
THE MIRON LAB
Richard Miron
BMSC, MSc, PhD, DDS, Dr. med. dent.
Group Leader
Nationality: Canadian
Dr. Richard Miron, BMSC, MSc, PhD, DDS, is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Periodontology at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He completed his undergraduate degree in Medical Science and a Masters in Cell Biology at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Bern, Switzerland and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at the University of Laval, Canada. He has previously performed numerous short stay post-doctoral research fellowships at the University of Wuhan in China in 2011, 2012 and 2014 and has since co-supervised numerous Master and PhD candidates as an external visiting scholar. His main research interests involve enamel matrix proteins for bone and periodontal regeneration, bioactive growth factors, osteoinductive bone grafting materials and guided bone regeneration in implant dentistry. He has recently been awarded many internationally recognized top young investigators awards including the Andre Schroeder Research Prize from the International Team of Implantology (ITI) (2016), the Robert Frank Award for Basic Research in Dentistry (2015), the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) Young investigator of the Year in the field of Implant Dentistry (2015), the Canadian IADR Hatton Award recipient (2015), and the American Academy of Implant Dentistry Young Investigator Grant Award (2014).
EDUCATION
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April 2016 Dr. med. dent. University of Bern, Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Anton Sculean
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2014- 2015 Implant Fellowship. One year Online Implant Externship Program
Stony Brooke Dental School, New York, USA
2011-2015 Doctor of Dental Surgery. The University of Laval, Quebec, Canada
2009-2012 PhD Degree in Periodontology and Cell Biology. University of Bern
Supervisors: Anton Sculean and Daniel Buser
2007-2009 Masters in Cell Biology. The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Supervisors: Douglas Hamilton and Jeff Dixon
2002-2006 Honors Bachelor of Medical Sciences. The University of Western Ontario, Canada
Area of concentration: Medical Sciences
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
April 2016 –present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Periodontology, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
April, 2015-March 2016
Head of Cell Biology Research at the University Dental School, Departments of Periodontology, Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Sept. 2012-April 2015
Research Fellow, University of Laval, Canada
Development and analysis of various bone grafts as well as development of new pharmacological agents for the treatment of osteoporosis
January 2011-present
Research Fellow/visiting lecturer, University of Wuhan, China
Collaborate with Prof. Yufeng Zhang on in vivo studies involving bone grafts in bone defects and muscle to determine osteoinductive potential
May-August, 2012
Research Associate, University of Bern Switzerland
Impact of bone harvesting techniques and cell behavior of PDL cells seeded on various bone grafts with enamel matrix derivative
September 2007- September 2009
University of Western Ontario, Teaching Assistant.
Organized and conducted 4 laboratory groups for first year biology students.
AWARDS:
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2016 International Team for Implantology - Andre Schroeder Award (10’000 CHF)
2015 IADR-CED, Robert Frank award for Basic Research in continental European division
2015 IADR-CED, Young Investigator to represent European division in Hatton Award in Seoul
Korea, 2016
2015 IADR Young Investigator of the Year Award, Implant Research Group, Boston, USA
($2000)
2014 IADR Canadian Hatton Award – Senior Basic Research Category North American
representative. Project: “Osteogain – a new formulation of enamel matrix derivative for
bone graft mixing”
2014 Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation, Annual Scholarship Award for outstanding
clinical research at the dental undergraduate level ($1000)
2013 Student research prize winner at the American Academy of Implant Dentistry for
project relating to bone grafting materials ($2500, awarded in Orlando, Florida,
October, 2014)
2013 The European Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Doctoral Award (October, 2013, Madrid, Spain)
2009-2012 National Science and Engineering Research Council Scholarship for PhD
$21,000 per year for 3 years (total $63,000) March 2009
2008-2009 National Science and Engineering Research Council Scholarship ($17500)
2008-2009 Nominated Top Teaching Assistant, University of Western Ontario for 1st year Biology
course to undergraduate students
2008-2009 Ontario Graduate Scholarship ($15000)
2007-2008 SOGS scholarship ($3750)
2007-2008 SGS – Schulich Graduate Scholarship ($2650)