2023 Awards
The 70th Annual Iowa Section of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research was held on Tuesday, February 14. Judges evaluated each submission for each category and determined the award winners based on the quality of the research and the presentation. These awards represent the exciting research that students, staff, and visitors are conducting and presenting.
Madeleine Reed
Undergraduate Student Award
1st Place
Mentor: Ariene Leme Kraus
Tanveer Vasdev
AADOCR Student Research Award
Mentor: Sukirth Ganesan
Jinmei Zhang
Staff Research
1st Place
Mentor: Shaoping Zhang
Colton Curtis
Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition
1st Place
Mentor: Robert Bowers
Sara Saey
Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition
2nd Place
Mentor: Kecia Leary
Luke Hovey
Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition
3rd Place
Mentor: Lina Moreno
Samantha D. Wuebker
Max Smith Graduate and Postdoctoral Competition
1st Place
Mentor: Eric Van Otterloo
Lea Sarment
Max Smith Graduate and Postdoctoral Competition
2nd Place
Mentor: Lina Moreno
Michael Chavez
Max Smith Graduate and Postdoctoral Competition
3rd Place
Mentor: Brian Foster (OSU)
Tanveer Vasdev
P&G Competition
1st Place
Mentor: Sukirth Ganesan
Claire Campbell
P&G Competition
2nd Place
Mentors: Julie Reynolds and Lina Moreno
Kierston Evenson
P&G Competition
3rd Place
Mentor: Jennifer Hartshorn
Sarah Johnson
ADA Table Clinics Competition (Predoctoral)
1st Place
Mentor: Trishul Allareddy
Katie Meinecke
ADA Table Clinics Competition (Predoctoral)
2nd Place
Mentor: Jhanvi Desai
Alanna Bram
ADA Table Clinics Competition (Predoctoral)
3rd Place
Mentor: Carrie Anderson
Ryan Abdelrahim
ADA Table Clinics Competition (Postdoctoral)
1st Place
Mentors: Amy Lesch and Karin Weber-Gasparoni
Maria Rosas
ADA Table Clinics Competition (Postdoctoral)
2nd Place
Mentor: Terry Lindquist
Jeffrey Anderson
ADA Table Clinics Competition (Postdoctoral)
3rd Place
Mentors: Kecia Leary and Polly Iben
Erika Araujo
James S. and Janice I. Wefel Memorial Fund Committee Members
1st Place
Mentor: Cris Vidal
Sara Saey
James S. Wefel Pediatric Dentistry Predoctoral Competition Award
Mentor: Kecia Leary
Tanveer Vasdev
Dental Specialty Award
Iowa Society for Periodontology Predoctoral Award
Mentor: Sukirth Ganesan
Gam Krongbaramee
Dental Specialty Award
Endodontic Michel Fuller Postdoctoral Award
1st Place
Mentor: Liu Hong
Veronica Sule
Department Specialty Award
Operative Dentistry
1st Place
Mentor: Brian Howe
Wattawan Wongpattaraworakul
Department Specialty Award
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
1st Place
Mentor: K.D.A. Rajan
Lea Sarment
Department Specialty Award
Orthodontics/Craniofacial Biology
1st Place
Mentor: Lina Moreno
Ryan Abdelrahim
Department Specialty Award
Pediatric Dentistry
1st Place
Mentor: Karin Weber-Gasparoni
Pamela Nwachukwu
Department Specialty Award
Preventive and Community Dentistry
1st Place
Mentor: Julie Reynolds
Maria Rosas
Department Specialty Award
Prosthodontics
1st Place
Mentor: Terry Lindquist
Chawin Upara
Department Specialty Award
Basic Laboratory Science
1st Place
Mentor: Liu Hong
Jessica Faber
Department Specialty Award
Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
1st Place
Mentor: Hongli Sun
Kendall Oldham
Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health Equity Award (Dental Student)
1st Place
Mentor: Xi Chen
Abimbola M. Oladayo
Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health Equity Award (Dental Student, Master/PhD Candidate)
1st Place
Mentor: Azeez Butali
Honghong Liu
Basic Research
International Presenter
Student
1st Place
Hang Chen
Clinical Research
International Presenter
Student
1st Place