2023 Awards
Spring 2023 Edition
The Dental Student Research Group at the University of Iowa is one of the premier programs in the country. The accomplishments of participating students over the 2022-2023 year highlight the value and importance of the program.
Student Research Groups Stories
Cyrus Mansouri and Sydney Woods earn Outstanding Dental Student Research Awards
2023 Mentors of the Year
Four Student Researchers Earn Senior Research Achievement Awards
Mansouri recognized in Dare to Discover campaign
Young recognized in Dare to Discover campaign
2023 National Oral Health Conference
Iowa takes the AADOCR by storm
Dental student researcher studies craniofacial biology at Iowa
Student Publications
Michael Chavez (D2)
Mohamed FF, Chavez MB (D2), Huggins S, Bertels J, Falck A, Suva LJ, Foster BL, Gaddy D. Dentoalveolar Defects of Hypophosphatasia are Recapitulated in a Sheep Knock-In Model. J Bone Miner Res. 2022 Oct;37(10):2005-2017. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4666. Epub 2022 Aug 26.
PMID: 36053890
Michael Chavez (D2)
Nagasaki K, Chavez MB (D2), Nagasaki A, Taylor JM, Tan MH, Ma M, Ralston E, Thew ME, Kim DG, Somerman MJ, Foster BL. The Bone Sialoprotein RGD Domain Modulates and Maintains Periodontal Development. J Dent Res. 2022 Sep;101(10):1238-1247. doi: 10.1177/00220345221100794. Epub 2022 Jun 9. PMID: 35686360
Michael Chavez (D2)
Mohamed FF, Chavez MB (D2), de Oliveira FA, Narisawa S, Farquharson C, Millán JL, Foster BL. Perspective on Dentoalveolar Manifestations Resulting From PHOSPHO1 Loss-of-Function: A Form of Pseudohypophosphatasia? Front Dent Med. 2022 Feb;3:826387. doi: 10.3389/fdmed.2022.826387. Epub 2022 Feb 3.PMID: 36185572
Michael Chavez (D2)
Chavez MB (D2), Tan MH, Kolli TN, Zachariadou C, Farah F, Mohamed FF, Chu EY, Foster BL. Bone Sialoprotein Is Critical for Alveolar Bone Healing in Mice. J Dent Res. 2023 Feb;102(2):187-196. doi: 10.1177/00220345221126716. Epub 2022 Nov 14. PMID: 36377066
Mary Young (D3)
Li M (D3), Olotu J, Buxo-Martinez CJ, Mossey PA, Anand D, Busch T, Alade A, Gowans LJJ, Eshete M, Adeyemo WL, Naicker T, Awotoye WO, Gupta S, Adeleke C, Bravo V, Huang S, Adamson OO, Toraño AM, Bello CA, Soto M, Soto M, Ledesma R, Marquez M, Cordero JF, Lopez-Del Valle LM, Salcedo MI, Debs N, Petrin A, Malloy H, Elhadi K, James O, Ogunlewe MO, Abate F, Hailu A, Mohammed I, Gravem P, Deribew M, Gesses M, Hassan M, Pape J, Obiri-Yeboah S, Arthur FKN, Oti AA, Donkor P, Marazita ML, Lachke SA, Adeyemo AA, Murray JC, Butali A. Variant analyses of candidate genes in orofacial clefts in multi-ethnic populations. Oral Dis. 2022 Oct;28(7):1921-1935. doi: 10.1111/odi.13932. Epub 2021 Jun 21. PMID: 34061439; PMCID: PMC9733635.
Zach Graham (D2)
Couso-Queiruga E, Graham ZA, Gonzalez-Martin O, Galindo-Moreno P, Avila-Ortiz G. Effect of periodontal phenotype characteristics on post extraction dimensional changes in the alveolar ridge. A prospective case series. J Clin Periodon. 2023; 50(5): 694-706.
Zach Graham (D2)
Matumoto EK, Correa MG, Couso-Queiruga E, Monteiro MF, Graham Z, Braz SHG, Ribeiro FV, Pimentel SP, Cirano FR, Casati MZ. Influence of partially exposed nonabsorbable membrane for alveolar ridge preservation: a randomized controlled trial. Clin Implan Dent Relat Res. 2023; 1-11.
Morgan Scholtes (D4)
Scholtes M (D4), Comnick C, Reynolds JC, Ingleshwar A, McKernan SC, Damiano PC. Dentist attitudes toward an annual benefit maximum in Iowa’s adult Medicaid program. J Public Health Dent. 2023; 93(1):26-32.
National Presentations
ADEA Annual Meeting
Two students attended and presented at the ADEA Annual Conference in Portland, OR, March 11-14, 2023.
(D2) David Jun, David Bridges and (D3) Kierstin Evenson
AADOCR Annual Meeting
Seventeen students attended and presented at the AADOCR Annual Conference in Portland, OR March 15-18, 2023.
(D1) Kendall Oldham, Vi Phan, Tanveer Vasdev
(D2) Olivia Bartholomew, Michael Chavez, Casey Delaney, Carter Coppinger, Alex Harper
(D3) Colton Curtis, Kael Hoflen, Katie Meinecke, Arshi Munjal, Sarmad Saadi, Amanda Seaberg, Sydney Weber, Mary Young
(D4) Cyrus Mansouri
Mary Young, Amanda Seaberg, Cyrus Mansouri and Michael Chavez received AADOCR Block Travel Grant.
NOHC Annual Conference
Three students attended and presented at the NOHC Conference in Orlando, FL April 17-19, 2023.
(D1) Jeremiah Poppen and (D2) Garret Curtis, Kayla Limberg
AAPD Annual Conference
(D2) Samuel Allen and (D3) Kylie Scott, Sara Saey attended and presented at the AAPD Conference in Orlando, FL May 25-28, 2023.
IADR
(D2) Jorge Ceballos will be presenting at the IADR Conference in Bogota, Columbia June 21-24, 2023.
The New England Science Symposium
Amam Nasir (D2), presented his research project, Differential Gene Expression in E11.5 Murine Right and Left Facial Prominences, at The New England Science Symposium in Boston, MA. Shankar Rengasamy Venugopalan, adjunct associate professor of orthodontics was the mentor.
2023 Iowa Section of the AADOCR Awards
The 70th Annual Iowa Section of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research was held on Tuesday, February 14.
Twenty-eight students presented at the Local AADOCR Research day on February 14, 2023.
(D1) Kendall Oldham, Vi Phan, Jeremiah Poppen, Tanveer Vasdev
(D2) Samuel Allen, Olivia Bartholomew, Claire Campbell, Michael Chavez, Carter Coppinger, Garret Curtis, Casey Delaney, Alex Harper, Austin Hinkle, Sarah Johnson, Kayla Limberg, Amama Nasir
(D3) Alanna Bram, Colton Curtis, Kierstin Evenson, Kael Hoflen, Luke Hovey, Katie Meinecke, Arshi Munjal, Sarmad Saadi, Sara Saey, Amanda Seaberg, Kylie Scott, Mary Young
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.
Tanveer Vasdev
AADOCR Student Research Award
Mentor: Sukirth Ganesan
Michael Chavez
Max Smith Graduate and Postdoctoral Competition
3rd Place
Mentor: Brian Foster (OSU)
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
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
Tanveer Vasdev
Dental Specialty Award
Iowa Society for Periodontology Predoctoral Award
Mentor: Sukirth Ganesan
Sara Saey
James S. Wefel Pediatric Dentistry Predoctoral Competition Award
Mentor: Kecia Leary
Kendall Oldham
Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health Equity Award (Dental Student)
1st Place
Mentor: Xi Chen
Looking Forward to Next Academic Year
Forty-two student research proposals were funded for the 2023-2024 school year.
2023-2024 Student Research Program Officers
President: Garret Curtis (D3)
Vice-President: Olivia Bartholomew (D3)
Secretary/Treasurer: Jeremiah Poppen (D2)
D4 Representatives: Colton Curtis (D4)
Mandi Seaberg (D4)
D3 Representative: Michael Chavez (D3)
D2 Representative: Vi Phan (D2)
D1 Representative: Elected in the fall (D1)