Office of Research Administration
The CU Anschutz School of Dental Medicine Office of Research Services offers faculty research support services that include preparation and submission of grant and contract applications, budget preparation, post award financial oversight, advising researchers of funding program changes, regulatory guidelines, requirements, policies and more.
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Active Awards
Dr. David Clouthier
NIDCR Research Award R01DE033098, $1,860,217
The Role of GATA3 in Hemifacial Microsomia
Ms. Colette Dolby (Dr. Jamie Nichols Laboratory)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF), $159,000
Mechanisms of the sclerotome developmental clock
Dr. Bruce Dye
HRSA Award #H65HA00015, $300,000
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Community-Based Dental Partnerships
Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo
NIDCR Research Award #R01DE030864, $1,922,365
Srsf3-mediated alternative RNQA splicing in craniofacial development
Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo
NIDCR Research Award #R01DE035831-01, $2,032,389
PDGFR dimer-specific dynamics in the craniofacial mesenchyme
Ms. Grace Gustafson (Dr. Jamie Nichols Laboratory)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF), $159,000
Investigating a New Buffering Mechanism for Overcoming Deleterious Mutations
Drs. Lynn Heasley and Raphael Nemenoff (MPI)
Cancer League of Colorado, $60,000
Defining the interplay of tumor heterogeneity and the immune microenvironment in determining targeted therapy responses of lung adenocarcinoma
Dr. Lynn Heasley
VA Medical Research Center, VA IPA under VA Merit #2 101 BX004751-05A2, $106,696
Role of Adaptive Immunity in Lung Cancer Response to Oncogene-targeted Therapeutics
Dr. Stanley Kanai (Dr. David Clouthier Laboratory)
NIDCR K99 Research Award #K99DE032428, $266,268
Investigating the Role of Heterotrimeric G Proteins in Craniofacial Development and Auriculocondylar Syndrome
Dr. Shahbaz Katebzadeh
Foundation of the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, Sue Seale Award, $10,000
Healthy Lungs, Healthy Smiles Initiative: A cross-sectional study to evaluate oral findings in hospitalized children with long-term airway support
Dr. Shahbaz Katebzadeh
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, $15,000
Assessment of Use and Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence while Preparing for American Board of Pediatric Dentistry Certification: A Mixed Methods Study
Ms. Margaret Keating (Dr. Jamie Nichols Laboratory)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NRSA, F31HD122320-01 award, $127,086
Mechanisms of Median Appendage Development
Ms. Cassandra Minne (Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo Laboratory)
Delta Gamma Foundation Fellowship Grants, $5,200
Ms. Abigail Mumme-Monheit (Dr. James Nichols Laboratory)
NIGMS, F99GM160804-01award, $44,434
Mechanisms of Incomplete Penetrance
Dr. James Nichols
NIDCR Research Award #R01DE030448, $2,134,434
Mechanisms patterning the midface
Dr. James Nichols
NIDCR Research Award #2R01DE030448-06, $2,580,081
Mechanism of Developmental Buffering
Ms. Gabriela Padilla, (Dr. Katherine Fantauzzo Laboratory)
NIDCR, NRSA F31DE036451, $149,599
Identifying the subcellular compartment(s) that serves as the major signaling platform for PDGFR homodimers and heterodimers
Drs. Chaitanya Puranik, Devatha Nair, and Michael Schurr (MPI)
Gates Grubstake Fund Award, Gates Institute CU Anschutz, $350,000
Dental Filling for Regeneration of Dental Pulp
Dr. Jeffrey Stansbury and a multi-disciplinary team
Anschutz Acceleration Initiative (AAI) grants, Year 3
Multimaterial 3D print processing of antimicrobial and antifungal dental prosthetics
Dr. Kristin Watt
NIDCR Research Award #R00DE030971, $746,999
Understanding RNA Polymerase III transcription in neural crest cell and craniofacial development
Dr. Trevor Williams and Dr. Hong Li (MPI)
NIDCR Research Award #R01DE032740, $1,729,396
In Utero Rescue of Cleft Lip and Palate in a Humanized Mouse Model
2026 Publications
Brooks EC, Griffin CW, Fantauzzo KA. Roles of the RNA-binding protein SRSF3 in development and cellular differentiation. Differentiation. 2026 May-Jun;149:100958. doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2026.100958. Epub 2026 Mar 17. Review. PubMed PMID: 41881970; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13123275.
Artinger KB, Fantauzzo KA, Merrill AE, Stottmann RW, Taneyhill LA, Van Otterloo E, Harris MP. The Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology 48th Annual Meeting. Am J Med Genet A. 2026 Apr 9;. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.70157. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41956963.
Honkanen M, Baumgarten J, Dibus N, Rannikko JH, Gojkovic M, Ortutay Z, Merilahti J, Tienhaara M, Farahani I, Boettcher S, Kauko O, Nemenoff R, Heasley LE, Haikala HM, Hollmén M, Kurppa KJ. YAP/TEAD drives treatment-induced adaptive immunosuppression in EGFR-mutant lung cancer. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026.01.22.701073. (2026)
Corbo S, Abdelazeem KN, Nguyen D, Bhatia S, Van Court B, Olimpo NA, Gadwa J, Hodgson CA, Beynor JI, Samedi VG, Sanz-Garcia E, Siu LL, Saviola AJ, Heasley LE, Pasquale EB, Knitz MW, Karam SD. EphA4 mediates pro- and anti-tumoral effects through upstream negative regulation of AKT in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Immunol Res, in press. (2026)
Nie Y, Staley A, Hinz TK, Perez-Johnstond R, Merrick DT, Yang MC, Davies KD, Bunn PA, Aisner DL, Camidge DR, Schenk EL, Heasley LE, Patil T. High programmed death-ligand 1 expression is associated with a shorter progression free survival in ALK-rearranged lung cancer patients treated with first line tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Clin Lung Cancer. 2026 Jun;27(5):96-105. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2026.04.010. PubMed PMID: 42209337.
Hinz TK, Le AT, Doan T, Ast A, Jaramillo S, Avila JT, Skhisov D, Haines S, Navarro A, Patil T, Nemenoff RA, Heasley LE. (2026) Modeling acquired TKI resistance and effective combination therapeutic strategies in murine RET+ lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Lett. 2026 Jun 28;648:218467. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218467. PubMed PMID: 41921856; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13234828.
Martin-Martin A, Chipón C, Guzman-Kunstmann C, Guzman-Kunstmann S, Buelvas N, Henríquez C, Vidal F, Villarroel-Espindola F, Hinz TK, Heasley LE, López-Muñoz RA. (2026) The polyamine inhibitor SAM486A increases the efficacy of adagrasib in non-small cell lung cancer cells harboring KRASG12C mutation. Biol Res. 2026 Feb 19;59(1):19. doi:10.1186/s40659-026-00679-w. PubMed PMID: 41715254; PubMed Central PMC13020075.
Nair DP, Dye BA. Microplastics and oral health. J Am Dent Assoc. 2026 May;157(5):544-548. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2026.03.001. Epub 2026 Apr 6. PubMed PMID: 41941359.
Escobedo HD, Schurr MJ, Nair DP. Nanogels for the targeted delivery of antibiotic and antimicrobial drugs. Ther Deliv. 2026 Feb;17(2):125-138. doi: 10.1080/20415990.2026.2648435. Epub 2026 Mar 24. Review. PubMed PMID: 41873797; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC13134399.
Darvell BW, Gareau A, Labrie D, Price RB, Stansbury JW. Analysis of the effect of thickness and irradiance on polymerization delay and initial rate in light-cured resin filling materials. Dent Mater. 2026 Jul;42(7):1218-1237. doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2026.03.146. Epub 2026 Mar 11. PMID: 41813452.
Mumme-Monheit A, Mitchell JM, Bailon-Zambrano R, Wright N, Neukirch LA, Keating MK, Hopkins CA, Riemondy K, Gustafson GE, Moss ND, Medeiros DM, Nichols JT. The alx gene family confers segmental identity to frontonasal cranial neural crest cells. Nat Commun. 2026 Jun 18;. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-74434-w. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42315835.
Keating MK, Jaime J, Mumme-Monheit A, Neukirch LA, Gustafson GE, Bailon-Zambrano R, Rice MC, Gagnon JA, Nichols JT. Early ultraviolet exposure disrupts late dorsal fin skeletal development in zebrafish. Dev Dyn. 2026 Apr 11;. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.70133. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41964409; NIHMSID:NIHMS2175501.
Zhang H, Prasad RR, Kumar S, Li M, Jones D, Hu CJ, Mickael C, Yu YR, Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Adventitial Niches, Complement and Inflammation in Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Current Status and Future Directions. Compr Physiol. 2026 Apr; 16(2):e70133. PMID: 41889113.
Hui Zhang, Min Li, Cheng-Jun Hu, Kurt R Stenmark. Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Vascular Disease. The Pulmonary Vasculature in Chronic Lung Disease. 2026; 33-49. Book chapter.
Lubash BT, Gutierrez R, Fink K, Hopkins CA, Nelson JC, Watt KEN. RNA Polymerase III subunit Polr3a is required for craniofacial cartilage and bone development. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 9;. doi: 10.64898/2026.01.09.698267. PubMed PMID: 41542503; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12803176.
CP Puranik, J Turley, K Pickett‐Nairne, S Katebzadeh. Comparative Efficacy of Trained Versus Untrained Generative Artificial Intelligence Platforms in Providing Case‐Based Multiple‐Choice Questions on Traumatic Dental Injuries in the Pediatric Dentistry Curriculum: A Cross-Sectional Study. Dental Traumatology. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/edt.70095
S Katebzadeh, K Lublin, K Chin, CP Puranik. The Healthy Lungs, Healthy Smiles initiative in Pediatric Dental Education. Journal of Dental Education 90 (S1), S133-S135.2026.
C Puranik, S Katebzadeh, P Reyes‐Nguyen, C Flaitz. Cemental Tears in Pediatric Patients Secondary to Traumatic Dental Injuries: A Report of Two Cases. Dental Traumatology 42 (2), 275-280. April 2026.
GK Ellifson, CE Dandoy, VA Fabrizio, M Kapadia, LE Lehmann, KE Olson, Chaitanya P Puranik, Nathaniel Treister, Sarat Thikkurissy, Katherine Chin. Assessment of Oral Health Practices for Patients Receiving Stem Cell Transplantation at Pediatric Oncology Centers. Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, 32 (2), S315-S316. 2026. Official Publication of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.
C Puranik, M Hoang, F Paoli, S Gholizadeh, S Bothwell, K Pickett-Nairne, S Katebzadeh, C Flaitz. Association of Bifid Madibular Canal with Developmental Dental Anomalies and Pathologies in Children: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Pediatric Dentistry 48 (1), 31-37. Jan-Feb 2026.
D Nair, M Schurr, H Escobedo, C Puranik, D Danforth, J Stansbury. Reducing Biofilms in Oral Microbiome. Dental Materials 42, S22-S23. 2026.
C Puranik, S Katebzadeh, P Reyes-Nguyen, C Flaitz. A Decade-Long Follow-up of Supernumerary Tooth Leading Up to Cemental Tear: A Pediatric Case Report. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 36, (1), 153-156. January 2026.
Tiwari T, Nowak H, Russell T, Albino A, Rivera W, Tobey T, Dye BA. Evaluating Student Communication Skills in a Simulation Setting: A Trends Analysis. J Dent Educ. 2026 Jun;90(6):809-816. PMID: 41006958; PMCID: PMC13280426.