Congratulations to our Research Day 2010 award winners:

Grand Prize - ADA Dentsply Award

Anne Ziegler (D2, Mentor: Russell Taichman)
Erythropoietin couples hematopoiesis with bone formation

Undergraduate, DDS, DH, MS/Certificate - Clinical Application and Technique

First Prize
Viraj Vora (MS/Certificate Student, Mentor: G. Rex Holland)
Differences in number and type of research publications in dental disciplines

Second Prize
Lauren Sigler (D1, Mentor: James McNamara)
Effect of RME/TPA treatment associated with deciduous canine extraction on the eruption of palatally-displaced canines: A two-center prospective study

Third Prize (Tie)
Lindsey Lalonde (D1, Mentor: Marita Inglehart and Maria Estrella)
Children’s oral health, oral health-related and health-related quality of life

Courtney Grady (D2, Mentor: Samuel Zwetchkenbaum)
Oral complications associated with chronic graft versus host disease in post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation patients and its impact on quality of life

Mike Barber, Robert Wiesen, Sara Arnold (D4, Mentor: L. Susan Taichman)
Assessment of managing a dental practice pre-graduation and post-graduation

Undergraduate, DDS, DH, MS/Certificate - Basic Science and Research

First Prize
Robert Vander Broek (D1, Mentor: Nisha D’Silva)
p38 regulates IL-1β-mediated cytokine secretion in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Second Prize
Laney Mai (D2, Mentor: James Simmer and Jan Hu)
Altered enamelin phosphorylation site causes Amelogenesis Imperfecta

Third Prize
Ahmad Deebajah (MS/Certificate Student, Mentor: Geoffrey Gerstner)
Glutamine and glutamate concentrations in the posterior insula in patients with temporomandibular disorders prior to and after pain stimulation demonstrated by magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Special Hygiene Award

First Prize
Victoria Myers, Jennifer Myers, Adrienne Vasquez (DH4, Mentor: Carla Harrel)
Subgingival irrigation as a method of plaque removal for geriatric patients

Second Prize
Jennifer Stanley (DH4, Mentor: Janet Kinney)
Assessment of the skills and education necessary for a baccalaureate prepared dental hygienist to pursue an entry level role in clinical research

Third Prize
Sarah Hughes, Andrea Velardo, Lauren Rowinsky (DH4, Mentor: Carrie Bigelow-Ghaname)
Caries risk assessment of Native American children at IHS in Rapid City, South Dakota

PhD/Postdoctoral Fellow/Staff

First Prize
Erica Scheller (PhD Student, Mentor: Paul Krebsbach)
A critical evaluation of leptin’s peripheral actions on mesenchymal lineage cells in vitro and in vivo

Second Prize
Sudha Krishnamurthy (PhD Student, Mentor: Jacques Nör)
Endothelial cells promote survival and self-renewal of head and neck cancer stem cells

Third Prize (Tie)
Yuhe Lu (PhD Student, Mentor: Jan Hu)
Phenotypic rescue of Enam knockout mice by an enamelin transgene

Elizabeth Van Tubergen (PhD Student, Mentor: Nisha D’Silva)
Control of oral cancer-derived cytokines by Tristetraprolin

Audience Choice Award

Courtney Grady (D2, Mentor: Samuel Zwetchkenbaum)
Oral complications associated with chronic graft versus host disease in post-allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation patients and its impact on quality of life