

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 |
09.00 – 10.15 | Regenerative Medicine and Drug Delivery |
10.15 – 10.30 | COFFEE BREAK |
10.30 – 12.00 | Principles of oral and maxillofacial soft tissue reconstruction |
12.00 – 13.15 | LUNCH BREAK |
13.15 – 14.30 | From bench to chair-side: taking innovations to clinical trials and clinical practice |
14.30 – 15.30 | Clinical Studies on Peri-implant diseases: treatment and management |
15.30 – 15:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
15.30 – 16.30 | Scholarly publication and Osteology Grants process |
17:15 – 17:30 | End of course day (wrap-up and Q&A) |
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 |
09.45 – 11.00 | Oral microbiome and oral immunology in dentistry |
11.00 – 11.30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
11.30 – 12.30 | Research Methods for Guided Tissue Regeneration and Guided Bone Regeneration |
12:30 – 13.30 | LUNCH BREAK |
13.30 – 14.30 | Statistical principles for studies in oral health research: Theory |
14.30 – 15.30 | Statistical principles for studies in oral health research: Practical application (Part I) |
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) |
17.30 – 20.30 | Career Seminar & Team Dinner |
Wednesday, 19.09.2018
08.00 – 08.30 | Coffee and Breakfast |
08.30 – 09.45 | Molecular Mechanisms of Dental Implant Osseointegration |
09.45 – 10.45 | Strategies and methods in molecular biology |
10.45 – 11.15 | COFFEE BREAK |
11.15 – 12.15 | WORKSHOP: Molecular biological methods for oral implantology and periodontology research studies |
12.15 – 13.15 | LUNCH BREAK |
13.15 – 14.45 | Histology, histomorphometry and immunohistochemistry |
14.45 – 15.15 | COFFEE BREAK |
15.15 – 17.15 | WORKSHOP: Sample Processing & 3D imaging |
17:15 – 17.30 | End of course day (wrap-up and Q&A) |
Thursday, 20.09.2018
08.00 – 08.30 | Coffee and Breakfast |
08.30 – 09.30 | The research agenda of personalized/precision medicine |
09.30 – 10.30 | Clinical application of imaging techniques to assess oral soft and hard tissue regeneration |
10.30 – 11.00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
11.00 – 11.45 | Evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews - Application Methods |
11.45 – 12.00 | Closing of the course |
12.00 – 13.00 | LUNCH |