The American Association for Dental Research established this award to honor those AADR members who have given exemplary service in the area of public affairs by consistently promoting the interests and activities of oral health research to a wide constituency.
The recipient is selected by the AADR Government Affairs Committee. This is not a monetary award. A recognition plaque is presented at the AADR Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
2016 Recipient
Harold C. Slavkin
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, Calif., USA
2015 Recipient
Dan Meyer
American Dental Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2014 Recipient
Bruce Baum
NIH Medical Research Scholars Program, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2013 Recipient
Alice DeForest
Executive Director Emeritus, American Academy of Periodontology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2012 Recipient
Isabel Garcia
Deputy Director, NIDCR, Bethesda, Maryland
2011 Recipient
Lawrence A. Tabak
NIH, Bethesda, MD.
Receiving award from then AADR Vice-president, Rena D’Souza.
2010 Recipient
David C. Johnsen
University of Iowa, USA
2009 Recipient
Roseann Mulligan
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
2008
Joan Wilentz
USA
2007
Dushanka Kleinman
USA
2006
Robert Collins
University of Pennsylvania – Pittsburgh, USA
2005
Linda Niessen
DENTSPLY, USA
2004
Michael Alfano
New York University – New York, USA