Student and resident research achievements celebrated at recognition luncheon
Twenty-three students and residents were recognized for their research achievements during the annual Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Student & Resident Research Recognition Luncheon, held in the Hiebert Lounge on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. The event, previously known as the Science Day Awards Luncheon, celebrated the achievements of student and resident researchers at GSDM and honored recent award recipients.
The program was led by Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter and Associate Dean for Research Maria Kukuruzinska, who jointly presented awards to the poster and oral research presentation winners from the 2019 Science Day. Joel Monteiro, New England Regional Manager from Dentsply Sirona, presented the AADR/Dentsply Sirona Research Award. Hutter and Kukuruzinska also recognized other student research accomplishments; the full list of honorees is available here.
Dr. Andrew Salama, associate professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and director of the Advanced Education Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, received the 2019 Mentor of the Year Award. The Mentor of the Year Award is presented to an outstanding mentor of student researchers, and is selected based on student nominations.
The GSDM Science Day award winners are:
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
DMD Students
Svitlana Koval, Caglayan Dicle, Arel Cordero, Lakshmi Garladinne and Melih Motro, Departments of General Dentistry and Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics: “Automation of Cephalometric Landmarking Using Deep Learning – Preliminary Results.”
Masters Students (MSD & 1st yr PhD/DScD)
Tyler J Guinn, Vrinda Dambal and Philip Trackman, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology: “In Vivo Analysis of Lysyl Oxidase Deletion in Mouse Osteoblasts, a Pilot Study.”
Postdoctoral Students
Ali Al Aqeeli, Safaa Ahmed, Thayer Scott and Elizabeth Kaye, Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research: “Association between Vitamin D Deficiency and Permanent Caries among US Population.”
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
DMD Students
Ariana dela Cruz, Vinay Kartha, Ronjuan Mi, Stefano Monti, Janicke Jensen, Kathrine Skarstein, Xaralabos Varelas and Maria Kukuruzinska, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway, Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway and Molecular & Cell Biology: “Novel Transcriptome Subpopulations from Sjögren’s and Non-Sjögren’s Salivary Gland Epithelia.”
Masters Students (MSD & 1st yr PhD/DScD)
Kanwal Maheshwari, Chang Zhang and Laisheng Chou, Departments of Endodontics and Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials: “Effect of Simvastatin on the Biocompatibility of Human Dental Pulp Cells.”
Postdoctoral Students
Ningyuan Sun, Yuhei Uda, Alejandro Kochen, Roberto Nunes, Campos Santos and Paola Divieti Pajevic, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology: “Osteocyte Metabolism.”