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Boyd, Daniel |
Phone: (902) 494-6347 Email: d.boyd@dal.ca |
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Associate Professor, Department of Applied Oral Sciences | |
Cross appointment, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, QEII (NSHA)
Research Interests:
My research interests are focused on the development of therapeutic/regenerative biomaterials for clinical indications in areas of trauma, oncology, neurovascular interventions and hard tissue augmentation. To achieve these solutions we actively research within the test parameters of internationally recognized protocols to evaluate new biomaterials in terms of safety and efficacy. In particular, emphasis is paid to composition-structure-property relationships of our new materials via the evaluation of mechanical properties (including fatigue performance of materials), in vitro evaluation of biological performance, as well as in vivo safety and efficacy. The research efforts of our laboratory are driven by clinical requirements and are conducted on an international basis with collaborators in the US, UK, and in the Republic of Ireland.
Research Projects:
| Development of Degradable and Multimodal Imageable Microspheres for Transfer to Medical Device Industry | |||||
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| Funding Agency: | NSERC I2I | ||||
| Start Date: | 2017 | End Date: | 2018 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| A novel desensitizing agent for over-the-counter toothpastes | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp | ||||
| Start Date: | 2017 | End Date: | 2018 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Accelerating the commercialization of a novel desensitizing agent for over the counter toothpaste | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp | ||||
| Start Date: | 2018 | End Date: | 2019 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Predictive modeling of the fundamental science of medical ceramics | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSERC Discovery | ||||
| Start Date: | 2016 | End Date: | 2021 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Commercialization of VIOS Bone Cement | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp ESCF | ||||
| Start Date: | 2015 | End Date: | 2016 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Brett Dickey, Lauren Kiri | ||||
| Demonstrating the Therapeutic Effect of Bioglass Dissolution By-Product Ga3+ on the Up-Regulation of Pro-Apoptotic Genes for the Minimally Invasive Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Faculty of Dentistry | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Demonstrating the Therapeutic Effect of the Bioglass Dissolution By-Product Ga3+ on the Up-Regulation of Pro-Apoptotic Genes for the Minimally Invasive Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Faculty of Dentistry Research Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Therapeutic ion releasing fibrous scaffold for tissue engineering | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp ESCF | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M Hasan (PI) | ||||
| Link: | http://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/news-events/news/2014/04/09/new_material_for_bone_grafting.html | ||||
| Commercialisation of a Radiopaque Spherical Embolic Agent | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR PoP | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Link: | http://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/news-events/news/2012/06/15/recent_research_funding_success.html | ||||
| The effect of strontium ranelate on bone consolidation during distraction osteogenesis of the rabbit mandible | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Dalhousie University Department of Surgery | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | P Hong (PI), M Bezuhly (CI) | ||||
| Link: | http://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/news-events/news/2012/06/15/recent_research_funding_success.html | ||||
| Bioactive and Stimuli Responsive Systems for the Atraumatic Restorative Technique in Dentistry | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation: Establishment Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr. Mark Filiaggi (Dentistry) | ||||
| Product Development of the OcculuDel Embolic Delivery System and OccluRad Pre-filled Capsules | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp: Early Stage Commercialization Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2013 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr. Sharon Kehoe (PI), Dr. Bob Abraham (CI) | ||||
| Developing an Oral Health Clinical Research Enterprise in Nova Scotia | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSHRF | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2013 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M Filiaggi, B Cleghorn, R Loney | ||||
| Link: | http://www.dal.ca/faculty/dentistry/news-events/news/2012/06/15/recent_research_funding_success.html | ||||
| Nanoindentation Suite | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSERC: Research Tools and Instruments Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2012 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M. Filiaggi (Dentistry), J. Dahn (Chemistry and Physics), J. Zwanziger (Chemistry and Physics) | ||||
| Minimally Invasive Systems for Bone Augmentation | |||||
| Funding Agency: | ACOA/Atlantic innovation Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2016 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr Mark Filiaggi (Dalhousie); Dr Bob Abraham (Dalhousie); Dr Michael Dunbar (Dalhousie); Prof. Mark Towler (Alfred University, NY, USA) | ||||
| Commercialization of OccluRad | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp: Early Stage Commercialization Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2012 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr Bob Abraham (Interventional Radiology) | ||||
| Infrastructure for Research and Development of Glass Based Biomaterials | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Canadian Foundation for Innovation: Leaders Opportunity Fund - Infrastructure funding | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2013 | ||
| Therapeutic and Regenerative Glass Based Biomaterials | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSERC:Discovery Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2010 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Promex & Promex-GC Scaffolds | |||||
| Description: | Research and development of new medical materials for hard tissue augmentation | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Enterprise Ireland and Private Industry | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr Helen O’Shea, Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland; Prof. Mark Towler, Alfred University, NY, USA | ||||
| Composite Materials for Nerve Repair (Deucalex Nerve Graft Project) | |||||
| Description: | Proof of concept for medical device | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Enterprise Ireland | ||||
| End Date: | 2010 | ||||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr Helen O’Shea, Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland | ||||
| Embolic Particulates | |||||
| Description: | Proof of concept for medical device | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Innovacorp: Proof of Concept | ||||
| Start Date: | 2010 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Dr Bob Abraham (Interventional Radiology) | ||||