{"id":21481,"date":"2012-10-16T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T15:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/?p=21481"},"modified":"2012-10-16T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T15:28:42","slug":"dr-maria-kukuruzinska-receives-new-sjogren%e2%80%99s-syndrome-research-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/2012\/10\/16\/dr-maria-kukuruzinska-receives-new-sjogren%e2%80%99s-syndrome-research-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska Receives New Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome Research Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/dental\/files\/2012\/10\/kukuruzinska-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21482\" title=\"GSDMHEADS\" src=\"\/dental\/files\/2012\/10\/kukuruzinska-200.jpg\" alt=\"GSDMHEADS\" width=\"200\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a>Associate Dean for Research Maria Kukuruzinska has been awarded funds to research the functional role of the Hippo pathway in Sjogren\u2019s syndrome (SS), a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects exocrine salivary and lacrimal glands.<\/p>\n<p>The grant covers the period from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, with a possible one-year extension. It awards $35,000 per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award will support our research into the molecular mechanisms driving the development and progression of Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome. Our research has direct translational implications for regenerative medicine and therapeutics,\u201d said Dr. Kukuruzinska.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Kukuruzinska\u2019s grant highlights the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine\u2019s longstanding commitment to dental research as an integral part of dental medicine,&#8221; said Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter. \u201cI commend Dr. Kukuruzinska and her outstanding achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information on the research grant can be obtained on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjogrens.org\/\">Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome Foundation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Dean for Research Maria Kukuruzinska has been awarded funds to research the functional role of the Hippo pathway in Sjogren\u2019s syndrome (SS), a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects exocrine salivary and lacrimal glands. The grant covers the period from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, with a possible one-year extension. It awards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13836,13838],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21483,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21481\/revisions\/21483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/dental\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}