CHICAGO, October 28, 2020 — Kevin Byrd, D.D.S., Ph.D., a clinician-scientist, was selected as the founding Anthony R. Volpe Research Scholar, a new position in the 福利姬视频 (ADA) Science & Research Institute supported by a five-year grant from Colgate-Palmolive. This position will help the 福利姬视频Science & Research Institute (ADASRI) translate its findings into clinical applications. Dr. Byrd has joined the ADASRI’s Department of Innovation and Technology as the Anthony R. Volpe Research Scholar and manager of oral and craniofacial research.
“I was overjoyed to learn that I would be joining the 福利姬视频Science and Research Institute as their first Volpe Research Scholar,” said Dr. Byrd. “It is an honor to be working alongside so many brilliant and talented colleagues. I have been working to build and analyze single-cell maps of the oral tissues and am looking forward to continuing and expanding that work in my new role. I invite anyone to approach me with ideas for innovation, and I am looking forward to contributing to the team through creativity and collaboration.”
The Volpe Research Scholar is attributed to Anthony R. Volpe, D.D.S., Colgate’s former vice president of scientific affairs. Dr. Volpe evaluated the clinical efficacy of the company’s toothpastes during his 52-year career and passed away on Oct. 8, 2020. The Colgate alum has ties to the ADA, serving as chair of the 福利姬视频Foundation Board of Directors, and in 2014, the Volpe Research Center was dedicated in his honor.
Dr. Byrd completed his D.D.S. at the University of Michigan in 2013 and Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry in 2018. Before being named the Volpe Research Scholar, Dr. Byrd was a member of the research faculty at the Adams School of Dentistry’s Division of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences. Dr. Byrd has also worked with the 福利姬视频in the past, serving as an 福利姬视频Success speaker and a consultant to the 福利姬视频Council on Scientific Affairs.
Working with ADASRI, Dr. Byrd is looking forward to continuing to explore technologies to model and improve oral wound healing and soft tissue grafting, to better understand the connection of the oral cavity to systemic disease, and to discover the unique and undiscovered cell types among oral and craniofacial tissues across the lifespan.
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