Mr. Lenny Saia, Key Account manager, Dentsply North America and Nejay Ananaba, ADA/Dentsply award recipient.
Mr. Lenny Saia, Key Account Manager, Dentsply North America and Nejay Ananaba, ADA/Dentsply award recipient.














Congratulations Research Day 2008 Award Winners:

Grand Prize

Nejay Ananaba (D3, Mentor: Marilyn Woolfolk & Marita Inglehart)
Liberian Middle School Students’ Oral Health and Quality of Life

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

1st Prize: Maciej Dolata (D2, Mentor: Woosung Sohn)
Community-Based Dental Clinics in Michigan: Their Role and Barriers in Providing Oral Health Care
   
2nd Prize: Natasha Feller, Erin Gilmore, Chelsie Stromski
(DH4, Mentor: Janet Kinney)
Ultrasonic Scalers and Hearing Loss
   
3rd Prize: (Tie) April Patterson (D4, Mentor: George Taylor)
Diabetes and Tooth Loss: Exploring the Role of Dental Insurance in U.S. Adults

  Jeniebelle Timacdog, Miranda Szasz
(DH4, Mentor: Woosung Sohn)
Effects of Chewing Gum Containing Xylitol on Dental Caries

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

1st Prize: Jason Schrotenboer (D3, Mentor: Hom-Lay Wang)
Effect of Microthreads on Platform Switching: A Finite Element Analysis
   
2nd Prize: Jamie Scot Luria (D3, Mentor: Paul Krebsbach)
Effects of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins on Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cells
   
3rd Prize:
(Tie)
William Love (D1, Mentor: Jacques Nör)
G-CSF Enhances the Angiogenic Potential of Endothelial Cells
   
  Jonathan Miller (Undergraduate, Mentor: Mathilde Peters)
Novel Handheld Device to Determine the Physical Properties of Hydrated Dentin

Special Hygiene Award

1st Prize: Natasha Feller, Erin Gilmore, Chelsie Stromski
(DH4, Mentor: Janet Kinney)
Ultrasonic Scalers and Hearing Loss
   
2nd Prize: Jeniebelle Timacdog, Miranda Szasz
(DH4, Mentor: Woosung Sohn)
Effects of Chewing Gum Containing Xylitol on Dental Caries
   
3rd Prize: Allison Cragun, Nikia Taylor (Mentor: Paul Edwards)
Noma: Ulcer of Extreme Poverty

Ph.D./Postdoctoral Fellow/Staff

1st Prize: Kathleen Neiva (Ph.D. Student, Mentor: Jacques Nör)
JunB as a Potential Mediator of PTHrP Actions: New Gene Targets
   
2nd Prize:
(Tie)
Jan Berry (Staff, Mentor: Laurie McCauley)
JunB as a Potential Mediator of PTHrP Actions: New Gene Targets
   
  Jinhui Liao
(Postdoctoral Fellow, Mentor: Laurie McCauley)
PTHrP Enchances Prostate Cancer Skeletal Progression
   
3rd Prize: Shelley Brown (Ph.D. Student, Mentor: Paul Krebsbach)
Derivation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Embryonic Stem Cells

Audience Choice Award

  Jenny Ha (D4, Mentor: Juliana Barros)
Bactericidal Effect of Er,CR:YSGG Laser on Caries-Affected Dentin