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Catherine Ovitt Featured in D&C's Hot Jobs

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Land and Linehan

Dr. Catherine Ovitt

Salivary glands, which make as much as a quart of saliva each day, don’t pose a life-threatening risk if they stop working properly. But given their roles — they are important for swallowing, keep the inside of your mouth moist so your cheeks can move around, and have both anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties — a malfunction would greatly impact quality of life.

Medical scientist Catherine Ovitt has dedicated her career to the study of salivary glands, in particular to establishing therapeutic strategies for their repair or regeneration after damage from radiation treatment due to head and neck cancers, or because of cellular damage from autoimmune diseases.

“A long-term goal would be to develop some sort of cell therapy treatment, some kind of transplantation or artificial salivary gland,” said Ovitt, who lives in Pittsford and is an associate professor in the Center for Oral Biology, part of UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health. Without the glands, she added, “you end up losing all your teeth.”

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Catherine Ovitt receives 2016 IADR Innovation in Oral Care Award

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Ovitt Award

Catherine Ovitt is one of this year’s three recipients of the 2016 IADR Innovation in Oral Care Awards. She accepted the award from IADR President Dr. Marc Heft at the IADR/APR General Session & Exhibition in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The three prestigious awards recognize research in innovative oral care technologies that may maintain and improve oral health, and are supported by GlaxoSmithKline.

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Dr. Ovitt Voted "Salivary Researcher of the Year"

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Catherine Ovitt, Ph.D. has just been voted by the members of the Salivary Research Group as "Salivary Researcher of the Year"! Dr. Marit Aure, Postdoctoral Associate in the Ovitt Lab, helped contribute to this wonderful achievement.