Supported by Lion Corporation
Deadline: January 19, 2016
The Lion Dental Research Award is intended to support improvements in oral health sciences through the stimulation of junior researchers by
- recognition of outstanding and innovative research in basic dental science for the improvement of public dental health; and
- recognition of applied research achievements for improvement and development of oral care products for the prevention or oral diseases.
The IADR is inviting applications from young investigators for an award from submitted abstracts. These Awards are made possible by a generous donation from the Lion Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
The candidates must:
- hold a degree in dentistry or in a scientific discipline; and
- be a junior researcher in pursuit of a postgraduate degree; and
- be a member of IADR (in good standing at time of submission and presentation) and actively engaged in research within one of the following IADR scientific groups
- have an abstract accepted for presentation within one of the three scientific groups listed below for the 93rd General Session & Exhibition of the IADR:
a. Oral Health Research;
b. Periodontal Research; or
c. Salivary Research.
- A junior investigator may be nominated by his/her supervisor, program director, dean or other individual who is familiar with the nominee’s research activities.
- The nominee must have submitted an abstract for the IADR General Session & Exhibition by the abstract deadline date of January 19, 2016.
- Applications must include the following data:
- Nominee’s name, address, date of birth, current place of work/study, position;
- IADR Section/Division membership (in good standing at time of submission and presentation)
- Curriculum vitae
- Relevant recommendation letter
- Copy of the abstract together with a separate and more detailed overview of the nominee’s project (2 pages, double-spaced).
Three (3) awards will be granted – one from each IADR Scientific Group. A committee set up by the IADR group reviews nominations. Recipients are notified after Committee Review which begins after the abstract deadline. Award recipients will receive a monetary award of $2,000 and a plaque. The three awards will be presented at the IADR Group Business Meetings at the IADR General Session. If selected for an award, the paper must be presented at the meeting (no presenter substitutions allowed).
CONTACT:
Sheri S. Herren – Strategic Programs Manager – [email protected]
2015 Recipients
Richa Wahi
Boston University, Massachusetts, USA
Falk Schwendicke
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Omer Fleissig
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2014 Recipients
Oral Health Research
Donwiwat Saensom
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Salivary Research
Omer Deutsch
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2013 Recipients
Behavioral, Epidemiologic, and Health Services Research
Stefan Listl
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Cariology Research
Melissa Thiemi Kato
University of São Paulo, Bauru, SP, Brazil
Microbiology/Immunology Research
Svetislav Zaric
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
2012 Recipients
Oral Health Research
Shantanu Lal
Columbia University, New York, NY, US
Periodontal Research
Daniel Jönsson
Malmö University, Sweden
Salivary Research
Yoav Neumann
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2011 Recipients
Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research
Otto Lok Lam
The University of Hong Kong, SAR, China
Cariology Research
Fu Chen
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA
2010 Recipients
Oral Health Research
Diep Ha
The University of Adelaide, Australia
Salivary Research
Ralica Stiubea-Cohen
The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Periodontal Research
TDK Herath
The University of Hong Kong
2009 Recipients
Sebastian Paris
University of Kiel, Germany
Ranawaka Arachchige Prasad Perera
Hong Kong
2008 Recipients
Julio Carrion
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA
Emanuele Cotroneo
King`s College London, England
Omer Deutsch
Hebrew University, Israel
Adeyemi Olalekan
University of The Witwatersrand, South Africa
2007 Recipients
Xiaoli Gao
University of Hong Kong
Daniel Moreinos
Hebrew University, Israel
2006 Recipients
Andrew Chan
University of Hong Kong
2005 Recipients
Loc Do
The University of Adelaide, Australia
Salunya Tancharoen
Kagoshima University, Japan
2004 Recipients
Ji Li
USA
Ozgur Ozdemir
Goztepe Ihlamur Sokak, Turkey