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NIDCR News 2015

Press Release

​For Immediate release:

September 18, 2015

 

Contact: Dave Vannier

 

The National Institutes of Health will award 10 research grants aimed at eliminating inequities in access to care and improving the oral health of children. Totaling more than $7 million in first-year funding, these awards support the Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Research Consortium to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in Children, a new initiative of NIH’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). 

 

Matthew Hoffman, senior investigator and chief of NIDCR’s Matrix and Morphogenesis Section, and Vaishali Patel, staff scientist
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An NIDCR-supported scientist’s long-term research focus on a rare genetic condition has led to discoveries that apply to more common diseases.
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