TMJ Diseases & Disorders - Scientific Research - TMJA Young Investigator Awards
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TMJA Young Investigator Awards
At the TMJ Association's Fifth Scientific Meeting, Can Studies of Comorbidities with TMJDs Reveal Common Mechanisms of Disease?, June 1-3, 2008, the Association recognized the following young investigators for their research interests in the area of TMJ diseases and disorders. Many of the young investigator listed below received a travel grant award to attend our meeting with the opportunity to meet and learn from prominent research scientists, government officials and TMJ patients. Several of the young investigators also presented their research during the conference two-day poster session.
The TMJ Association would like to thank the National Institutes of Health for making the following travel awards possible.
- Dr. Samuel McLean, Assistant Professor, Center for Neurosensory Disorders - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; also Director, Trauma Recovery: Understanding Mechanisms and Promoting Healing research program.
Poster: Catechol O-Methyltransferase (COMT) Met/Met Genotype Influences Cortisol
Mentor: Dr. William Maixner - Dr. Hu Wang, Post-Doc - University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Poster: Contribution of Primary Afferent Input to Trigeminal Glial Activation, Cytokine Induction and NMDA Receptor Phosphorylation
Mentor: Dr. Ke Ren - Mary Beth Nebel, Ph.D. Candidate - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Poster: Modulation of Tactile Responsiveness in Somatosensory Cortex by Noxious Heat: Implications for Female TMD Patients
Mentor: Gregory Essick - Dr. Denniz Zolnoun, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology-University of North Carolina
Poster: Prevalence of Orofacial Pain among Women with Vulvodynia: Prospective Two-Year Follow-Up Study
- Susannah Lewis, Expects to receive MA in Behavioral Nueroscience fall of 2008-University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO.
Poster: Characterization of a Glial Component in a Novel Model of Neuropathic Facial Pain
Mentor: Dr. Linda Watkins - Dr. Inna Tchivileva, Research Associate-University of North Carolina
Poster: Propranolol in TMD Treatment: Preliminary Findings
Mentor: Dr. William Maixner
The TMJ Association would like to thank Drs. Ohrbach and Durham for supporting the expenses of their young investigators.
- Filip Garrett, Recent Graduate from Missouri State University with MS in Biology, Springfield, MO
Poster: Effect of Intranasal Delivery of Carbon Dioxide on Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons: Inhibition of Neuron-Glia Gap Junction Communication and SNAP-25 Expression
Mentor: Dr. Paul Durham - Zohair Qureshi, Dental Student - University of Buffalo, NY
Poster: Chewing Performance of TMD vs. Controls: A New Experimental Model
Mentor: Dr. Richard Ohrbach - Margaret Wilkosz, Studying toward MA in Oral Sciences-University of Buffalo, NY
Poster: Masticatory Function and Pain: Experimental Reliability and Utility
Mentor:Dr. Richard Ohrbach