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32 Dental Students and NIDCR-supported Trainees Receive AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant

Alexandria, VA – The American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) has announced the 2023 recipients of the AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant. The winners were recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the AADOCR, held in conjunction with the 47th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), that took place on March 15, 2023.

AADOCR received funding from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH-NIDCR) (Grant No. R13DE030343) to support travel for dental students and NIDCR supported trainees to the AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting & Exhibition for presentation of scientific papers on dental research. Recipients were selected to receive funds based on the quality of the abstract selected for presentation. 

AADOCR has received this grant since 1975. It allowed nearly 1,000 dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to present their research at the IADR General Session & Exhibition until 2021, when the grant was awarded for dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees to present research at the AADOCR Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

The 2023 grant recipients include:

  1. Colby Allen, UT Health Houston
  2.  Eddyson Altidor, University of Connecticut, Farmington
  3. Elise Ambrose, University of Colorado, Aurora
  4.   Alison Buckwalter, University of Pittsburgh, PA
  5.  Justin Burrell, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  6.  Michael Chavez, The Ohio State University, Columbus
  7. Sydney Chung, UT Health San Antonio
  8.  Ana Garcia Castineiras, Harvard University, Boston, MA
  9.  Alexandra Herzog, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  10.  Marsha-Kay Hutchinson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
  11.  Grant Kasal, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
  12.  Thomas Koby, University of Florida, Gainesville
  13.  Susu Le, University of California, San Francisco
  14. Elizabeth Leon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  15.   Mary Li, University of Iowa, Iowa City
  16.  Min Lin, University of Washington, Seattle 
  17.   Vincent Mak, Stony Brook University, NY
  18.  Cyrus Mansouri, University of Iowa, Iowa City
  19.  Rosamaria Marquez, Texas A&M University, Dallas
  20.  Simon Monley, University of Colorado, Aurora
  21. Kevin Muñoz Forti, University of Missouri, Columbia
  22.   Josue Murillo, UT Health San Antonio
  23. Anna Nguyen, University of California, San Francisco
  24.    Marshall Padilla, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
  25. Kazune Pax, The Ohio State University, Columbus
  26.  Julia Kishanie Persaud, New York University, NY
  27.  Andrew Santander, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
  28.   Michelle Scott, The Ohio State University, Columbus
  29.   Amanda Seaberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City
  30.   Madison Sharp, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
  31.  Bao Thao, Roseman University, South Jordan, UT
  32.  Amy Tran, UT Health Houston

About AADOCR
The American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to drive dental, oral, and craniofacial research to advance health and well-being. AADOCR represents the individual scientists, clinician-scientists, dental professionals, and students based in academic, government, non-profit and private-sector institutions who share our mission. AADOCR is the largest division of the International Association for Dental Research. Learn more at www.aadocr.org.