Colgate Announces Recipients of the Colgate Award for Research Excellence (CARE)

Posted: March 24, 2022
Edited by Dentaltown staff

NEW YORK, N.Y. —Colgate-Palmolive announces this year’s recipients of the Colgate Award for Research Excellence (CARE), which supports oral health research projects across multiple disciplines. The CARE Program identifies and supports the next generation of academic researchers by providing $30,000 USD (per project).

Proposals were reviewed by an independent, panel of senior academic dental researchers. Winners were selected based on the program’s criteria, which includes innovation, clinical significance, originality, and scientific quality. CARE grants are typically offered for a period of 12 months.


The CARE Program is 2022 recipients are:

Michelle Arnett, RDH, BS, MS – University of Minnesota, “Impact of brief motivational interviewing on periodontal clinical outcomes: a 2-year post-trial follow-up”

Hyuk-Jae Edward Kwon. DDS, PhD – State University of New York, University at Buffalo, “Identification of heparan sulfate-binding therapeutic targets for correcting cleft palate”

Roberto Fanganiello, BSc, PhD –Université Laval, “Creation of physiologically reliable 3D biomimetic bone for regenerative dentistry”

Noha Gomaa, BDS, MDS, PhD – Western University (London, Canada), “From Home to Epigenome: Unraveling the Links between Oral Disease and Developmental Vulnerability in Children from Low-Income Families”

Neha Parikh, BSc, MSc, PhD – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, “Determining the correlation between oral health, microbial dysbiosis, and inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease”


For more information about the Colgate CARE Program for Young Academic Researchers and application guidelines, or visit colgateprofessional.com/care-program.

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