The ADA Foundation, the ADA and Colgate-Palmolive have launched a joint initiative to enhance the ADA Foundation’s existing dental research laboratory in Gaithersburg, MD, and to support and encourage promising young researchers.
As part of this initiative, which includes some major financial gifts, the ADAF lab -- formerly known as the Paffenbarger Research Center -- will be renamed to honor Anthony Volpe, DDS, MS, who recently retired as vice president of clinical research and scientific affairs at Colgate-Palmolive. The bulk of the funds will be used to hire a distinguished researcher as the Dr. Anthony Volpe Research Fellow.
The funds also will be used to provide permanent support for the ADAF’s Dental Student Conference on Research, an annual event that attracts about 50 promising dental students from the U.S and Canada who are interested in careers in research. The conference, which will now be known as the Colgate Dental Student Conference on Research, will mark its 50th year in 2014.
Dr. Volpe has conducted clinical research programs around the globe. In addition to his pioneering work on the measurement of tartar, he has played a leadership role in developing other novel measurement procedures and has led breakthrough clinical research on plaque and periodontal disease control. Dr. Volpe is the only dentist from industry ever elected president of the ADAF.
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