Award Winners 2023
ADHA Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Award
Jennie Ledbetter
Mentor: Jennifer B. Harmon
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – DDS Category – Oral Presentation
Skylar McGaughey
Mentor: Pat Miguez
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – DDS Category – Poster Presentation
Emily Stallings
Mentor: Bert Vasconcellos
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – MS/Resident Category – Oral Presentation
Auvi Tran
Mentor: David Zajac
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – MS/Resident Category – Poster Presentation
Do Kim
Mentor: Ibrahim Duqum
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – PhD/Post-Doctoral Category – Oral Presentation
Christopher Genito
Mentor: Lance Thurlow
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – PhD/Post-Doctoral Category – Poster Presentation
Benjamin Darwitz
Mentor: Lance Thurlow
James Bawden Student Research Award
Nishma Vias
Mentor: Julie T. Marchesan
Hinman Student Research Symposium Award
Bijan Mahboubi
Mentor: Chengwen Li
SCADA Student Clinical Science and Public Health Research
Bree Smith
Mentor: Kimon Divaris
NC AADOCR Research Day Award
Poojan Shrestha
Mentor: Kimon Divaris
James Bawden Mentor Award
Laura Jacox, DMD, PhD, MS, Assistant Professor for Research in Orthodontics, Division of Craniofacial and Surgical Care, Division of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences
Award Winners 2022
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – DDS Category
1st Place: Bijan Mahboubi
Mentor: Chengwin Li, PhD
2nd Place: Zachary Burk
Mentor: Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – MS/Resident Category
1st Place: Miguel Simancas-Pallares, DDS
Mentor: Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD
2nd Place: Joy Gerasco, DDS, PhD
Mentor: Shannon Wallet, PhD
Derek T. Turner Student Research Award – Post-Doctoral Category
1st Place: Surya Tripathi, PhD
Mentor: Tony Amelio, PhD
2nd Place: Marta Musskopf DDS, MSD, PhD
Mentor: Cristiano Susin, DDS, MS, PhD
James Bawden Student Research Award
Angeliz Rivera-Concepcion
Mentor: Patricia Miguez, DDS, MS, PhD
ADHA Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Award
Allison Carron
Mentor: Antonio Moretti, MS, DDS
Hinman Student Research Symposium Award
Emily Imes
Mentor: Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD
SCADA Student Clinical Science and Public Health Research
Kaitlin Jones
Mentor: Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD
NC AADOCR Research Day Award
Miguel Simancas-Pallares, DDS
Mentor: Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD
Steven Offenbacher Award for Excellence in Dental and Craniofacial Research
Kamaira Philips
Mentor: Jim Beck, MS, PhD
Philips KH, Zhang S, Moss K, Ciarrocca K, Beck JD. Periodontal disease, undiagnosed diabetes, and body mass index: Implications for diabetes screening by dentists. J Am Dent Assoc. 2021 Jan;152(1):25-35.
James Bawden Mentor Award
Dr. David Zajac, PhD, Division of Craniofacial and Surgical Care
Burton C. Borgeli/SCADA Faculty Advisor Award
Kimon Divaris, DDS, PhD, Division of Pediatric and Public Health
Award Winners 2021
Dentsply Sirona/ADHA Graduate Student Clinician’s Research
Wai-Sum Leung
Mentor: Beth Kornegay
Student Research Group James Bawden Award
DDS Category
Gabriella Gallo and Deborah Liu
Mentor: Laura Jacox
Mentor Category
Apoena Ribeiro
Hinman Student Research Symposium Award
Zachary Burk
Mentor: Kimon Divaris
AADR Student Research Day Award
Amanda Swanson
Mentor: Jennie Brame
Student Competition for Advancing Dental Research and its Application (SCADA) Award
Emily Imes
Mentor: Kimon Divaris
NC-AADR Turner Award
DDS Category
1st Place: Mylan Young and Davied Sanchez
Mentor: Rishma Shah
2nd Place: Adam Hoxie
Mentor: Apoena Ribeiro
Masters Category
1st place: Kristen Cockrell
Mentor: Jennie Brame
2nd place: Miguel Simancas-Pallares
Mentor: Kimon Divaris
PhD Category
1st place: Kshitij Parag-Sharma
Mentor: Antonio Amelio
2nd place: Ryan Murphy
Mentor: Antonio Amelio
Staff/Postdoctoral Category
1st place: Clare Bocklage
Mentor: Laura Jacox
Award Winners 2020
Dentsply Sirona/ADHA Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Program
Caroline McLeod
Student Research Group James Bawden Awards
Student Award
Kayla Kopczynski
Mentor Award
Sylvia Frazier-Bowers
Hinman Student Research Symposium Award
Babak Yousefi
AADR Student Research Day Award
Ian Stewart
Student Competition for Advancing Dental Research and its Application (SCADA) Award
Mustafa Girnary
NC-AADR Turner Awards
DDS Category
1st Zachary Burk and Coco Roening
2nd Beatrice Williams
Masters Category
1st Adam Lietzan
2nd Sing-Wai Wong
3rd James Goglia and Lara Heimisdottir
Dental Hygiene
Andrea Faust
PhD Category
1st Adele Musicant
2nd Lauren Katz
3rd Kshitij Sharma
Post-doc Category
Marta Musskopf
Award Winners 2019
Student Research Group James Bawden Awards
Student Award
Michael Davis, DDS Candidate 2020
Mentor Award
Beau Meyer, DDS, MPH
Hinman Student Research Symposium Award
Anna Zhang, DDS Candidate 2022
NC AADR Turner Awards
Sarah Liebkeman, DH Candidate 2019
Nathan Yip, DDS Candidate 2020
Anna Zhang, DDS Candidate 2022
Adam Hoxie, DDS Candidate 2021
Suzanne Baker, DDS
Jennifer Crisp, DDS
Mary Lanier Zaytoun, DDS
Si On Lim, DDS
Meng Deng, DDS, MS
Aatish Thennavan, BDS
Sehrish Javaid, BDS, MS
William Seaman, PhD