Indiana University School of Dentistry welcomed E. Dianne Rekow, D.D.S., Ph.D., newly installed president of the American Association for Dental Research, to the school's annual Research Day, held in conjunction with the Indiana Section of the AADR on April 12, 2006.

Dr. Rekow addressed IUSD's students, staff, and faculty on the topic "Multidisciplinary Science: Discovering How and Why Posterior All-Ceramic Crowns Fail."

She chairs the Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology at New York University College of Dentistry, and directs the college's Translational Research program.

At NYU, Dr. Rekow is stepping up efforts to close the gap between basic science and clinical researchers. She is committed to encouraging basic scientists and clinical researchers to share information as a means of increasing the prospects for translational research - so called because it translates novel basic science findings into testable hypotheses that may ultimately be integrated into clinical practice.

Dr. Rekow holds a dental degree, master's degree in mechanical engineering, orthodontic certificate, and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota. She also earned an M.B.A. from the College of St. Thomas.
Research Day featured 55 poster and table clinic presentations by the school's faculty, staff, and students. Many of the projects represented research that had been presented in March at the American Association for Dental Research annual session in Orlando, Fla.

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company once again served as Research Day's Corporate Sponsor, and Delta Dental as the event's Associate Corporate Sponsor. The program also included exhibitors representing a wide variety of manufacturers, laboratories, agencies, and organizations.

Dr. Dominique Galli, president of the Indiana Section of the AADR, and her 2006 Research Day Organizing Committee are pleased to announce the names of the Research Day award recipients.

To read the abstracts of the award-winning posters and table clinics, go to the online Research Day monograph: http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/?fwlink=rd2006.

IUSD Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
E. Brady Hancock, professor of periodontics, and chair, Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs

IUSD Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award for Research
Mythily Srinivasan, assistant professor of oral pathology, Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology

Sunstar Butler's Staff Award for Research Excellence
George Bell, research technician, Oral Biology
Poster (P26): Conjugative Gene Transfer in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Faculty mentor: Dominique Galli

Best Dental Hygiene Table Clinic Award
Colleen Beckner, Melanie Carper, Mary Ellen Kirkland, Ruschelle Padgett, 2^nd year
1^st Place Clinic (T13): Saliva: The Dental Hygienist's Role in Patient Assessment
Faculty mentor: Susan Zunt

Sheila Bennett-Moore, Megan Fisher, Lorraine Sack, Danielle Sanders, 2^nd year
2^nd Place Clinic (T8): Choose or Lose: Effective Anesthetic Selection for Periodontal Debridement
Faculty mentor: Joyce Hudson

Procter & Gamble Award for Dental Hygiene
Heather Kashon, Holly Toppe, Sarah Zody, 2^nd year
Poster (P24): Assessment of Nurses' Knowledge and Practice of Oral Hygiene
Faculty mentor: Elizabeth Hughes

Cyril S. Carr Dental Student Research Scholarship (for Overall Excellence in Research at the Predoctoral Level)
Paul Ley, 4^th year

Indiana Dental Association Case Presentation Award
Matthew Nondorf, 4^th year dental student
Poster (P39): Anterior Open Bite Associated with a Tongue Thrust Swallow: A Case Report
Faculty mentor: Sarkis Isikbay

IUSD Student Research Group Award
J. Terrence O'Neill, 3^rd year dental student
Poster (P18): Esterase Activity in U937 Cells After Exposure to Dental Eluants
Faculty mentor: Jeffrey Platt

Procter & Gamble Award for Excellence in Preventive Oral Health Care
J. Terrence O'Neill
Poster (P18): Esterase Activity in U937 Cells After Exposure to Dental Eluants

American Dental Association/Dentsply International Student Clinician Award
J. Terrence O'Neill
Poster (P18): Esterase Activity in U937 Cells After Exposure to Dental Eluants

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Graduate Student Award
Jules Mascarenhas, MSD degree candidate in Periodontics
Poster (P21): Use of an Optical Detection System for Detecting Subgingival Calculus
Faculty mentor: Steven Blanchard

Trident Award for Innovation in Oral Care Research (Cadbury Schweppes Americas Confectionary, sponsor)
Shaza Abass, PhD degree candidate in Dental Science
1^st Place Poster (P14): Susceptibility to Root Resorption Associated with Orthodontic Force in Mice
Faculty mentor: James Hartsfield Jr.

Jing Zhou, PhD degree candidate in Dental Science
2^nd Place Poster (P25): Nicotine Increases the Collagen Degrading Ability of Human Gingival Fibroblasts
Faculty mentor: L. Jack Windsor

Maynard K. Hine Award for Excellence in Dental Research (Awarded for Best Research Manuscripts)
Shaza Abass
1^st Place Manuscript: Serum TRAP 5b Level and Tissue Reaction to Orthodontic Force Among Three Inbred Strains of Mice; written with James Hartsfield Jr. (faculty adviser), Janet Hock, Eric Everett, Eugene Roberts

Jing Zhou
2^nd Place Manuscript: Porphyromonas gingivalis Affects Host Collagen Degradation by Affecting Expression, Activation, and Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases; written with faculty adviser, L. Jack Windsor

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For more information contact:
Susan Crum
Publications Director
Indiana University School of Dentistry
smcrum@iupui.edu; (317) 274-8135

April 13, 2006