Description
The ADA Forsyth Institute was founded in 1910 as the Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children (later, the Forsyth Institute), to provide dental care to the disadvantaged children of Boston. While continuing to serve children in need, yet recognizing the ultimate goal is to prevent dental disease, the Institute in 1915 began to focus on scientific research and is today the world’s leader in oral health research. In October of 2023, the Institute joined with the American Dental Association to form the ADA Forsyth Institute, a 501(c)(3) entity dedicated to improving people’s oral and overall health and powering the profession of dentistry through cutting-edge basic research, creative translational science, innovative clinical technologies, and global public health outreach. Consistent with the Institute’s founding mission, the ADA ForsythKids mobile dental program continues to serve children in need.
Forsyth is funded, in part, by a T90/R90 Institutional Postdoctoral Training award, supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Support is available for up to three years. Training is offered for clinicians and/or research scientists who seek to obtain collaborative, multidisciplinary experience in basic, translational, or clinical research related to oral and craniofacial diseases, conditions, and disorders.
Basic Qualifications
- DDS, DMD, PhD, or MD in a Forsyth related field.
- Most trainees must be US citizens or hold a Green Card at the time of appointment. There are limited spaces for international positions that are open for dentists only.
- Motivated, responsible, and willing to work in a collaborative environment.
To Apply
- Complete T90/R90 Application
- Attach Proposed Research Report and Training Plan to your completed T90/R90 Application (details of the Research Report and Training Plan can be found in the Application).
- Click on the “Apply” link below; upload completed T90/R90 Application, Curriculum Vitae, List of Letter Writers, and any Publications/Abstracts as attachments.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and applicants chosen for consideration will be contacted when and if there are available positions.
ADA Forsyth Institute is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary Description
65,000 - 79,942 gross annual salary hiring range
ADA Forsyth is the world’s leading independent nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving oral health, and reducing interrelated systemic diseases and conditions. The Forsyth Institute portfolio includes basic, translational and clinical research, community-benefit programs for underserved populations and Forsyth Faculty Associates, a private dental practice serving Kendall Square and surrounding areas.
The Forsyth Institute reinvents oral and overall health through pioneering biomedical research and transformational healthcare practices. Forsyth uses its unique knowledge of oral medicine to elucidate new biomedical insights, and to find the best ways to help people live healthier lives. Over 110 years ago, The Forsyth Institute was founded to provide badly needed dental care to disadvantaged children in Boston. In the following decades, Forsyth’s research changed the way the world understands oral health.
Forsyth scientists have demonstrated links between oral diseases and health challenges like heart disease, diabetes, and even certain cancers, and are tackling other global infectious diseases like TB and HIV/AIDS.
Key areas of investigation include:
• Oral-Systemic Disease Connections
• Global Infectious Diseases
• Molecular Microbiology and Genetics
• Immunology
• Skeletal Biology/Biomineralization
• Development Biology and Regenerative Medicine
