Seq #29 Thursday, April 3, 2008
9:45 AM-11:45 AM Hilton Anatole Hotel Grand Ballroom E, Symposium - Group/Division Sponsored
NIDCR's 60th Anniversary Symposium: Looking Toward the Future

Sponsored by: NIDCR
Description: As NIDCR celebrates its 60th aniversary in 2008, it is a pleasure to recognize that a growing cadre of new scientists and professionsals are emerging and making an impact in the oral health research community. This Symposium highlights this development by selecting five emerging scientists who fall in this group. The Symposium has no unifying theme but highlights oral health research and scientific inquery over a broad field, from the basic sciences through translational research to social and behavioral sciences. Each of these talented individuals has been, or is currently being, supported by one or more of NIDCR’s training and career development mechanisms. This program is financially supported by the NIDCR.
Chairperson: K.S. HARDWICK
 
  9:45 AM Introductory Remarks
K.S. HARDWICK, NIDCR, Bethesda, MD
0104  9:50 AM Age of Exploration in Oral Sciences: Has P. Gingivalis Discovered the Fountain of Youth in the Gingiva?
O. YILMAZ, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  10:05 AM New Relations of Wnt Signaling in Osteogenesis
H. OUYANG, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  10:20 AM Taking Orthodontics Beyond 'Face' Value: Genetic and Phenotypic Approaches to Understand Dentofacial Variation
S.A. FRAZIER-BOWERS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  10:35 AM Mechanisms of IGF1 Mediated Rescue of Radiation-Induced Salivary Gland Dysfunction
K.H. LIMESAND, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  10:50 AM Social Determinants of Oral Health in the US: Evidence on Potential Pathways
L.N. BORRELL, Columbia University, New York, NY
  11:05 AM Discussion

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