Investigator Profile: E. Angeles Martinez Mier, PhD, DDS, MSD

Major Research Project Description

• Evaluation of fluoride’s effects on human physiological responses aimed at maximizing its beneficial effects while minimizing its toxic effects.
• Analysis of biological and nonbiological samples of fluoride to support research on the intersection between oral and environmental health.
• Development of research studies and community interventions to identify and address inequities in oral disease in underserved populations.
  
  

Major funding in the past 5 years

• HRSA T12HP46109 (Shukla/Martinez Mier)
  09/01/2022 – 08/31/2026
  Reducing Disparities in Oral Health Access for the Most Vulnerable and Underserved in Rural Indiana

• CIHR #462898 (Till/Martinez Mier)
  07/01/2021 – 06/30/2024
  Impact of early life fluoride exposure on neurodevelopmental outcomes among children in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort  

• NIH R21DE032161-01 (Moncrieffe/Shukla/Martinez Mier)
  09/01/2022 – 08/31/2023
  The NAME Project: A Narrative Dentistry and Medical Education Project

• HRSA T12HP31870 (Martinez Mier)
  09/01/2018 – 08/31/2022
  Strengthening the Oral Health Workforce in Indiana through an Innovative Community Based Dental Education (CBDE) Mode

• IU President’s International Research Award (Martinez Mier)
  04/01/2019 – 04/30/2021
  Urinary fluoride in pregnant women living in Mexico City – A global perspective on the risks of prenatal fluoride exposure

   

Publications