NORTHEASTERN MINORITY ORAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER

东北少数民族口腔健康研究中心是一家 UMDNJ-新泽西牙科学校(NJDS)与 康涅狄格大学牙科医学院(UConn)。这位将军 目标是：1-建立和实施口腔健康研究中心 少数群体，特别是黑人，2--加强研究能力 NJDS，并特别强调设计、实施和 分析关于少数民族口腔健康的研究，以及3-增加 牙科学校少数族裔教职员工的参与 在研究方面。研究项目的总体重点将是牙科。 龋齿、牙周病和癌症--三个口腔健康问题 对黑人的影响比对白人的影响更大。研究将以生物学为基础 /社会/行为模式，认为原因是多方面的 口腔疾病。大多数流行和流行的相互关联的主题 这些疾病在黑人中的病因。国家人权委员会将由一名 行政服务核心和研究设计、数据管理和 分析核心(RDDMA)--生物统计学和流行病学核心。三小 将进行有关龋齿和牙周的研究项目 中等收入学龄前儿童的疾病，艾滋病毒的口腔表现 儿科人群中的感染情况及其鉴定 老年黑人口腔癌的生物学/行为标志物。引航员 项目将调查成人龋齿(冠面和根面)等问题。 老年人口、青少年妊娠期牙周炎、糖尿病和 牙周病、自我报告口腔症状等。 预计这些研究的结果将使国家人权委员会能够 在两年内提交一份竞争激烈的全面中心的申请 好几年了。

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.