UMMC Biomedical Materials Science PhD Program

Congratulations to our BMS students for their continued hard work!🏆 We would like to thank their mentors, graduate committee members, SOD faculty and SGSHS for their unwaivering support.✨

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Congratulations to first-year PhD student A M U B Mahfuz on winning the 2024 Academy of Osseointegration (AO) Student Travel Grant!
The Academy of Osseointegration is one of the leading global organizations in the field of implant dentistry. This year’s annual conference will be in Charlotte, NC, in March. A M U B will present his research at this conference and receive a $1,000 award check from the philanthropic arm of the Academy of Osseointegration, Osseointegration Foundation (OF).
Our sincere appreciation goes out to Dr. Duan, Dr. Michael Roach and his team, the BMS faculty, the School of Dentistry, and the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences for the strong support given to AMUB.

Wishing everyone a warm and joyous holiday season.

Warmest wishes from the BMS family for a joyous holiday season.

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The LIVE Webinar has been postponed to October 17! This means that there is still time to register @ https://redcap.link/j65i3gk9

The LIVE Webinar has been postponed to October 17! This means that there is still time to register @ https://redcap.link/j65i3gk9

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Upcoming LIVE webinar to ask any questions you may have about the Ph.D. in Biomedical Materials Science and the application process, and meet the BMS faculty and students!
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Our Ph.D. students and Dr. Salazar enthusiastically demonstrated STEM activities during the fourth day of SMILE U, in which the participants performed hands-on science experiments such as medicine delivery systems, replica technique, and orthopedic implants. What a team!

Summer school for these kids means lessons in dentistry The Medical Center’s School of Dentistry is providing an experience for young scholars who may have never had the chance to speak with dental professionals and see first-hand what the job entails. S.M.I.L.E. U is giving kids in grades 5-8 that opportunity through hands-on, fun activities designed ...

During SMILE U, Dr. Griggs led a fun STEM Enrichment session about 'Probability'. Students had their first encounter with probability as they developed their understanding of probability by calculating theoretical probabilities and designing and running their own simulations.

More about the amazing summer semester that has not ended yet!
On June 5-9, BMS faculty members Dr. Griggs and Dr. Salazar, Ph.D. students, and BMS postdoctoral fellow participated in two sessions of the unique program SMILE U, which stands for Shaping Minds to Inspire, Lead, and Explore. SMILE U was a 5-day enrichment program for rising 6th - 8th graders that included STEM educational components, financial literacy information, and exploratory to general dentistry and public health.

The UPSTART Program 2023 has drawn to a close! During the Symposium on July 27, we were pleased to have as keynote speaker to Dr. Caroline Compretta, Assistant Vice Chancellor.

Congratulations to all UPSTART presenters! This was a big moment and altogether celebrated the combination of EIGHT weeks of hard work and dedication of the UPSTART students, UPSTART mentors, co-mentors, UPSTART Director, and UPSTART support staff members.
Special thanks to the BMS and SOD faculty, postdoc, and BMS Ph.D. students. What a role you all played this summer!

Comeback post!
Big claps for our five Ph.D. in Biomedical Materials Science students who traveled to Starkville on Tuesday (07/25) to present their research results at the MAS Summer Science & Engineering Symposium.
Awesome presentations: G1 Aditya Kunapareddy, G1 Riya Titua, G3 Jaccare Jauregui Ulloa, G3 Amisha Parekh, and G3 Sheetal Chowdhury.

Congratulations to Amisha Parekh! Her 3-MINUTE THESIS presentation won 1st Prize state-wide:
TITANIUM ANODIZATION TO FORM HYDROXYAPATITE AND TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE COMBINATION SURFACES
Amisha Parekh, Amol V. Janorkar, Michael D. Roach

Graduation day!
Cheers to the memories with our two graduated students, Dr. Lohitha Kalluri and Dr. Aya Ali!

Our program also congratulates Aya Ali for successfully completing her Ph.D. studies in four years and for all her accomplishments throughout this time!
Special thanks to the graduate school Dean, Dr. Granger, for his efforts to provide our graduate students stipends and an outstanding academic experience, and Aya's mentor, Dr. Roach, for his professional guidance and mentorship.

Wonderful, productive, and enjoyable 2022-2023 retreat with the BMS family!

Our BMS Ph.D students keep shinning at SFB. Ph.D. candidate Sheetal Chowdhury did a poster presentation entitled “Extending three-dimensional culture of adipocytes through surface coatings." Sheetal is mentored by Dr. Janorkar.

BMS family in action at the Society for Biomaterials in San Diego, California.
Oral and poster presentations are such fruitful experiences.
Congratulations to our Ph.D. students!

BMS faculty, current, and former students reunited at 2023 AADOCR. That, besides the outstanding oral presentation of our BMS members!

At the BMS Embracing Culture talks, Kartikeya took us virtually and mentally to Rajasthan, India. You never know what you will see in Rajasthan!
Kartikeya dressed a dhotee-kurta during his presentation. He gave us the experience of trying delicious samosas, spicy coated fried peanuts, tasty mango lassi, and much more.
It was unique, unforgettable, and embracing. Thank you, Kartikeya!
Thankful for our rich diversity and for each and every one!

Feeling the joy that Ph.D. candidates Lohitha Kalluri and Aya Ali have brought to the Ph.D. program. Both have successfully defended their Ph.D. thesis!
Thanks to their supervisors, Dr. Duan (Lohitha's mentor) and Dr. Roach (Aya's mentor), for listening, guiding, encouraging, and advising with wisdom and good humor always. Thanks to their Advisory Research Committee for valuable and timely feedback at key stages in Lohitha and Aya's research process.

Congratulations on the publications!

Kudos to former graduate student and current postdoctoral fellow Kartikeya Jodha, mentored by Dr. Griggs, for publishing his 3rd peer-reviewed article on fractal geometry as a failure analysis tool for determining the conditions that were present at the moment when an implant or prosthesis broke (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2022.11.011). This article was accepted by the premier journal in our specialty area, Dental Materials (IF=5.687).

Congrats to Ph.D. candidate Aya Ali, mentored by Dr. Roach, for securing her second first-authored publication (https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.35217) in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials (IF = 3.405).

Congrats to Ph.D. candidate Laura Alberto, mentored by Dr. Duan, for securing her third first-authored publication in Materials (IF= 3.748)! The objective of her project was to investigate the influence of various experimental factors on the morphology of electrosprayed particles (https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16052122).

Thank you to all who are a part of the multidisciplinary team of our students!

On March 10th, Madison Middle School held its annual science fair. BMS faculty and students created and led educational and intriguing STEM activities for middle school-grade students.

Remembering the annual celebration of cutting-edge research at the School of Dentistry during the 2023 Research Day. The event included a keynote session with Dr. Price, poster presentations, and awards.
Dr. Price presented "How to Improve Your Restorations and Make Your Research Relevant”.

Ph.D. candidate Aya Ali received the 2023 Ivoclar Vivadent People’s Choice Award for her research on 'Effect of Silver Doping on the Photocatalytic Activity of Titanium Implants' Congratulations to Aya, research mentor Dr. Roach, and the research team that includes Amol V. Janorkar, Mary Marquart, Jason A. Griggs, Joel D. Bumgardner.

Don't miss our Summer Research Program!

Do you know an undergraduate student who would like to learn how to conduct research and make presentations this summer? Many of the positions are paid!

Apply now at: https://shorturl.at/hBC14
Deadline: March 31, 2023

The Undergraduate and Professional Student Training in Advanced Research Techniques (UPSTART) summer research program provides an opportunity for eligible dental, pre-dental, pre-graduate and high school students to participate in faculty-mentored research at the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry. The program includes weekly seminars on the conduct of research and culminates with a symposium of student research presentations. Participants are also encouraged to present their projects at the annual School of Dentistry Research Day.


UMMC Biomedical Sciences PhD Program