Education
International Collaborator	Country	Lecture Topic	NYUCD Faculty
Brenner Institute, Vienna	Austria	Interactive self-ligation	Mladen Kuftinec
Barbados Dental Association	Barbados	Infection control	Su-yan Barrow
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation		Current dental technology and materials
Ministry of Health -- Dental Division		Radiology review for dental auxiliaries
Peking University School of Stomatology	China	Early childhood caries Nutrition, diet, and dental caries	Yihong Li
University of Zagreb University of Rijeka	Croatia	Orthodontics curriculum development	Mladen Kuftinec
School of Oral Health Care, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen	Denmark	NYUCD dental hygiene curriculum	Su-yan Barrow
Cairo University Dental School	Egypt	Smile design	Denise Estafan
		Technology for fabricating tooth-colored inlays, onlays, and crowns	Denise Estafan
		Dental caries: an infectious and transmissible infection	Page Caufield
University of Heidelberg	Germany	The diagnosis and treatment of skeletal transverse discrepancies	Cristina Teixeira
		Nitric oxide metabolism regulation of chondrocyte maturation and apoptosis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Athens	Greece	Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec
University of Athens		Endodontics	Paul Rosenberg
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Athens		Prosthodontics	Farhad Vahidi Gary Goldstein
University of Nijmagen	Holland	Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec
Academic Centre for Dentistry Dental Hygiene Program, University of Professional Education, Amsterdam		Current dental technology and materials; NYUCD dental hygiene curriculum	Su-yan Barrow
International Society of Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Maastricht		Mandibular reconstruction prostheses	Ken Kurtz
Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists		New advances in tissue engineering for craniofacial repair	Dianne Rekow
School of Dental Medicine, University of Tel Aviv	Israel	Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec
Unione Nazionale Igienisti Dentali (UNID)	Italy	The dental hygiene profession in the USA Dental public health preventive programs in the USA NYUCD dental hygiene curriculum	Su-yan Barrow
Universita Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata
University of Modena Medical & Dental School		Hard tissue biology	Racquel LeGeros
Universita Degli Studi Di Roma La Sapienza		Biological consequences of clinical intervention	Ken Kurtz
Group for Implant Research, Rome, in conjunction with University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey		Advanced techniques and biological aspects in implantology	John Ricci
Clinica Odontoiatrica, Universita di Milano		Orthodontics/Implants	Frank Celenza
Universita Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata		Cariology	James Kaim
Universita Degli Studi Di Roma La Sapienza		Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec
Clinica Odontoiatrica, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore		Implants	Nicolas Elian Sang-Choon Cho
International Society of Maxillofacial Rehabilitation, Okinawa	Japan	Salvaging existing anatomical retention and rapid duplication of an existing nasal prosthesis	Ken Kurtz
Kyungpook University	Korea	Implants	Nicolas Elian Sang-Choon Cho Stuart Hirsch
Seoul National University
Dongkook University
Yonsei University
Marrakech and Casablanca Dental Schools	Morocco	Periodontics/Implants	Farhad Vahidi Kambiz Mohajer
Hassan II University of Dentistry		Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec Frank Celenza
Makati Dental Society, Manila	Phillippines	Current concepts in advanced prosthodontic rehabilitation	Ken Kurtz
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicine Dentaria	Portugal	Clinical Dentistry	Anthony Vernillo
		Biological consequences of clinical interventions	Ken Kurtz
		Implants	Nicholas Elian
		Cariology	Page Caufield
Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude da Universidade Fernando Pessoa		Biological consequences of clinical interventions	Ken Kurtz
		Implants	Nicholas Elian
		Cariology	Page Caufield
Ordem dos Medicos Dentistas		Cariology	Page Caufield
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan	Puerto Rico	Rational approach to bioterrorism	Dianne Rekow
King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	Implants	Nicolas Elian Stuart Hirsch
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
King Saud Military Hospital
Ministry of Health and Higher Education
University of Belgrade	Serbia	Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec
University of Slovakia	Slovakia	Orthodontics	Mladen Kuftinec
Universidad Internacional de Catalunya	Spain	Dental caries: An infectious and transmissible infection	Page Caufield
The Biannual European Endodontic Association Meeting in Barcelona		Pain prevention strategies	Paul Rosenberg
Universidad Europea de Madrid		Implants	Nicolas Elian
Universidad Internacional de Catalunya		Biomaterials	Christian Stappert
Universidad Barcelona
Universidad Europea de Madrid
University of Stellenbosch	South Africa	Prevention of HIV infection	Anthony Vernillo
University of Witwaterstrand
Bangkok University	Thailand	Hard tissue biology	Racquel LeGeros
Thammasat University
Mahidol University		Endodontics	Paul Rosenberg Stuart Hirsch
University of Newcastle	United Kingdom	Gerontology	Jonathan Ship

Research
International Collaborator	Country	Research Projects	NYUCD Faculty
University of Buenos Aires	Argentina	Oral cancer among Hispanics	Gustavo Cruz
Australian Society of Implant Dentistry, Sydney	Australia	Development and testing of LaserLok™ implant	John Ricci
University of Technology, Sydney		Bone substitute materials	Racqel LeGeros John LeGeros
Ministry of Health	Bahamas	Bahamas national oral health survey	Walter Psoter
University of São Paulo, Bauru	Brazil	Engineering tissue response in scaffolds for bone regeneration	Dianne Rekow
		Performance of all-ceramic crowns Polymer burs for selective caries removal	Van Thompson
Composites at Lake Louise	Canada	Performance of all-ceramic crowns	Dianne Rekow
		Composite materials	Van Thompson
Sichuan University West China, School of Stomatology	China	Caries risk assessment: Efficacy of two novel diagnostic tests	Yihong Li Page Caufield
Shanghai Second Medical University, School of Stomatology		Screening and functional analysis of a therapeutic target gene for oral squamous cell carcinoma	Fang-An Chen
Ministry of Health Research Agency	Costa Rica	Epidemiology	Walter Psoter
University of Bordeaux II	France	The role of BLC-2 family proteins in apoptosis	Kathleen Kinnally
Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Nantes		Calcium phosphate cement	Racquel LeGeros John LeGeros
Haitian Health Foundation	Haiti	The effect of early childhood malnutrition on dental caries and tooth development	Walter Psoter
Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College	India	Smokeless tobacco oral pathology prevention and awareness network (STOP PAAN)	Ross Kerr
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
Tata Institute of Fundamental Studies		Oral cancer screening	Ananda Dasanayake
Amristar Insitute of Medical Sciences
University of Belfast	Ireland	Use of ozone to treat dental caries	Jonathan Ship
Hebrew University	Israel	Mechanism of lingering taste	Andrew Spielman
Weizmann Institute of Science		Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry	John Evans
University of Chieti School of Dentistry	Italy	Evaluation of calcium sulfate bone repair materials in animal models	John Ricci
Okayama University Graduate School for Medicine and Dentistry	Japan	Induction of cementogenesis on endodontic material using an enamel matrix derived protein preparation (Emdoain®)	Ron Craig
Nagasaki University of Dentistry		Composite bond strengths	Ken Kurtz
Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine		Colormetric analysis of porcelain fused to gold-coated titanium	Ken Kurtz
Nihon University Dental School		Implant surface modification	Racquel LeGeros John LeGeros
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Tsukuba		Osteoporosis	Racquel LeGeros John LeGeros
Tsukuba Kobe University, Kobe		Amorphous calcium phosphate	Racquel LeGeros John LeGeros
Ministry of Science and Education, Almaty	Kazakhstan	Amorphous calcium phosphate	Racquel LeGeros John LeGeros
Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto	Portugal	Nitric oxide metabolism in the epiphyseal growth plate	Cristina Teixeira
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan	Puerto Rico	Periodontal disease and prematurity	Ananda Dasanayake
		Risk factors for oral epithelial dysplasia in Puerto Rico	Douglas Morse
		Dental survey of oral cancer-related KOP	Gustavo Cruz
		Oral health status of elderly Puerto Ricans
		Oral health care in pregnant women
		The effect of mentoring on tenure and vice versa	Ralph Katz
Universidad de Extremadura	Spain	Dissection of the protein import channels of mitochondria; Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel	Kathleen Kinnally
University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Dental Sciences	Sri Lanka	Periodontal disease and prematurity	Ananda Dasanayake
Base Hospital, Matale		Oral cancer screening
Biora AB Malmo and the Karolinska Institute, Huddinge	Sweden	Induction of cementogenesis on endodontic material using an enamel matrix derived protein preparation (Emdoain®)	Ron Craig
King's College	United Kingdom	Oral cancer screening	Ananda Dasanayake
Leeds Dental Institute/University of Leeds School of Dentistry, England		Smokeless tobacco and oral pathology in South Asian immigrants	Gustavo Cruz
NIDCR-funded collaboration with Ivoclar (Lichtenstein), Nobel Biocare (Sweden), 3M ESPE AG (Germany), Vita Zhanfabrik (Germany); National Institute of Standards and Technology, Princeton University; University of Maryland; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and Refractron (New York)	Lichtenstein, Sweden, Germany, U.S.	Damage initiation and propagation in ceramics	Dianne Rekow Van Thompson

Faculty and Student Exchange
International Collaborator	Country	Exchange Activities	NYUCD Faculty
Federal University of Parana	Brazil	DDS/PhD candidates trained in NYUCD laboratory	Kathleen Kinnally
Peking University School of Stomalogy	China	Peking faculty members trained in molecular epidemiology of oral diseases at NYUCD	Yihong Li
		NYUCD students visited dental clinics in Peking
Si-Chuan University of Technology		Dr. LeGeros served as a Visiting Professor	Racquel LeGeros
Wuhan University of Technology
School of Oral Health Care, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen	Denmark	NYUCD hosted Danish dental hygiene students for a six-week international dental hygiene clinic program	Su-yan Barrow
Kyushu University Dental School, Fukuoka	Japan	Dr. LeGeros served as Visiting Professor	Racquel LeGeros
Universidad de Extremadura	Spain	Students trained in NYUCD laboratory; Dr. Kinnally visited Spain	Kathleen Kinnally
University of A Coruña
Serrano Pharmaceutical	Switzerland	NYUCD laboratory training	Kathleen Kinnally

Faculty and Student Outreach Programs
International Collaborator	Country	Outreach Programs	NYUCD Faculty
Department of Health of the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Public health outreach	Lidia Kiremidjian-Schumacher
Municipality of Ruinas Copan Dental College, San Pedro Sula	Honduras	Student/faculty oral health outreach program	Neal Herman
Department of Health of Jamaica	Jamaica	Public health outreach	Ralph Cunningham
The University of Stellenbosch School of Oral Health Sciences	South Africa and Tanzania	Dental outreach programs/treatment and education	Anthony Vernillo
University of the Western Cape Miracle Corners of the World

Neither an Earthquake Nor Machine Gun Fire Interrupts Progress of University of Haiti/NYUCD Research Alliance

Despite being on shaky ground as the result of an earthquake (4.3 on the Richter Scale) and under fire from fairly constant machine gun firings, the University of Haiti/NYUCD research alliance forges ahead.

On May 1, Dr. Walter Psoter, '79, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Health Promotion, led a team of 13 researchers from the University of Haiti and NYUCD to the remote southern peninsula around Jeremie, Haiti, for the field data collection phase of a three-year, $1.7 million NIH grant to study the effects of early childhood malnutrition on diseases and development of the permanent dentition.