Board of Directors

President
R. Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD
Dean & Professor of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Vice President
Mary Kaye Richter
Executive Director
National Foundation for
Ectodermal Dysplasias

Treasurer
Katherine Hammitt, MA
Sjogrens Syndrome Foundation

Secretary
Daniel Perkins
President
AEGIS Communications, LLC

Directors
Rena N. D'Souza, DDS, MS, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Baylor College of Dentistry

Cecile Feldman, DMD, MBA
Dean
University of Medicine & Dentistry of
New Jersey

Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD
Professor of Peridontics
Robert Schattner Center,
School of Dental Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania

Dushanka Kleinman, DDS, MScD
Professor and Associate Dean for
Research & Academic Affairs
School of Public Health
University of Maryland

Roger P. Levin, DDS
Chairman & CEO
Levin Group, Inc.

Linda C. Niessen, DMD, MPH, MPP
Vice President, Clinical Education
DENTSPLY International

Debbie Oliver
Executive Director
AmeriFace

Sarah Tevis Poteet, DDS
Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry

Gary W. Price
Chief Executive Officer
Dental Trade Alliance

Christian S. Stohler, DDS
Dean
University of Maryland Dental School

J. Leslie Winston, DDS, PhD
Director,
Manufacturing & Scientific Relations
North America
The Proctor & Gamble Company

Past President
C. Yolanda Bonta, DMD, MS
HealthKnowledge LLC, Consulting

President Emeritus
D. Walter Cohen, DDS
Chancellor Emeritus
Drexel University College of Medicine

Executive Director
Peter Anas

Contact Us

Friends of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Office
1901 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Suite 607
Washington DC, 20006
Phone: 202.223.0667
Fax: 202.463.1257
Web: www.fnidcr.org

Executive Director
Peter Anas

Legislative Director
Andrew Kaffes

Membership Director
Laikisha Jeffries

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Legislative Update

NIDCR 2010 Funding Increases by $10.5 Million & NIH to Receive $31 Billion

FY10 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Passes
Last night (December 16), President Barack Obama signed into law the FY10 Consolidated Appropriations Bill, H.R.3288, meaning NIH can expect to be funded at $31 billion, which is a $691.8 million (2.3 percent) increase from FY09. The appropriated amount of $31 billion is also $250 million above the president’s request.

NIDCR Will Receive $10.58 Million Increase
The bill provides NIDCR with $413,236,000, which is an increase of $10.58 million from FY09. This is a welcomed increase; however, it is below the funding level recommended of $442 million by FNIDCR.

In addition, according to a joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Appropriations summary, the bill includes:
Dental Care and Training: $66 million, $15 million above 2009, for programs that provide critical dental care and train dental care workers, including a $7.5 million or 75 percent, increase for State Dental Health Grants, in order to expand dental care access to the more than 100 million Americans who do not have dental insurance – more than twice as many as those without health insurance.

FNIDCR voiced its position on FY10 funding for NIDCR, and recommended the Institute receives $442 million. READ WHY below:

See FNIDCR Written Testimony to Appropriations Subcommittee.

See NIDCR's FY 2010 Congressional Justification.