Honors & Awards

COMMUNITY HONORS

Kylie P. Schlesinger Penntorship

MCC HONORS

Julia Y. Cheung Single site prevalence of depression among HIV patients on ART Faculty advisor: Temitope Omolehinwa

PEDIATRIC HONORS

Jennifer K. Chou Assessing perceived impact of behavior guidance tools on cooperation during pediatric dental visits for patients within the autism spectrum disorder Faculty advisor: Maria Velasco

PERIODONTICS HONORS

Raul Alberto Isturiz Blanco Clinical evaluation of laser assisted periodontal phase I treatment with ER:YAG laser: case report Faculty advisor: Yu Cheng Chang

CLINICAL HONORS

Matthew J. Sun The digital “clone” — integrating intraoral scans and CBCT for virtual diagnosis and treatment planning Faculty advisor: Julián Conejo

AADR STUDENT RESEARCH DAY AWARD

Matthew Rose An epidemiologic survey of 3,247 traumatic maxillofacial injuries: a retrospective analysis. Faculty advisor: Brian Ford

CLINICAL HONORS

Matthew J. Sun The digital “clone” — integrating intraoral scans and CBCT for virtual diagnosis and treatment planning Faculty advisor: Julián Conejo

STUDENT COMPETITION FOR ADVANCING DENTAL RESEARCH AND ITS APPLICATION (SCADA) AWARD

Jiahui (Madelaine) Li The seroepidemiology of SARS-COV-2 in dental practitioners: a prospective study Faculty advisor: Kira Nightingale and Patricia M. Corby

AADR TRAVEL AWARDS

Michael Cimba Analysis of the clinical impact of COVID-19 on an oral and maxillofacial program: a retrospective study Faculty advisors: Brian P. Ford, Helen E. Giannakopoulos

Nitika Gupta The effect of twitter on academic dentistry Faculty advisor: Sinem E. Sahingur

Alisa E. Lee Dental pulp stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles promote rat maxillofacial bone regeneration Faculty advisors: Qunzhou Zhang, Anh D. Le

Nicole A. Levine Parent knowledge and attitude regarding primary teeth Faculty advisor: Evlambia Hajishengallis

Faizan I. Motiwala GMSCS encapsulated in soft 3D-scaffolds enable nerve regeneration via immunomodulation and neurite outgrowth stimulation Faculty advisors: Qunzhou Zhang, Anh D. Le

Min Kyung Shin Osteoblast lineage cells and periodontal ligament fibroblasts regulate orthodontic tooth movement that is dependent on nuclear factor kappa b(NFκB) activation Faculty advisor: Hyeran H. Jeon

Asad A. Siddiqi FDG-PET/CT for global assessment of the maxillary sinus in head and neck cancer patients undergoing photon/proton radiotherapy Faculty advisor: Yu Cheng Chang Dennis Sourvanos A review and dose analysis of photobiomodulation for dental extraction, alveolar ridge preservation, in preparation for endosseous implant osseointegration. Faculty advisors: Joseph Fiorellini and Hector Sarmiento, James Carroll, Patricia M. Corby

Andres Davila Complications after dental extractions in patients taking biologic agents Faculty advisors: Rogan Magee, Sidney Kimmel, Katherine France

Mohammad Taqi Qali Evaluation of long-term efficacy of forced erupted teeth for restorative purposes – a clinical retrospective study Faculty advisors: Yu Cheng Chang, Manal Sabir and Joseph Fiorellini, Hellen Teixeira

Zhi Ren Composite organism-like interkingdom interactions during biofilm initiation in human saliva Faculty advisor: Hyun Koo

Hye-Eun Kim Enzymatic targeting of mannans to disrupt cross-kingdom cariogenic biofilms Faculty advisor: Geelsu Hwang

Atul Dhall Biophysical quantification of cross-kingdom interactions between streptococci and different morphotypes of candida albicans Faculty advisor: Geelsu Hwang