New insights on the role of inflammation and diabetes on periodontal disease and connective tissue repair

Abstract

This visit will enable the continuity and strengthen the research collaborations already in place and foster de development of new collaborations, since as the current Vice-Dean for Scholarship and Research and interim-Director of the Graduate Program of the School of Dental Medicine-University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Graves has both the knowledge and the mission to seek, incentive, guide and enable new cooperation agreements with other Institutions and establish novel collaborations with researchers from his Institution. Thus, besides strengthening the ongoing research collaborations between Dr. Graves himself and researchers from the School of Dentistry at Araraquara/UNESP, the purpose of this visit is to discuss and initiate the procedures for the establishment of a cooperation agreement between the School of Dentistry at Araraquara/UNESP and the School of Dental Medicine-Univ of Pennsylvania. The activities during this visit will include: a research-focused talk on his personal work (open to all interested), individual meetings with faculty from the School of Dentistry at Araraquara and with the Dean of the School, a condensed graduate level course (30h, 2 credits) and two lectures on "grantsmanship", including suggestions and insights into scientific writing and experimental design, taking advantage of Dr. Graves' extensive experience with the NIH/NIDCR as the head of study sessions assessing research proposals submitted for funding, as well as his role as Editor of the main scientific Journal in Dental Research (Journal of Dental Research). (AU)