Practice-Based Research Integrating Multidisciplinary Experiences in Dental Schools (PRIMED)

Background

The Practice-Based Research Integrating Multidisciplinary Experiences in Dental Schools (PRIMED) initiative aims to foster a culture of scientific inquiry in dental schools. It is intended to provide dental school faculty, students, and residents with opportunities to conduct practice-based research in dental school clinics and/or affiliated clinics to foster development of clinical and patient-oriented research skills. This involves fostering intra- and inter-institutional collaborations and peer and student mentoring partnerships, with the ultimate goal of stimulating additional clinical research pursuits.

NIDCR’s Response

In the interest of continuing its support of practice-based dental research, NIDCR released the PRIMED notice of funding opportunity (previously known as a funding opportunity announcement) on August 18, 2022.

NIDCR-Funded Awards

In 2023, NIDCR awarded 10 PRIMED grants totaling $6.9 million for up to five years of support.

Award Number	Principal Investigator(s)	Institution	Award Title
DE033228-01	Thomas W. Oates	University of Maryland, Baltimore	Examining Provider Bias in an Underserved Dental Patient Population: Improving Health Equity Through a Dental School Practice-Based Research Network (dsPBRN)
DE033239-01	William V. Giannobile	Harvard Medical School	Harvard School of Dental Medicine Collaborative Clinical Practice-Based REsearch Program for DENTal Schools (H-CREDENT)
DE033240-01	Stuart A. Gansky Lisa Berens Enihomo Mary Obadan-Udoh	University of California, San Francisco	Clinical and Translational Research Innovation in Dental Schools (ClinTrain-RIDeS)
DE033241-01	Pandu R. Gangula	Meharry Medical College	Multidisciplinary Practice-Based Research Training in Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry
DE033242-01	Todd Schoenbaum	Augusta University	Clinician-Scientist Research Incubator for Practice-based Training (Clin.ScRIPT)
DE033259-01	Marisol Tellez Merchan	Temple University	Sequential Modeling for Prediction of Periodontal Diseases: An Intra-Collaborative Practice-Based Research Study (ICPRS)
DE033262-01	Daniel W. McNeil David Wayne Paquette	University of Florida	Development of Opportunities for Research (DOOR) in Dental Schools: Future Academic Interdisciplinary Workforce and Collaborators for the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN)
DE033265-01	John C. Mitchell Gina Agostini-Walesch	Midwestern University	Oral Inflammation and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Practice-Based Research Approach
DE033269-01	Thankam P. Thyvalikakath Angela Bruzzaniti Mythily Srinivasan	Indiana University	Establishing Readiness of Dental Professionals in Practice-Based Research and Inter-Professional Care
DE033276-01	David K. Lam Rebecca Moazzez Ruth M. O'Hara John B. Sunwoo	University of the Pacific, Stockton	Pacific-Stanford PRIMED Program: Training the Next Generation of Clinical Oral Health Researchers

Last Reviewed

November 2023