Research Academy Ann Arbor - Programme

17-20 September 2018
University of Michigan School of Dentistry/Harvard School of Dental Medicine
in collaboration with the Osteology Foundation

 

Monday, 17.09.2018

08.00 – 08.30      

Registration / Breakfast

08.30 – 09.00 

Welcome and course introduction
William Giannobile, David Kim, Myron Nevins

09.00 – 10.15  

Regenerative Medicine and Drug Delivery
Lonnie Shea 

10.15 – 10.30

COFFEE BREAK

10.30 – 12.00    

Principles of oral and maxillofacial soft tissue reconstruction
Stephen E. Feinberg

12.00 – 13.15       

LUNCH BREAK

13.15 – 14.30

From bench to chair-side: taking innovations to clinical trials and clinical practice
William Giannobile       

14.30 – 15.30       

Clinical Studies on Peri-implant diseases: treatment and management
Niklaus Lang    

15.30 – 15:45

COFFEE BREAK

15.30 – 16.30

Scholarly publication and Osteology Grants process       
Niklaus Lang, William Giannobile

17:15 – 17:30

End of course day (wrap-up and Q&A)
William Giannobile, David Kim, Myron Nevins
17.30 – 20.00 Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 18.09.2018

08.00 – 08.30

Coffee and Breakfast

08.30 – 09.45

Biologics of bone regeneration procedures
Myron Nevins, David Kim       

09.45 – 11.00

Oral microbiome and oral immunology in dentistry
Flavia Teles

11.00 – 11.30       

COFFEE BREAK

11.30 – 12.30    

Research Methods for Guided Tissue Regeneration and Guided Bone Regeneration
Hom-Lay Wang     

12:30 – 13.30  

LUNCH BREAK

13.30 – 14.30  

Statistical principles for studies in oral health research: Theory
Cathie Spino   

14.30 – 15.30       

Statistical principles for studies in oral health research: Practical application (Part I)
Cathie Spino

15.30 – 16.00

COFFEE BREAK
16.00 – 17.00 Statistical principles for studies in oral health research - Practical application (Part II)
Cathie Spino

17.00 – 17.15

End of course day (wrap-up and Q&A)
William Giannobile, David Kim, Myron Nevins

17.30 – 20.30

Career Seminar & Team Dinner
Niklaus Lang

Wednesday, 19.09.2018

08.00 – 08.30       

Coffee and Breakfast        

08.30 – 09.45     

Molecular Mechanisms of Dental Implant Osseointegration
Jill Helms          

09.45 – 10.45    

Strategies and methods in molecular biology
Lena Larsson

10.45 – 11.15       

COFFEE BREAK

11.15 – 12.15

WORKSHOP: Molecular biological methods for oral implantology and periodontology research studies
Lena Larsson

12.15 – 13.15       

LUNCH BREAK

13.15 – 14.45        

Methods for tissue specimen analysis in translational and clinical research
Darnell Kaigler      

14.45 – 15.15       

COFFEE BREAK

15.15 – 17.15       

WORKSHOP:  Sample Processing & 3D imaging
Darnell Kaigler, Erika Benavides  

17:15 – 17.30

End of course day (wrap-up and Q&A)
William Giannobile, Myron Nevins, David Kim, Niklaus Lang

Thursday, 20.09.2018

08.00 – 08.30       

Coffee and Breakfast            

08.30 – 09.30

The research agenda of personalized/precision medicine
Peter Polverini     
09.30 – 10.30

Clinical application of imaging techniques to assess oral soft and hard tissue regeneration
Erika Benavides

10.30 – 11.00   

COFFEE BREAK

11.00 – 11.45

Evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews - Application Methods
Niklaus Lang

11.45 – 12.00

Closing of the course
William Giannobile, Niklaus Lang

12.00 – 13.00

LUNCH