Advancing HSDM as a global leader in research and clinical education
Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) ranks as one of the top schools of dental medicine in the nation and the world. With a curriculum that brings together oral health and medicine and boasts key strengths in oral and craniofacial research, and oral health policy, we must be poised to attract the next generation of talented students, faculty, and scientists.
Recruit, retain, & develop faculty leaders
The call to bolster the faculty at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine has never been more urgent. Teaching and learning is core to the mission of HSDM, and strengthening our pool of talented and diverse full-time and part-time faculty furthers our ability to do so. Bolstering our faculty commitment impacts not only teaching and learning, but also research activities and clinical service to the community.
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HSDM will engage in strategic recruitment of top dental educators, early-career scientists, and clinician-scientists, and will invest in enhancing professional development and mentorship opportunities for faculty.
Reinvigorate research discovery
HSDM stands at an exciting moment of opportunity to recast and expand our research profile and cultivate the next generation of scientific leaders in biomedicine, oral health sciences, and clinical innovation.
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To catalyze new discovery, we will strengthen our infrastructure and investigator resources and expand extramural funding. We will also elevate the trainee experience and mentorship network for our students and postdoctoral fellows with new and sustained resources to train the next dental, oral, and craniofacial research workforce. Surrounded by top scientific resources and talent in the Longwood medical area, and in Cambridge, we are well-positioned to deepen and expand our collaborative partnerships.
Support clinical innovation through translational research
HSDM will support and encourage the development of innovations in patient care by promoting clinical and translational research to advance oral health.
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As the only Harvard school with an on-site clinical care facility, HSDM is poised to leverage its environment and infrastructure to advance impactful translational research programs, develop novel technologies and delivery methods, and demonstrate our commitment and capabilities to promote and advance medical-dental integration.
Fueling new discovery
New pilot grant funds have gone toward research that explores using machine learning to predict tooth loss, investigations into how bacterial toxins trigger acute pain, research into new therapeutic pathways for the treatment of periodontitis, and state-of-the-art equipment to advance the understanding of peri-implant health and wound healing, among other bold research pursuits.
