Celebrating Our 42nd Research Day

Research Day participants discussing posters in the atrium

 

Students, postdoctoral fellows, staff, and faculty displayed 78 posters during research day. We had research talks and celebrated award winners. There were special lectures from:

  • J. Timothy Wright, DDS, MS, from the University of North Carolina Adams School of Dentistry, “Tooth Formation: Science  Translating to Clinical Care” 
  • Brian L. Foster, PhD, chair of the Division of Biosciences, “Mineral Matters: How Rare  Genetic Disorders Inspire Periodontal  Repair and Regeneration”

Congratulations to all the students, residents, and faculty who received awards. Everyone’s work made the event informative and engaging.

Winner

Advisor

Award

Lillian Biedenharn
 

Dr. Oscar Duran-Garnica 
 

AADOCR/Dentsply Sirona SCADA 

Robert Bettinger
 

Dr. Justin Kaspar    
 

Alumni Research Merit Award

Agata Plonski
 
 

Dr. Kyulim Lee   

Alumni Research Achievement

Adam Wade

 

Dr. Do-Gyoon Kim    

AADOCR Student Research Day Award

Lillian Biedenharn    
  
 

Dr. Oscar Duran-Garnica  

DDS Award – 1st Place

Robert Bettinger
  
 

Dr. Justin Kaspar  

DDS Award – 2nd Place

Agata Plonski    

 

Dr. Kyulim Lee    

DDS Award – 3rd Place

Dr. Fatma Fenesha
 
 

Dr. Sarah B. Peters   

Graduate Award – 1st Place

Dr. Morgan Segall
 
 

Dr. Do-Gyoon Kim   

Graduate Award – 2nd Place

Dr. Jae Parker Heiner    
  
 

Dr. Ching-Chang Ko  

Graduate Award – 3rd Place

Dr. Frederick Howard
 

 

Dr. Tammy Duangthip   

Postdoctoral Fellow Award

Ayaan Mohamed

 

Dr. Hong Chen    

Dental Hygiene Student Award

Aarushi Nischal
(1st Place)
 

Dr. Hong Chen

 

Undergraduate Student Awards

Youcef Hennaoui
(2nd Place)

Dr. Leonardo Nassani    

Undergraduate Student Awards

Hannah Rashidi
 

Dr. Leonardo Nassani    

Clinical and Translational Science Institute Award

Dean Trotman and Dr. Schneider
(From left) Dean Carroll Ann Trotman, Dr. Abraham Schneider, Associate Dean for Research
Research Day participants
A research day presenter explaining their poster
Research Day in the Postle Hall atrium
Research Day presenter sharing their poster
Research Day presenter sharing their poster
A group of students at research day
A speaker giving a presentation at research day
Dr. Tim Wright was the Distinguished Lecturer
Dr. Brian Foster giving a presentation
Dr. Brian Foster, chair of the Division of Biosciences, was the faculty speaker.