February 26, 2015

Open house celebrates new Center for Dental Research

Cutting the ceremonial ribbon are, from left to right, Ronald Dailey, PhD, dean of the LLU School of Dentistry; Yiming Li, DDS, PhD, MSD, associate dean for research, director, Center for Dental Research, and professor, department of restorative dentistry; and Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president of Loma Linda University Health.

Loma Linda University School of Dentistry celebrated the addition of 5,631-square feet of dedicated research space to its Center for Dental Research with a grand opening event on Feb. 24.

The Center for Dental Research is designed to accommodate cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology and equipment that will be housed in the expanded facility.

The grand re-opening celebration took place at the center’s pristine, ground-floor location in the east wing of Chan Shun Pavilion on the Loma Linda University Health campus.

“Research is a key component of our calling, as it enhances the prospect of wholeness,” says Yiming Li, DDS, PhD, MSD, associate dean for research and professor, School of Dentistry, as well as director, Center for Dental Research. “The center’s new research space will help our school sustain its top-tier ranking in areas of education, patient care and research.”

Loma Linda University Health and the LLU School of Dentistry provided tours of the new facility, meet-and-greets with its researchers and staff, demonstrations of the new research equipment, and learning opportunities about the future of dental research.

The School of Dentistry has a remarkable legacy of oral health care innovation and research that includes collaboration with researchers in nearly a dozen countries. Its revitalized Center for Dental Research builds on a productive and estimable history of providing investigatory services that, since 1998, have developed research protocols and performed basic science and clinical studies sponsored by government, industry and foundations that total nearly $16 million.

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