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Student:
Alan Kuo
Mentor:
Dr. Carol Kunzel
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- Project title: Dental Anxiety, Smoking, and Alcohol Use in Dental Patients at Harlem United
- Research question: Are smoking and alcohol use associated with increased levels of dental fear and anxiety in the patient population at Harlem United?
- Project goal: Collect data at Harlem United using a questionnaire and perform statistical analysis.
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Students:
Cheryn Amo-Adjei
Colleen Brophy
Jonathan Lomboy
Mentor:
Dr. Burton Edelstein
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- Project title: Implementation of Dental Coverage in Affordable Care Act State-Facilitated Marketplaces
- Research question: What decisions were made by each of the 17 state-facilitated marketplaces and the federal exchange regarding each of 8 critical determinations that impact dental care and how do these decisions reflect state characteristics?
- Project goal: Analysis of marketplace decisions will provide a number of "lessons learned" for policymakers as they seek to refine and improve dental coverage under the ACA.
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Student:
Chris Midtling
Mentors:
Dr. Francis Y. Lee
Dr. Jon-Michael Caldwell
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- Project title: Matrix Stiffness and Sarcoma Growth: The Scientific Implications of Compartments.
- Research question: Does a tumor environment of low stiffness promote proliferation and invasiveness of osteosarcomas?
- Project goal: To determine the effect of tumor microenvironment stiffness on osteosarcoma growth, invasion, lung metastasis, and survival in vivo and in vitro.
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Student:
Kevin Lee
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer Bassiur
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- Project title: Comparing the Predictive Factors of Salivary Alpha-amylase and Dental Anxiety for Intraoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Dental Extraction
- Research question: What is the nature of intraoperative dental pain in patients undergoing routine dental extraction?
- Project goal: To investigate the physiological or behavioral contributions to the perception of dental pain.
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Student:
Veronica Yu
Mentor:
Dr. David A. Albert
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- Project title: Aetna InteliHealth e-Health Development and Evaluation: Assessing Children's Risk for Dental Caries and Parental Preventative Practices
- Research question: What are dentists' attitudes towards the internet-informed patient and are dentists willing to implement online resources into their practices in order to better educate their patients?
- Project goal: To understand how dentists feel about educating their patients and if this can lead to a better patient-provider relationship.
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Student:
Jessie Yang
Mentor:
Dr. Carol Kunzel
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- Project title: Assessing the Relationship Between Oral Health Literacy and Dental Anxiety Among Dental Patients at Harlem United
- Research question: Is there a possible correlation between oral health literacy and dental anxiety of dental patients at Harlem United (HU)?
- Project goals: To gain insight into the extent, potential sources, and implications of dental anxiety of dental patients at HU; collect quantitative data on dental anxiety and oral health literacy; and provide information for possible interventions for patients and practitioners.
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Student:
Alisa Kleiman
Mentor:
Dr. Vicky Evangelidis-Sakellson
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- Project title: Predictors of Students' Clinical Performance
- Research question: What are possible predictors that contribute to a student's successful performance in the clinic?
- Project goal: To understand the possible factors that could contribute to a student's successful performance in the clinic.
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Student:
Shaun Darrah
Mentors:
Dr. Panos Papapanou
Dr. Steven Chen
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- Project title: NGAL Expression and Potential Function in Human Pocket Epithelium
- Research question: Does NGAL have a protective role in oral epithelium against periodontal pathogens?
- Project goal: To determine if NGAL has a bacteriostatic effect in a cell culture model of P. gingivalis infection.
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Student:
Mary Awadallah
Mentor:
Dr. Sunil Wadhwa
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- Project title: The Effect of Estrogen Receptor-Beta on Mandibular Condylar Growth
- Research question: Does knocking out estrogen receptor-beta allow for better adaptation of the cartilage progenitor cells in response to forced mouth opening?
- Project goal: To determine whether selectively blocking estrogen receptor-beta can reduce TMJ problems and function as a form of TMJ disorder treatment.
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Student:
Emily Garfinkel
Mentor:
Dr. Lynn Tepper
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- Project title: Dental Phobia and its Impact on Quality of Life in Washington Heights and Harlem
- Research question: How does dental phobia impact the quality of life of sufferers in the Washington Heights and Harlem community?
- Project goal: To assess how dental phobia detracts from quality of life psychologically, socially, physically, occupationally, and financially. To use this information to better inform dentists and dental students about this public health issue and equip them to care for such patients.
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Student:
John Nathan
Mentor:
Dr. Mildred Embree
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- Project title: Evaluation of the Effects of Angiogenesis on the Osteogenic Potential of Temporomandibular Joint Progenitor Cells
- Research question: What are the effects of angiogenesis on the osteogenic potential of TMJ-PC's?
- Project goal: To determine the effects of angiogenesis on the osteogenic potential of TMJ-PC's.
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Student:
Jennifer Csenge
Mentor:
Dr. David Albert
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- Project title: Dental Pain and Sensitivity Experience Among Users of a Consumer Oral Health Educational Website and Subscribers to an Insurance Company Health Newsletter
- Research question: What is the relationship between dental pain and productivity?
- Project goal: The aim of this project is to 1) analyze previously captured data concerning incidence and prevalence of dental pain and sensitivity; 2) assess the effectiveness of the pain and sensitivity information presented to consumers and determine whether the website can effectively educate consumers; 3) develop updated content for the website in response to the results; 4) explore how pain and sensitivity impacts work absenteeism and productivity, and 5) author a paper on this topic.
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Student:
Jodi Hamilton
Mentors:
Dr. Jeremy Mao
Dr. Nan Jiang
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- Project title: Exosomes Role in Mediating Epithelial-Mesenchyme Interaction
- Research question: How do extra cellular vesicles mediate cell differentiation during tooth development?
- Project goal: Determine the specific role of extracellular exosomes in the interaction between epithelium and mesenchyme during tooth development.
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Student:
Alina O'Brien
Mentor:
Dr. Sunil Wadhwa
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- Project title: Analysis of ACL Fibrocartilage in Estrogen Receptor (ER) Beta Deficient Mice
- Research question: Does estrogen deficiency cause a delay in maturation that will be reversed by estradiol replacement therapy in female WT, but not in ER beta knock out mice?
- Project goal: Histologically asses the fibrocartilage interface attachment in female wild type and ER beta deficient mice exposed to altered estrogen levels.
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Student:
Kristy Kao
Mentors:
Dr. Chang Lee
Dr. Jeremy Mao
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- Project title: Effects of CTGF on CD146+ Stem/Progenitor Cells in Periodontal Ligament
- Research question: In efforts to regenerate periodontal ligament, how does CTGF affect CD146+ stem cells?
- Project goal: Measure proliferation and differentiation of CD146+ cells after applying CTGF; isolate cells from rat PDL; characterize cells (CFU-F assay, immunostaining); cell culture.
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Student:
Jason Holt
Mentor:
Dr. Shantanu Lal
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- Project title: Mobile Phone Messaging: A New Frontier in Telehealth
- Research question: Can Google Translate accurately translate dental health information into Spanish and Swahili?
- Project goal: The ultimate goal of this project is to find an accurate and reliable means for a dentist to communicate brief health messages to patients in Spanish and Swahili.
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Student:
Michael Fogge
Mentors:
Dr. Guodong Yang
Dr. Jeremy Mao
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- Project title: Role of lncRNA HOTAIR in the Specification of Odontoblasts
- Research question: How is the lncRNA "HOTAIR" involved in odonotoblast differentiation, and can it's downstream effects be altered through the use of RNAi?
- Project goal: Identify the gene expression profile, role in odontoblast differentiation, and downstream targets of HOTAIR alongside the effects of targeted RNAi.
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