UCSF School of Dentistry made a stellar showing at the 2021 general session of the International Association for Dental Research, held online July 21-24.
IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards went to faculty Sarah Knox, PhD, and Caroline Shiboski, DDS, MPH, PhD, respectively for salivary research and for oral medicine and pathology research. Dr. Knox is an associate professor in the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, and assistant dean for basic science research. Dr. Shiboski is professor and chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences.
Pamela Den Besten, DDS, MS, was named an American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Fellow. Dr. Den Besten, professor in the Deparment of Orofacial Sciences, is the current IADR president.
Doctoral and DDS students and alumni also garnered awards. They include:
- AADR Student Research Day Awards: Erin Welter
- AADR Student Research Fellowships: Jessica Cook, Ramin Farhad, Lea Sedghi, Jihee Yoon
- AADR Hatton Awards: Post-doctoral Category – First Place, Joshua Emrick (alumnus)
- AADR Bloc Travel Grants: Jessica Cook, Amanda Gramacy, Wesley Kao, Alexander Le, Kate Lovell, Christine Shaffer, Helena Viets, Jihee Yoon, Christine Yoon, Emily Zhou
- IADR BEHSR Pre-doctoral Student Award: Amanda Gramacy, “Framing Oral Health: A Content Analysis of Food Company Websites” (mentor: Cristin Kearns, DDS, MBA)
- IADR Bernard Sarnat Award: Jihee Yoon, "miR-181a/b-1 regulates osteocyte metabolism" (mentor: Tamara Allison, PhD)
- IADR Colgate Research in Prevention Travel Awards: Christine Shaffer
Related links
- Knox press release
- Shiboski press release
- 2021 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session & Exhibition
