Stewards:

Vesa Kaartinen & Marco Bottino

Committee Liaison:

Rodrigo Maia

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Organized retreat to promote collaborative science.

  • Increased the number of multi-PI grants from 9 to 12.

  • New research commons are fully functional and all lab spaces are occupied/in use.

  • Established a review committee for oversight and facilitation of clinical trials.

  • Developed research space policy.

  • More than 50% of research laboratories use electronic notebooks.

  • Hired the first data scientist at the school.

  • Designed and utilizing health history, sedation, and implant consent forms.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

  • Address concerns related to understaffing in the Office of Research.

  • Improve focus on postdoctoral trainees in partnership with Rackham.

  • Further improve research spaces, with plans to renovate the Research Tower.

  • Develop ways to foster appreciation and value with basic, translational, and clinical research approaches. 

DEI FOCUS


We work on multiple fronts to ensure that we constantly consider diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) as one of our guiding principles. Our educational programs, such as the Oral Health Sciences PhD and MS programs, play a major role in promoting DEIB in our school. We have increased the number of students coming from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to about 40% of the entire student body.