Research and Scholars Day photo gallery

Find out more about the day's winners, their research topics and those who helped them along the way

Dental Hygiene Table Clinics

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DH2s Emily Wilpitz; Theresa Curry; Jazmin Garcia; Jennifer Otto; Neema Placheril;
and Nessa Placheril.

First place: Wilpitz and Curry
Topic: "The Truth about Plastics and the Role of Bisphenol-A (BPA)"
Faculty Mentor: Kathleen Muzzin

Second place: Garcia and Otto
Topic: "Cocoa: Protection for your sweet tooth?"
Faculty mentor: Lisa Harper Mallonee

Honorable mention: Neema and Nessa Placheril
Topic: "Are you wheezing your way into caries?"
Faculty mentor: Stephanie Spann

Dental Student Poster Presentations

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: D2s Zach Alleman; Anne Lindley; Cara Kessler; Naveen Karim; Charlene Garcia; and Jordan Luna.

First place: Garcia and Luna
Topic: "Parasympathomimetic Sialogogues and Salivary Gland Dysfunction"
Faculty mentor: Dr. Ibtisam Al-Hashimi

Second place: Karim
Topic: "Endodontic Intelligent Release System for Apexification Using Calcium Hydroxide Microspheres"
class="smallText">Faculty mentor: Dr. Xiaohua Liu

Third place: Lindley
Topic: "Use of a Novel Microstimulatory Device for TMJ Treatment"
Faculty mentor: Dr. Robert Spears

Fourth place: Kessler
Topic: "IL-17 and IL-23 Affect Inflammation in the TMJ"
Faculty mentor: Spears

Honorable mention: Alleman
Topic: "Ectopic Activation of Bmp4: Effects on Mandibular and Tooth Development"
Faculty mentor: Dr. Bruno Ruest

DDS Oral Presentations

D2 Meredith Davis and Dr. Robert Spears

First place: Davis
Topic: "Improving the EBD Skills of Dental Students through Curricular Innovation"
Faculty mentor: Drs. Ann McCann and Spears

Graduate Student Oral Presentations

Yinshi Ren and Anika Voisey, biomedical sciences graduate students

First place: Voisey
Topic: "A Direct Role for DKK1 in Calvarial Osteogenesis"
Faculty mentor: Dr. Jerry Feng

Second place: Ren
Topic: "Sclerostin Deletion Rescues Periodontal Bone Loss in Periostin Knock-out Mice"
Faculty mentor: Feng

Photos by Steven Doll