NORTHEASTERN MINORITY ORAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER

东北少数民族口腔健康研究中心（NMOHRC）是一个 UMDNJ-新泽西牙科学校（NJDS）和 康涅狄格大学口腔医学院（UCONN）。 总 目标是：1-发展和实施一个研究口腔健康的中心， 少数民族，特别是黑人，2-加强研究能力， NJDS特别强调设计、实施和 对少数民族口腔健康研究的分析，以及3-增加 牙科学校少数种族和族裔教员的参与 在研究中。 研究项目的一般重点将是牙科 龋齿、牙周病和癌症--这三种口腔健康问题， 黑人比白人更受影响。 研究将基于生物学 /社会/行为模型，该模型指出， 口腔疾病。 大多数流行病的相互关联的主题， 这些疾病的病因在黑人。 国家人权事务委员会将由一名 行政服务的核心和研究设计，数据管理和 分析核心（RDDMA）-生物统计学和流行病学核心。 三个小 将进行有关龋齿和牙周病的研究项目。 中等收入学龄前儿童的疾病，艾滋病毒的口腔表现 儿科人群中的感染和识别 老年黑人口腔癌的生物/行为标志物。 试点 项目将调查诸如成人龋齿（牙冠和牙根）等问题， 老年人群、青少年妊娠期牙龈炎、糖尿病和 牙周病，口腔症状的自我报告等，它是 预计这些研究的结果将使国家人权事务委员会能够 提交一份竞争激烈的申请，要求在两个 年

The Northeastern Minority Oral Health Research Center (NMOHRC) is a collaborative project between UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School (NJDS) and University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine (UCONN). The general aims are: 1-develop and implement a center to study oral health in minorities, specifically blacks, 2-strengthen the research capability of the NJDS with a specific emphasis on the design, implementation and analysis of research on the oral health of minorities, and 3-increase the participation of dental school racial and ethnic minority faculty members in research. The general focus of the research projects will be on dental caries, periodontal disease and cancer--three oral health problems that affect blacks more than whites. Studies will be based upon the biological /social/behavioral model which states that there are multifactorial causes of oral disease. The interrelated theme of the majority of prevalence and etiologies of these diseases in blacks. The NMOHRC will be composed of an Administrative Services Core and a Research Design, Data Management and Analysis Core (RDDMA)--a biostatistics and epidemiology core. Three small research projects will be conducted on dental caries and periodontal disease in middle income pre-school children, oral manifestations of HIV infection in a pediatric population and the identification of biological/behavioral markers of oral cancer in older blacks. Pilot projects will investigate such issues as adult caries (coronal and root) in a geriatric population, pregnancy gingivitis in teenagers, diabetes and periodontal disease, self-reporting of oral symptoms etc. It is anticipated that the results of these studies will enable the NMOHRC to submit a strongly competitive application for a full-scale center in two years.