Recent Awards Granted to Faculty

Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, M-PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Meredith Berry, M-PI
Department of Health Education and Behavior,
College of Health and Human Services
Dr. Natalie Ebner, M-PI
Department Psychology,
College of Liberal Arts and Science
NIH/NIDA R21DA056813
“The potential of oxytocin to reduce opioid abuse
liability and pain among older adults”
$419,375 for Two Years

Dr. Dr. Larissa Strath, PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Mentor
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Roger B. Fillingim, Co-Mentor
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Ronald Cohen, Co-Mentor
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology,
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dr. Zhiguang Huo, Co-Mentor
Department of Biostatistics,
College of Public Health and Health Professions
and College of Medicine
NIH/NIA K99AG081552
“Pain and nutrition in dementia and Alzheimers PANDA”
$266,220 for Two Years

Dr. Roger B. Fillingim , PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Kimberly Sibille, Co-I
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
College of Medicine
Dr. Cynthia Garvan, Co-I
Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine
Dr. Jared Tanner, Co-I
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology,
College of Public Health and Health Professions
NIH/NIA R37AG033906-20S1
“Elucidating factors contributing to disparities in neurobiological vulnerabilities and Alzheimers disease and related dementias risk”
$312,252 for One Year

Dr. Steven Pratscher, PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Roger B. Fillingim, Co-Mentor
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Kimberly Sibille, Co-Menter
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
College of Medicine
NIH/NCCIH K01AT012066
”Developing and testing a multicomponent
breathwork intervention for people with chronic pain”
$663,908 for Five Years

Dr. José A. Lemos, PI
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Raquel Dias, Co-I
Department of Microbiology & Cell Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
NIH/NIAID R01AI172179
“Second Messenger Nucleotides of Enterococcus faecalis”
$2,343,265 for Five Years

Dr. Shannon Wallet, Co-PI
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Robert Maile, PI
Department of Surgery, College of Dentistry
Dr. Benjamin Keselowsky, Co-I
Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
NIH/NIGMS R01GM146134
“Multi-modal rescue of pulmonary NRF2- insufficiency after burn and burn + inhalation injury to regulate innate immune immune dysfunction”
$80,030 for Four Years

Dr. Shannon Wallet, UF PI
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Robert Maile, Co-I
Department of Surgery, College of Dentistry
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NIH/NIDDK R01DK132778
”Nitric oxide-releasing Glycosaminoglycans for threating complex wounds”
$762,500 for Four Years

Dr. Roger B. Fillingim, Co-I
Department of Community Dentistry
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Co-I
Department of Community Dentistry
Dr. Ellen Terry, PI
Department of Behavioral Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing
Dr. Zhiguang Hou, Co-I
Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Profession and College of Medicine
NIH/NIA R01AG081479
$320,575 for Five Years

Dr. Roger B. Fillingim, Co-I
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Sara N. Burke, M-PI
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Dr. Jose F. Abisambra, M-PI
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Dr. Jeremy C. McIntyre, M-PI
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Dr. Michelle M. Leonard, Co-I
Research Development, UF
Dr. Valerie L. Joers, Co-I
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Dr. Karina S. Alvina, Co-I
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
Dr. Andrew P. Maurer, Co-I
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine
NIH/NIA/R25AG076396
“Networking and expanding undergraduate research on the neurobiology of aging to advance diversity”
$86,458 for Five Years

Dr. William D. Duncan, Co-PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Robert Guralnick, PI
Florida Museum, Department of Natural History, Bio-Informatics
NSF 2228392
“Collaborative research: Digitization TCN: Ranges: An extended trait-base for mammals in the American West”
$57,227 for Four Years

Dr. Mateus Garcia Rocha, PI
Restorative Dental Sciences
Dr. Dayane Oliviera, Co-I
Restorative Dental Sciences
Dr. William Duncan, Co-I
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
UFCD Faculty Seed Grant
”Development of new 3D-printing resins for sports mouthguards”
$19,370.61 for One Year

Dr. Patricia M. Xirau-Probert, PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Mary Koroly, Co-Program Director
Department of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, College of Medicine
Dr. Jeanne-Marie R. Stacciarini, Co-Program Director
Dean’s Administration, College of Nursing
Robert Wood Johnson/AGR00026198
“Summer health professions education program – University of Florida”
$749,949 for Two Years

Miles Turner, PI
3^rd Year DMD Student
Dr. Mateus Rocha, Faculty Mentor
Restorative Dental Sciences
UFCD Student Seed Grant
“Optimization of impact stress distribution of sports mouthguards using 3D lattice structures:
$3,000 for One Year

Brandon Crowther, PI
3^rd Year DMD Student
Dr. Dayane Oliviera, Faculty Mentor
Restorative Dental Sciences
UFCD Student Seed Grant
”Synthesis of long-wavelenght activated photoinitiators based on coordination complexes”
$3,000 for One Year

Dr. Daniel McNeil, PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, NIH/NIDDK U01DK123821
“Vanderbilt-West Virginia (VWV) Collaborative: A HOPE Consortium Clinical Center”
$23,151 for One Year

Dr. Patricia Xirau-Probert, PI
College of Dentistry Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Jeanne-Marie Stacciarini, Co-I
College of Nursing
Dr. Tiffany Pinedo, Co-I
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UF Research, Advancing Racial Justice Award
“Building Community, Promoting Sense of Belonging and Wellbeing amongst UF’s Black Students, Staff and Faculty through West African Dance”
$64,000 for One Year

Dr. Robert M. Caudle, Multi-PI
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Kyle Allen, Multi-PI
Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Co-I
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. M. Franklin Dolwick, Co-I
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Hari Kiran Parvataneni, Co-I
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Dr. Zhiguang Huo, Co-I
Biostatistics, College of Public Health & Health Professions
Dr. Kevin Otto, Co-I
Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
NIH/NIAMS UC2AR082196
“Innervation of the knee and TMJ”
$5,878,996 for Three Years

Dr. Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
NIH/NIA/R01AG076082-01A1S1
 “Diversity Supplement for Kristina Bell: Biopsychosocial pain predictors of mobility decline in aging”
$141,646 for Two Years

Dr. John Neubert, PI
Department of Orthodontics
“UFCD Seed Grant: Gene transcriptomic responses of the habenula to pain”
$14,359 for One Year

Dr. Jose Lemos, PI
Department of Oral Biology
American Academy of Cariology NIH/NIAID/R56AI172179
“Second messenger nucleotides of Enserococcus faecalis”
$439,107 for One Year

Callahan Katrak, PI
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Jacqueline Abranches, Mentor
Department of Oral Biology
American Academy of Cariology AGR00025568
“Exploring the role of catalase in synergism between Candida albicans and Streptococcus mutans”
$3,000 for Two Years

Dr. Emily Bartley, Multi-PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Meryl J. Alappattu, Multi-PI
Physical Therapy, College of Public Health and Health Professions
Dr. Jessica Sanderson Heft, Co-I
Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine
Dr. Terrie Vasilopoulos, Co-I
Anesthesiology, College of Medicine
NIH/NICHD/R21HD104957
“Phenotyping responses to optimize the management of pain treatment in endometriosis”
$419,375 for Two Years

Dr. Indraneel Bhattacharyya, Co-I
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
Dr. Anita Gohel, Co-I
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
Dr. Jos Aguirre, PI
Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
NIH/NIDCR/R21DE031449
“Osteocyte death in osteonecrosis of the jaw in rice rats: Role of necroptosis and temporal relationship with radiographic, molecular and histopathologic findings”
$37,154 for Two Years

Dr. Daniel W. McNeil, Multi-Pi
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Cheryl Bodiford, Multi-PI
Psychiatry, College of Medicine
NIH/NIDCR/UG3DE032004
“Implementing evidence-based behavioral skills in pediatric oral healthcare providers”
$652,742 for Two Years

Dr. Seunghee Cha, PI
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
University of Missouri, NIH/NIAID R34AI155318
“Phase I/IIa clinical trial using localized and systemic delivery of the P2X7 receptor antagonist AZD9056 for the treatment of salivary gland dysfunction in Sjögren’s syndrome patients”
$23,043 for One Year

Dr. Josephine Esquivel, PI
Restorative Dental Sciences
Dr. Christopher D. Batich, Co-I
Materials Science Engineering, College of Engineering
Dr. Kesavalu Lakshmyya, Co-I
Department of Periodontology
Dr. Steven C. Ghivizzani, Co-I
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Dr. Ren Fan, Co-I
Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
NIH/NIDCR/R56DE025001
“Novel coated nanostructured implant surfaces to increase osseointegration and decrease peri-implantitis in a physiologic rat model”
$650,000 for One Year

Seung Jin (James) Jang, PI
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Zsolt Toth, Mentor
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Bernadett Papp, Co-Mentor
Department of Oral Biology
NIH/NIDCR F30DE0319567
“Gene regulatory role of vIRF1 in KSHV infection”
$76,639 for Two Years

Dr. Margarete Ribeiro Dasilva, Multi-PI
Restorative Dental Science
Dr. Roger B. Fillingim, Multi-PI
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Frank Gibson, Co-I
Department of Oral Biology
Dr. Cesar A. Migiorati, Co-I
Oral Maxillofacial and Diagnostic Sciences
Dr. Zhigang Li, Co-I
Biostatyistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions
NIH/NIDCR UG3DE030433
“Photobiomodulatoin for the management of Temporomandibular disorder pain”
$559.388 for One Year