI IFAS, Department of Microbiology/Cell Science Dr. Mariola Edelmann, CO-PI IFAS, Department of Microbiology/Cell Science Dr. Wayne Nicholson, CO-PI IFAS, Department of Microbiology/Cell Science “Assessing the impact of Agr quorum sensing on Staphylococcus aureus physiology in the space flight environment” NASA/80NSSC21K0601 $749,576 for Three Years
January/February 2021
Dr. Patricia Xirau-Probert, PI College of Dentistry Administration Dr. Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini, PI Administration, College of Nursing Dr. Caronne Rush, CO-I Interdisciplinary Education Center, College of Public Health and Health Professions “Keys to success in the health sciences, an interdisciplinary black student cohort program across the UF Health Science Center” UF Research AGR DTD 12-02-2020 $60,000 for One Year
Dr. Jacqueline Abranches, PI Oral Biology “UFCD Seed Grant: Exploring Candida albicans protection of Streptococcus mutans against oxidative stresses” College of Dentistry $10,000 for One Year
Dr. Margarete Ribeiro Dasilva, PI Restorative Dental Sciences Dr. Roger Fillingim, CO-I Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Dr. Frank Gibson, CO-I Oral Biology Dr. Cesar Migliorati, CO-I Administration “UFCD Seed Grant: Photobiomodulation for the management of temporomandibular disorder pain” College of Dentistry $15,000 for One Year
Dr. Steven Pratscher, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences “UFCD Seed Grant: Conscious connected breathing for chronic low back pain: A pilot RCT” College of Dentistry $5,000 for One Year
Dr. Frank Catalanotto, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences “Prevalence of Oral HPV infection, a Global Assessment: The PROGRESS Study” MERCK 8310-US-01/AGR0002087 $158,146.80 for Five Years
Dr. Joseph Katz, PI Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences “COVID: Development of an automated diagnostic platform for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring” Clemson/NIH/NIAAA U01AA029328 $167,750 for Two Years
Dr. Emily Bartley, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Megan McVay, PI Administration, College of Health and Human Performance Stephen Anton, CO-I Aging, College of Medicine JeeWon Cheong, CO-I Administration, College of Health and Human Performance
Shawn McGargill, CO-I Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation, College of Medicine “Empowering the management of pain-obesity-weight through enhanced reward” NIH/NIA/R21AG070642 $419,375 for Two Years
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Dr. Roger Fillingim, Mentor Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences “Diversity admin supplement: Biobehavioral basis of knee osteoarthritis pain” NIH/NIA/R01AG067757-02S1 $173,118 for Two Years
Dr. Josephine Esquivel, PI Restorative Dental Sciences Dr. Ren Fan, PI Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering Dr. Luis Gonzaga, CO-I Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Dr. Samira Esteves Alonso Camargo, CO-I Restorative Dental Sciences “Risk factors associated with the prevalence of Peri-Implantitis disease” NIH/NIDCR/UG3DE030089 $432,842 for One Year
Dr. Roger Fillingim, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Alemida, CO-Director “Supplement: The integrative and multidisciplinary pain and aging research training (IMPART) program” NIH/NIA 2T32AG049673-06S1 $75,663.00 for One Year
Dr. Steven Pratscher, PI Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences Dr. Roger Fillingim, Mentor Community Dentistry Behavior Sciences “Conscious connected breathing for chronic low back pain: A pilot RCT” Mind & Life Institute AGR DTD 01-25-2021 $20,000 for Two Years
December 2020
Dr. Valaria Gordan, PI Restorative Dental Sciences University of Alabama, NIH/NIDCR 1U19DE028717 (Supplement) “The National Dental PBRN administrative and resource center” $36,701 for One Year
Dr. Zsolt Toth, CO-PI Department of Oral Biology Dr. Bernadett Papp, CO-PI Department of Oral Biology NIH/NIDCR R01DE028331 “Immune evasion mechanisms by a tumor herpesvirus in the oral cavity” $1,810,940 for Five Years
October/November 2020
Dr. Patricia Xirau-Probert, PI Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Mary Koroly, CO-I Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, College of Medicine Dr. Donna Parker, CO-I Office of Diversity and Health Equity, College of Medicine “Summer Health Professions Education Program” AGR00019642_77990 $330,000 for one year
Dr. Emily Bartley, PI Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Joseph Riley, III, CO-I Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Frank Gibson Oral Biology “OAIC Pilot Study: Pain resilience and inflammatory marker expression (PRIME)” Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center $24,742 for one year
Dr. Marcelle Nascimento, PI Restorative Dental Sciences Dr. Poliana Mendes Duarte Reis, CO-I Periodontology Dr. Robert A. Burne, CO-I Oral Biology “Arginine metabolism in periodontal health and diseases” NIH/NIDCR R21DE029304-01A1 $419,375 for two years
Dr. Marcelle Nascimento, PI Restorative Dental Sciences “UFCD Faculty Seed Grant: Measurements of arginine and its metabolites in oral samples” College of Dentistry $12,500 for one year
Dr. Seunghee Cha, PI Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences “Mechanisms and Therapeutic Modulation of T Cell Autoimmune Responses in Sjogren’s Syndrome” NIH/NIDCR R56 UFL23838-2695 $208,250 for one year
Dr. Calia Morais, PI Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Emily Bartley, Mentor Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Roger Fillingim, Mentor Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science “The impact of sociocultural factors and resiliency on musculoskeletal pain: A multiethnic study” University of Florida P30 Matching Funds $25,000 for one year
June/September 2020
Dr. Roger Fillingim, PI Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science “Ethnic Differences in Responses to Painful Stimuli” NIH/NIA R37AG03906-S1 $116,110 for two years
Dr. Roger A. Fillingim, PI Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Alemida, CO-Director “The integrative and multidisciplinary pain and aging research training (IMPART) program” NIH/NIA 2T32AG049673 $2,024,597 for five years
Dr. Seunghee Cha, PI Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, Oral Medicine Dr. Akaluck Thatayatikom, CO-I Pediatric Immunology, College of Medicine Dr. Weizhou Zhang Pathology, College of Medicine “Integrated transcriptomic profiling of recurrent parotitis in pediatric Sjögren’s syndrome for assessment of mitochondrial RNA regulators” $75,000 for one year
Dr. Seunghee Cha, PI Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences “STING in Sjogren’s syndrome” Sjogrens Syndrome Foundation AGR00018455 $118,988 for one year
Dr. Jorge Frias-Lopez, PI Oral Biology “Metatranscriptome analysis of the effect of dental products on the oral microbiome” Colgate-Palmolive Co A-2019-610-OC $157,025 for nine months
Dr. Luis R. Martinez Torres, PI Oral Biology “Unraveling Cryptococcus neoformans mechanisms of brain invasion and colonization” NIH/NIAID R01AI145559 $1,991,081 for four years
Dr. Robert A. Burne, PI Oral Biology “COVID_Supp_Probiotics that moderate pH and antagonize pathogens to promote oral health” NIH/NIDRC R01DE025832 (Supplement) $215,292 for seven months
Dr. Robert Caudle Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery “Exploring neuropeptide guided botulinum light chain for use in blocking pain transmission” Facial Pain Foundation $235,000 for one year
Dr. Soamy Montesino Goicolea, PI Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Eric Porges, CO-I Clinical and Health Psychology, COM Dr. Zhiguang Huo, CO-I Biostatistics, PHHP Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Mentor
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science “CTSI Pilot: Sleep, pain and aging: potential underlying mechanisms” $7,500 for one year
Dr. Robert Shields, PI Oral Biology “Development of new anti-caries therapeutics using a CRISPR interference platform” A-2020-0179-OC $30,000 for one year
Dr. Josephine Upshaw-Esquivel, PI Restorative Dental Sciences Dr. Fan Ren, CO-I Chemical, College of Engineering Dr. Steve Ghivizzani, CO-I Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation College of Medicine “Novel coatings to minimize surface degradation and fracture susceptibility of dental ceramics” NIH/NIDCR R01DE025001-05S1 $219,405 for six months
Dr. John K. Neubert, CO-PI Orthodontics Dr. Robert M. Caudle, CO-PI Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Dr. Adriaan Willem Bruijnzeel, CO-I Psychiatry, College of Medicine Dr. Marcelo Febo Vega Psychiatry, College of Medicine Dr. Barry Setlow Psychiatry, College of Medicine Abhisheak Sharma, CO-I Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy “Opioid and cannabinoid interactions in pain and reward” NIH/NIDA/R01DA04470-01A1 $3,077,200 for five years
January/May 2020
Dr. Robert Caudle, PI Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery “Therapeutic in situ analgesic implant for improved oral-facial post-operative pain outcomes” Epigen Biosciences $111,006 for one year
Dr. Sasanka Chukkapalli, PI Oral Biology Dr. William Dunn, CO-I Anatomy, College of Medicine Dr. Timothy Garrett, CO-I “Integrated transcriptomics and metabolomics approach to define pathogenicity of P.gingivalis” NIH/NIDCR R03DE028968 $305,000 for two years
Dr. Zsolt Toth, CO-PI Oral Biology Dr. Scott Tibbetts, CO-PI Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, College of Medicine “Defining the classification and mutational landscape of gammaherpesvirus B cell lymphomas” UFHCC 2019 Mechanisms of Oncogenesis Research Grant $50,000 for one year
Dr. Jean-Francious Roulet, PI Restorative Dental Sciences “Shade matching properties of new resin-based composite (Tetric Prime)” Ivoclar AGR00017768 $10,000 for six months
Dr. Jean-Francious Roulet, PI Restorative Dental Sciences “Mechanical properties and wear resistance of new resin-based composite (Tetric Prime)” Ivoclar AGR00017770 $18,000 for six months
Dr. Jean-Francious Roulet, PI Restorative Dental Sciences “Fatigue and wear behavior of two zirconium oxide ceramics manufactured with a new production process” GEBR Brassler GMBH AGR00017497 $48,704 for one year
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Core Leader Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Marco Pahor, PI Institute for Aging, College of Medicine “University of Florida Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)” NIH/NIA P30AG028740 $24,335 for one year
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, PI Dr. Roger Filingim, CO-I Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Thomas Foster, CO-I Neuroscience, College of Medicine Dr. Kimberly Sibille C0-I Institute for Aging, College of Medicine Dr. Zhiguang Huo, CO-I Biostatistics, PHHP, College of Medicine “Biobehavioral basis of knee osteoarthritis pain” NIH/NIA $2,679,958 for five years
Dr. Roger Fillingim, CO-I Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science Dr. Rene Przkori and Dr. Patrick Tighe, CO-PIs Anesthesiology, College of Medicine “HEAL Initiative: Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network – Specialized Clinical Centers” $78,048 for four years
Dr. Robert A. Burne, PI Oral Biology “Antiviral Potential of Commensal Streptococci” CTSI Rapid-Reponse Translational Research Project $30,000 for six months
Dr. Jia Chang, PI Periodontology Dr. Jianrong Lu, CO-I Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, College of Medicine “Molecular control of bone development and inflammation by FBXO11” NIH/NIDCR R01DE029200 $1,810,940 for five years
November/December 2019
Dr. Poliana Mendes Duarte, PI Dr. Ikramuddin Aukhil, CO-I Periodontology “Transcriptome sequencing of healthy and periodontitis-affected gingival biopsies of subjects with type 2 diabetes” UFCD Seed Grant, awarded $17,000 for one year
Dr. Edward Chan, PI Oral Biology Dr. Kesavalu Lakshmyya, PI and Dr. Jia Chang, CO-I Periodontology “Dominant microRNAs as biomarkers in innate immunity and periodontitis” NIH/NIDCR R01DE028536, awarded $1,906,250 for five years
Dr. Ann Progulske-Fox, PI, along with Dr. Jorge Frias-Lopez, CO-I, and Dr. Sasanka Chukkapalli, CO-I (Oral Biology), and Dr. William Dunn, CO-I (Anatomy, College of Medicine) “Investigating the viable but not culturable (VBNC) state in P. gingivalis” NIH/NIDCR R01DE028656, awarded $1,810,940 for five years.
September/October 2019
Dr. Jorge Frias-Lopez, UF PI, Oral Biology, received a two year, $45,873 award from Boston University/NIH/NIDCR. His project is titled “Role of the oral microbiome in oral squamous cell carcinoma Progression” (R21DE028063)
Dr. Patricia Xirau-Probert, PI (from Administration – Student Advocacy and Inclusion), received a one year, $330,000 award from Robert Wood Johnson. Her project is titled “Summer health professions education program — University of Florida, 2020” (Renewal).
July/August 2019
Dr. Ann Progulske-Fox, PI, Oral Biology, received a four-month, $22,602 award from SalvDx. Her project is titled “Analysis of antigen reactivity.”
Dr. Ann Progulske-Fox, PI (Oral Biology) received a seven-month, $66,696 award from Keystone Bio. Her project is titled: “Analysis of Mab61BG1.3 reactivity with strains of P. gingivalis.”
Dr. Roger Fillingim, PI (PRICE and Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science), received a five-year award from UFCD for $50,000 for his project titled: “Cost Share for PRICE Pilot Studies; NIH P30 award.”
Dr. Bernadett Papp, PI (Oral Biology), received a three-year Start Up Funding award for $350,000 from UF Shands Cancer Center.
Dr. Melissa Marchesan, PI (Restorative Dental Sciences), received a three-year Start Up Funding Award for $30,000 from the UF College of Dentistry.
Dr. Mateus Garcia Rocha , PI (Restorative Dental Sciences) received a three-year Start Up Funding Award for $50,000 from the UF College of Dentistry.
Dr. Brian Cooper, PI (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery), received a two-year, $1,028,938 award from the US Department of Defense. His project is titled: “Optimizing Kv7 channel openers for treatment of GWI pain.”