RESEARCH DAY 2015
Thank you to all the sponsors, vendors and research presenters for Research Day 2015 and to Dr. Cun-Yu Wang the Keynote Speaker.ADA DENTSPLY Award
Andrei Taut
(D2, Mentor: William Giannobile, Darnell Kaigler)
Bone Tissue Engineering of Maxillary Sinus Bone Deficiencies Using Enriched CD90+ Stem Cell Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Undergraduate, DDS, DH, MS/Certificate - Clinical Application and Technique
First Prize - TIE
Carlos Garaicoa
(MS/Certificate, Mentor: Rogerio Castilho)
Epigenetic Deregulation of Periodontal Diseases
Patrick Johnson, Trevor Allen, Allison Everett, Ryan Olzack
(D3, Mentor: Christy Jen)
Educating Head Start Personnel About Their Students’ Oral Health: A Program Evaluation
Second Prize
Kyle Katynski
(D4, Mentor: Tracy de Peralta)
Educating Dental Students about Implant Surgery with Videotaped Educational Materials
Third Prize
Jessica Delgado
(D4, Mentor: Marita Inglehart)
Dental students and dentists' leadership-related perspectives, educational experiences and attitudes
Undergraduate, DDS, DH, MS/Certificate - Basic Science and Research
First Prize
Jacob Williams
(D4 Mentor: Jacques Nor)
STAT3 Regulates the Vasculogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells
Second Prize (TIE)
Adam Banda
(Undergrad, Mentor: Yvonne Kapila)
Glutamic acid and glutaminolysis mark aggressive tumorigenesis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Eunsohl Lee
(Undergrad, Mentor: Russell Taichman)
DNMT1 Participates in the Primary Prostate Cancer Metastasis by Associating with Transition to Cancer Stem Cells and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Third Prize
Joe Nguyen
(D1, Mentor: Paul Krebsbach)
Mammalian EAK-7 is required for mTORC1 signaling in cancer
Dental Hygiene
First Prize
Jaimee Bilk and Sally Ammar
(DH4, Mentor: Martha McComas)
Dental Students’ Perspectives of Dental Hygiene Peer Teaching: An Exploration
Second Prize
Lauri Cladera and Rachel Swanson
(DH4, Mentors: Darlene Jones)
Oral Health Education in Long Term Care Facilities
First Prize - Table Clinic
Stephanie Denn and Jessica
(DH4, Mentor: Susan Taichman)
Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Diets: Implications for Oral Health
PhD/Postdoctoral Fellow/Faculty/Staff
First Prize
Xu Qian
(PhD Candidate, Mentor: Paul Krebsbach)
The Role of DPPA5 in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Second Prize
Megan Michalski
(PhD Candidate, Mentor: Laurie McCauley)
IL-10 Directs Macrophage-Mediated Efferocytosis of Osteoblastic Cells
Third Prize
Qilin Wang
(Post Doctoral Fellow, Mentor: Petros Papagerakis)
The Circadian Molecular Clock Regulate Hair Follicle Regeneration by Affecting the Bulge Stem Cell