National Research Service Award Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) - Dual Degree

The need for clinician-scientists has long been recognized within the biomedical science community. To help meet this need, NIDCR established the Dentist Scientist Training Program (DSTP). This program encourages and supports the training of dental students with outstanding credentials and potential who are motivated to undertake careers in biomedical research and academic dentistry. DSTP students participate in an integrated program of graduate training in the biomedical sciences and clinical training offered through dental schools. Graduates receive the combined D.D.S./D.M.D.-Ph.D. degree to prepare them to pursue careers in basic biomedical or clinical research.

NIDCR currently supports DSTP programs in eleven dental schools, but opportunities for dual degree studies also exist in schools that do not have NIDCR training grants.

DSTP participants may choose from a wide range of research training programs. A list of NIDCR-supported programs is provided below.

Grants are made to universities and their dental schools, which are responsible for program operation and trainee selection. Awardee institutions may also support additional students using funds from other sources. Trainee support provided by the grant includes the following:

• stipend;
• tuition allowance; and
• modest sums for travel, equipment, and supplies.

Institutions may supplement the basic stipend provided by the grant.

Continued support for an individual student is subject to annual renewal based on the trainee’s satisfactory performance in the program and the institution’s successful competition for funds at the time of grant renewal. Since DSTP grants are a type of National Research Service Award, trainees must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., possess an alien registration receipt card I-151 or I-551). Trainees incur no payback obligation.

Individuals who wish to enter the DSTP should contact the program office at the participating institution(s) of their choice directly for curriculum information and admission requirements. Interested institutions should contact the NIDCR program director for information concerning the program.

NIDCR-sponsored dual-degree training programs listed alphabetically by state:

Dual Degree Training Programs Listed Alphabetically by State

Alabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL http://www.dental.uab.edu:16080/research/training-programs/dmdphd-program1.html Dr Mary MacDougall (205) 996-5122 macdouga@uab.edu craniofacial development, oral biology
California
University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA http://www.ucsf.edu/ocsci/cohort/dstp/DSTP.html  Dr Pam DenBesten (415) 502-6383 pamela.denbesten@ucsf.edu oral and craniofacial sciences, epidemiology, bioengineering, bioinformatics Dr Richard Jordan (415) 476-8233 Richard.Jordan@ucsf.edu clinical and translational research University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA http://www.dentistry.ucla.edu/Research/t32/ Dr David Wong (310) 206-3048 dwong@dent.ucla.edu bioengineering and bone biology, head and neck cancer, microbiology and immunology
Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine Farmington, CT http://grad.uchc.edu/prospective/programs/dmd_phd/program.html Dr Alan Lurie (860) 679-4049 lurie@nso.uchc.edu skeletal, craniofacial and oral biology
Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry Chicago, IL http://dentistry.uic.edu/depts/research/mostprogram/?m=5&o=5# Dr Phil Marucha (312) 413-4467 marucha@uic.edu cancer biology, wound healing, tissue regeneration, cellular, molecular and developmental biology,  biomaterials science, microbiology/immunology
Maryland
University of Maryland College of Dentistry Baltimore, MD http://www.dental.umaryland.edu/admissions/ddsphd/  Dr Norm Capra (410) 706-4219 NFC001@dental.umaryland.edu hard tissue diseases, neoplastic diseases, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, chronic sensory & motor disorders
Michigan
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI http://www.dent.umich.edu/ohsphd/combine.html  Dr Paul Krebsbach (734) 936-2600 paulk@umich.edu tissue engineering and regeneration focused on restoration of oral-craniofacial tissues
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN http://www.dentistry.umn.edu/minncrest/home.html  Dr Mark Herzberg (612) 625-8404 mcherzb@umn.edu oral and craniofacial biology
New York
University of Rochester Rochester, NY http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/aab/oralbio/edu.cfm  Dr James Melvin (585) 275-3444 james_melvin@urmc.rochester.edu cellular and molecular biology of oral tissues and diseases See collaborative DMD/PhD program with University of Puerto Rico http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/aab/oralbio/documents/TPOSPRFINAL.pdf  (2.88 MB) See collaborative DDS/PhD program with Marquette University http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/aab/oralbio/documents/TPOSMUfinal_001.pdf  (2.35 MB)
Ohio
Ohio State University Columbus, OH http://ctoc.osu.edu/  Dr John Sheridan (614) 292-1162 sheridan.1@osu.edu oral biology, pathophysiology, neuroscience, biomedical engineering
South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC http://dmstp.musc.edu/  Dr. Keith L. Kirkwood 843-792-1382 klkirk@musc.edu oral and craniofacial biology
Texas
Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry Dallas, TX http://www.tambcd.edu/education/bms/grantsandresearch/t32.html Dr Rena D’Souza (713) 828-8375 rdsouza@bcd.tamhsc.edu genes and development, matrix biology and tissue engineering, neurosciences and molecular pathology, and clinical research. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX http://costar.uthscsa.edu/DDS_PhD.php Dr Bjorn Steffensen (210) 567-3798 steffensenb@uthscsa.edu craniofacial biomimetics, pain and responses to injury
Washington
University of Washington Seattle, WA http://www.dental.washington.edu/ob/Page.aspx?id=12  Richard Presland, Ph.D 206-616-6706 rp@u.washington.edu oral and craniofacial biology, immunology and innate immunity, bone growth and regeneration, salivary gland physiology, clinical and translational research, public health, epidemiology

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