Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, associate professor at CDM is the recipient of a National Institute of General Medical Sciences Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award.
A CDM professor and researcher has identified genomic alterations and molecular signatures in head and neck cancers that may explain disparities in treatment and survival rates between racial groups.
Building on a long-term study of cognitive aging, researchers will collect and analyze oral health data to clarify how periodontitis is associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
An aggregate-forming protein called FadA facilitates the harmful role of bacterium F. nucleatum in conditions such as colorectal cancer and periodontal disease.
Fatemeh Momen-Heravi seeks to uncover the cellular and molecular differences underlying health disparities experienced by Black head and neck cancer patients.
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and a multidisciplinary team of researchers are using cutting-edge bioengineering techniques to grow cartilage and bone grafts which can then be implanted into patients.
In a new paper, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Sidney Eisig, and colleagues reported a surprising success: They managed to grow replacement jawbones, along with their joints, from the stem cells of pigs.
Yiping Han, PhD, and Fatemeh “Flora” Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, have been awarded Columbia Life Science Accelerator grants in support of translational research.
Fatemeh Momen-Heravi received the Anne D. Haffajee Fellowship, a national award that supports the training and research efforts of early-career women in the field of oral biology.