Bates-Andrews Research Day in the books!
Thank you all for supporting today’s Bates-Andrews Student Research Day! It was a very successful event, and we want to acknowledge not only the award winners, listed below, but ALL the students who participated and the many faculty who assisted with judging and mentoring our student researchers. The commercial exhibitors provide much of the funding for this event. We appreciate their support and thank everyone who visited with them at their tables.
Winners of this year’s Bates-Andrews Day
- Best Postgraduate Poster Presentation:
Dr. Ryan Kim (Pediatric Dentistry) “Parental Acceptance of Dental Radiographs without Lead Shielding”
Additional authors: Dr. Cheen Loo, Dr. Sarah Pagni, Dr. Gerald Swee
2. Best Scientific Research Presentation by a Senior (Andrews Society Award):
Liana Monderer “Stress Levels Among Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dental Students at Tufts”
Additional authors: Dr. Azita Khanbodaghi, Dr. Gerald Swee, Dr. Meral Alyami, Dr. Shruti Jain, Dr. Cheen Loo
3. AADOCR/Dentsply Sirona SCADA Award
Michael Song “Cost of Non-Traumatic Dental Treatment in Emergency Departments: Scoping Review”
Additional authors: Dr. Johanna Hauer, Dr. Shruti Jain, Dr. Samantha Parad, Dr. Maria Hernandez
4. First Place – Hinman Research Symposium Award:
Troi Davis “Empowering Tomorrow’s Dentists via Aging-Disability Simulation for Collaborative, Empathetic Care”
Additional authors: Dr. Sarah Pagni, Dr. John Morgan, Dr. Karin Arsenault
5. Second Place Award for Predoctoral Table Clinic:
George Azar “Saliva and Plaque Microbiome Analysis in Type 1 Diabetic Kuwaiti Children”
Additional authors: Dr. Rebecca Batorsky, Dr. Khalid Altabtbaei, Dr. Hend Alqaderi
6. Third Place Award for Predoctoral Table Clinic:
Anna Lubitz “Assessing the Effectiveness of Pre-Dental Educational Programming Among High-School Students”
Additional authors: Dr. Sarah Pagni, Dr. Riki Gottlieb
7. DoubleMint Dentistry Travel Fellowship Award (2) (donated by Drs. Sha-Vashtiy Young D19 and Taphaphene Young D20):
Kent Morris “COVID-19 Impact on Treatment Urgency in Elementary School-Based Dental Program”
Additional authors: Dr. Martha Forero, Dr. Kathryn Dolan, Dr. Shruti Jain
and
Grace Hwang “Oral Toxicities Associated with Trop-2 ADC: Review of Clinical Trials”
Additional authors: Dr. Prazwala Chirrvur, Hannah Ellingson Glade, Dr. Yuanming Xu
8. DoubleMint Dentistry Faculty Support Fund Award (donated by Drs. Sha-Vashtiy Young D19 and Taphaphene Young D20):
Dr. Addy Alt-Holland “Salivary and Epidermal Metabolomics for Biomarker Discovery in Sjogren’s Disease”
Additional authors: T. Mendez, K. Keithahn, J. Cimmino, A. Zidonis, T. Bairos, E. Tzavaras, M.L. Singh, A.S. Papas, S.E. Pagni, J.D. Baleja
9. AADOCR Student Research Day Award:
Anthony Tabet “Exploring Risk Factors Associated with Early Versus Late Implant Failure”
Additional authors: Dr. Shruti Jain, Dr. Matthew Finkelman, Ha Eun Jeong, Dr. Ara Bakian, Dr. Samar Shaikh
10. Research Committee Award for Basic Science Research:
Jennifer Wolla and Ye Han Kim “Investigating the Regenerative Potential of OsseoPrint 3D (OP3D) Scaffolds for Craniomaxillofacial Defect Repair”
Additional authors: Dr. Alexander Natanzon, Dr. Joachim Kohn, Dr. Arthur Greyf, Dr. Weibo Zhang, Dr. Pamela Yelick
11. Massachusetts Dental Society and ASDA Public Health Award (cash prize donated by the Massachusetts Dental Society):
Anna Lubitz “Cross-Cultural Assessment of Caregiver Attitudes on Pediatric Dental Anxiety Aids”
Additional authors: Dr. Sarah Pagni, Dr. Cheen Loo, Dr. Meletia Laskou, Dr. Adam Lowenstein, Dr. Jayapriyaa Shanmugham
12. Scientific Merit Award for First-Time Presenters (cash prize donated by Dr. Matthew Finkelman):
Salma Shaker “Predoctoral Dental Students’ Preparedness in Treating Disadvantaged Patient Populations”
Additional authors: Dr. Sarah Pagni, Dr. Maria Dolce
13. Bates Student Research Group “Peer-reviewed” Award:
Liana Monderer “Stress Levels Among Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dental Students at Tufts”
Additional authors: Dr. Azita Khanbodaghi, Dr. Gerald Swee, Dr. Meral Alyami, Dr. Shruti Jain, Dr. Cheen Loo
15. ADEA Student Group Educational Research Award:
Ray Byunghyun Kim “Leveraging AI in Didactic Teaching: A Survey to Assess Student Engagement”
Additional author: Dr. Francesca Bonino
16. Multicultural Award for the Advancement of Dental Research (cash prize donated by Dr. Kistama Naidu, D02)
Megha Kanabar and Jonathan Im “Long Term Effects of Sialogogues on Maintaining Saliva”
Additional authors: Dr. Matthew Finkelman, Dr. Athena Papas
17. Research Recap Video Challenge Awards (judged and cash prizes donated by TUDAA):
Dana Moskowitz – “Cardiovascular Disease and Post-Orthodontic Treatment Gingival Recession: A Retrospective Cohort Study”
Additional authors: Dr. Matthew Finkelman, Dr. Adam Lowenstein
Congratulations all!!!
