Awards

AADOCR 2024

The Rochester Section of the American Association for Dental Research was held on June 6, 2024.   

• The Basil G. Bibby Award was given to recognize outstanding scientific merit among oral and poster presentations by non-degree candidates. This year’s winners were Dr. Zain Ahmed, for poster “HPV Vaccination and Dental Visits among Adolescents in United States” and Dr. Taha Khan for poster “Preventative Dental Care Utilization After OR in Children with ASD”.
• The Michael G. Buonocore Award is given for outstanding scientific merit among oral and poster presentations by degree candidates. This year’s winners were Dr. Megha Sheth for poster “Pain Relief and Satisfaction with Non-Opioid Analgesics After Dental Surgery”, Dr. Nora Alomeir for oral presentation "Bacterial-fungal Interactions at Oral Mucosa under Cariogenic Environment", and Dr. Dina Yousif for oral presentation “Anti-Cariogenic Effects of S. cerevisiae and S. boulardii in S. Mutans-C. albicans Cross-Kingdom In Vitro Models”.
• The William H. Bowen Award is given for outstanding scientific merit among oral and poster presentations by candidates in postdoctoral programs. This year's winner was Dr. Ting Lee, for oral presentation “Effect of probiotic on Streptococcus mutans-Candida albicans in mucosal model”.
• The Gerald N. Graser Award, named after the former Chair and Program Director of the Prosthodontic specialty program, recognizes outstanding clinical case series and/or case reports that describe original, innovative and/or evidence-based clinical treatments. This year’s winner was Dr. Lucy Johnson, for poster “A Case Report of Periodontally Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics with Invisalign".