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 Seminar Will Kick-Off Post Doctoral Fellowship to Study Temporomandibular Muscle and Joint Disorders [TMJD]

BOSTON—November 22, 2005—A seminar featuring two leading scientists will be held Tuesday, December 6th, at 1 p.m. at The Forsyth Institute, 140 The Fenway in Boston.

Bjorn R. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D. will deliver a lecture entitled: “TMJ Research: From the Clinic to the Laboratory and Back Again.” Dr. Olsen is the Hersey Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Dean for Research and Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. During his lengthy research career, Dr. Olsen’s studies have furthered the understanding of diseases from dwarfism to congenital vascular anomalies, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. His studies have uncovered fundamental roles of collagens, transcription factors and receptors that affect not only skeletal development, but also angiogenesis and blood vessel morphogenesis.

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Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., the Director of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, will deliver a lecture entitled: “The Role of NIH in Catalyzing Multi-and Inter-Disciplinary Research on Temporomandibular Muscle and Joint Diseases.” Prior to joining NIH, Dr. Tabak led a number of interdisciplinary research teams studying the molecular and genetic aspects of craniofacial-oral-dental conditions at the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester in New York. He chairs the NIH TMJD Interagency Working Group.

The seminar will hear from Dominick P. DePaola, D.D.S., Ph.D., the President and CEO of The Forsyth Institute, a leading nonprofit research institute focused on oral, craniofacial and related biomedical science. He will launch the Milton & Renée Glass Family Fellowship in Jaw Joints & Allied Musculo-Skeletal Research at Forsyth. The purpose of the fellowship is to support the research efforts of postdoctoral fellows at The Forsyth Institute for the study of Temporo-Mandibular Joints Disease (TMJD) and related musculo-skeletal disorders with the goal of understanding the disease, preventing it, and identifying effective therapies for its treatment. The fellowship will also provide a unique opportunity to promote awareness of TMJD with special emphasis on awareness, prevention, and education related to TMJD in children.

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The fellowship will honor Milton L. Glass, who has serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Board of Trustees of the Institute, as well as past president and chairman. The fellowship also recognizes and honors his wife, Renée Glass, for her dedication to Forsyth and to the issue of Temporo-Mandibular Joint and Muscle Diseases and Disorders (TMJ/TMJD). Milton and Renée Glass founded the Jaw Joints & Allied Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation (JJAMD), a 501(c)(3) organization, in 1982 with a primary mission to advocate for appropriate awareness, prevention, education and research in TMJD. JJAMD was invited in and headquarterd at Forsyth as a community resource in 1983. Their passion and dedication have increased public awareness of the debilitating medical and oral health consequences of TMJD internationally. More information about TMJ can be found on the JJAMD web site www.tmjoints.org. A congressional proclamation naming November as “Jaw Joints-TMJ Awareness Month® appears in the Congressional Record of September 30, 1997.

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