April 12, 2007

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the school's annual Research Day yesterday afternoon. Collectively, our students, staff, and faculty made 67 outstanding presentations - 52 in poster format and 15 as table clinics.

The 2007 Research Day Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the names of the Research Day award recipients. The abstracts presented yesterday, including those of the award-winning posters and table clinics, are available in the online Research Day monograph: http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/?fwlink=rd2007.

IUSD Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
Henry Lancaster Jr., clinical assistant professor of oral medicine, Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology; and director of Comprehensive Care Clinic D

IUSD Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
Domenick Zero, professor and chair, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry; associate dean for Research; and director of the Oral Health Research Institute

Sunstar Butler's Staff Award for Research Excellence
Terry Ball, laboratory coordinator, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry
Poster (P25): Evaluation of an Alternative Toothbrush for Enamel/Dentin Radiotracer-Abrasivity Studies
Faculty mentor: Carlos González-Cabezas

Best Dental Hygiene Table Clinic Award
Christina Despot, Melanie Jones, Amy Sturm, Ashley Testerman, 2^nd year
Table Clinic (T11): The Mirror Image: The Hygienist's Responsibility in Assessing Oral Pathology
Faculty mentor: Pamela Rettig

Procter & Gamble Award for Dental Hygiene
Christina Despot, Melanie Jones, Amy Sturm, Ashley Testerman, 2^nd year
Table Clinic (T11): The Mirror Image: The Hygienist's Responsibility in Assessing Oral Pathology
Faculty mentor: Pamela Rettig

Cyril S. Carr Dental Student Research Scholarship (for Overall Excellence in Research at the Predoctoral Level)
Allison Bergdoll, 4^th year dental student
Allison also presented a poster at this year's Research Day (P45): Media and Cell Mediated Fluorescent Collagen Degradation
Faculty mentor: L. Jack Windsor

Johnson & Johnson Listerine Student Research Group Award
Spencer Weed, 4^th year dental student
Poster (P42): Effects of Nicotine and/or Porphyromonas gingivalis on Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression
Faculty mentor: L. Jack Windsor

Indiana Dental Association Case Presentation Award
Lucas Reed, 3rd year dental student
Table Clinic (T13): Management of Root Caries in the Elderly: A Case Presentation
Faculty mentor: Sopanis Cho

Procter & Gamble Award for Excellence in Preventive Oral Health Care
Luciana Kano-Wilson, 2^nd year dental student
Poster (P10): Comparing ICDAS, DIAGNOdent, QLF, and neksDUO in Occlusal Caries Detection
Faculty mentor: Andréa Ferreira Zandoná

American Dental Association/Dentsply International Student Clinician Award
Cody Nielson , 3^rd year dental student
Poster (P40): The Effect of Glutathione Ethyl Ester and Nicotine Upon the Proliferation of Human Gingival Fibroblasts
Faculty mentor: B. L. Olson

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Graduate Student Awards
Michael Metz, MSD degree candidate in Operative Dentistry
1^st Place Poster (P19): Clinical Evaluation of 15% Carbamide Peroxide on Human Enamel Mechanics
Faculty mentor: Bruce Matis

Gregory Sheppard, Pediatric Dentistry resident
2^nd Place Poster (P44): The Effects of Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Bisphosphonates on Dental Development
Faculty mentor: James Hartsfield Jr.

Trident Awards for Innovation in Oral Care Research (Cadbury Schweppes Americas Confectionary, sponsor)
Mohammed Al-Shammari, PhD degree candidate in Dental Science
1^st Place Poster (P23): Effect of Inhibitor Concentrations on Polymerization Characteristics of Light-Cured Composites
Faculty mentors: B. Keith Moore/Jeffrey Platt

Zhiyun (Cloud) Chen, PhD degree candidate in Dental Science
2^nd Place Poster (P34): Antigen l/ll Enhances Streptococcus mutans Adhesion Under Hydrodynamic Conditions
Faculty mentor: Richard Gregory

Maynard K. Hine Awards for Excellence in Dental Research (Awarded for Best Research Manuscripts)
Janelle Renschler (PhD'06 Pathology, IU School of Medicine)
1^st Place Manuscript: Heat Shock Proteins DnaK and GroEL of Streptococcus mutans Are Extracellular and DnaK Has Endothelial Adhesin and Cytokine-Stimulatory Functions
Co-author: Richard Gregory

Mohammed Al-Shammari, PhD degree candidate in Dental Science
2^nd Place Manuscript: Effect of Inhibitor Concentration on Polymerization Characteristics of Light-Cured Resin Composites
Co-authors: Jeffrey Platt and B. Keith Moore