CPH part of NIH-funded study with dental, medical schools to study periodontal disease progression
The Maurice Kornberg School of Dentistry has secured a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to spearhead a study, known as the Practice-based Research Integrating Multidisciplinary Experiences in Dental Schools (PRIMED), focused on predicting periodontal disease progression.
“This latest success represents a new milestone of rapid progress from the 160-year-old school,” said Amid Ismail, dean and Laura H. Carnell professor at the Kornberg School. “The school now has several NIH grants and that is also a testimony to the emergence of research and knowl...