2016
- December 19, 2016
Dr. A. Rizkalla awarded funds from OCE
Congratulations to Dr. Amin Rizkalla for being awarded an Ontario Center of Excellence Innovation and Productivity Award (in the amount of $20,000) for his project titled, ‘Advanced 3D Metal Additive Manufacturing for Dental Metal Substructures’. These funds are leveraged against contributions from Rotsaert Dental Laboratory Services Inc. in the amounts of $5,000 cash and $25,470 in-kind. In addition, Dr. Rizkalla’s application has been approved for $25,000 from NSERC-Engage, conditional on activation of the OCE award. (Read full entry)
- November 15, 2016
Drs. D. Hamilton and A. Rizkalla awarded funds from ITI Foundation
Dr. Amin Rizkalla and Dr. Douglas Hamilton (Oral Biology-Dentistry) were awarded funds from the ITI Foundation (International Team for Implantology) of US $110K for their work entitled, “Mechanisms for reduced fibrosis and enhanced healing around implants”. (Read full entry)
- October 24, 2016
Andrei Zaharia - Top 5 Finalist
Congratulations to Andrei Zaharia, DDS 2019 (Rizkalla Lab Summer Research Student), for being one of 5 finalists in the Junior Category for his poster presentation at Schulich Dentistry Annual Research Day. Title of Poster: Novel bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cement for bone augmentation (Read full entry)
- May 10, 2016
Dental student awarded summer studentship
Congratulations to Andrei Zaharia (DDS 2019) who was awarded a 2016 Dentistry Summer Research Studentship and will work in the Rizkalla Lab on a project entitled 'Bioactive, fast-setting and injectable bone cements for craniofacial reconstruction'. The Dentistry Summer Student Research Program provides an opportunity for students enrolled in the DDS program to contribute to clinical and basic science research being performed in Schulich Dentistry. Each year, Schulich Dentisty Research awards a limited number of Studentships by competition. Learn more about Dentistry's Summer Research Program. (Read full entry)
- March 31, 2016
Collaborative Research Seed Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Amin Rizkalla (Oral Biology, Schulich Dentistry and Dept of Medical Biophysics) for his collaboration on 'Tissue engineering a resilient bio-artificial cornea for human transplantation'. (Read full entry)
