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:
- Colby Allen, UT Health Houston
- Eddyson Altidor, University of Connecticut, Farmington
- Elise Ambrose, University of Colorado, Aurora
- Alison Buckwalter, University of Pittsburgh, PA
- Justin Burrell, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Michael Chavez, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Sydney Chung, UT Health San Antonio
- Ana Garcia Castineiras, Harvard University, Boston, MA
- Alexandra Herzog, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Marsha-Kay Hutchinson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Grant Kasal, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
- Thomas Koby, University of Florida, Gainesville
- Susu Le, University of California, San Francisco
- Elizabeth Leon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Mary Li, University of Iowa, Iowa City
- Min Lin, University of Washington, Seattle
- Vincent Mak, Stony Brook University, NY
- Cyrus Mansouri, University of Iowa, Iowa City
- Rosamaria Marquez, Texas A&M University, Dallas
- Simon Monley, University of Colorado, Aurora
- Kevin Muñoz Forti, University of Missouri, Columbia
- Josue Murillo, UT Health San Antonio
- Anna Nguyen, University of California, San Francisco
- Marshall Padilla, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Kazune Pax, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Julia Kishanie Persaud, New York University, NY
- Andrew Santander, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
- Michelle Scott, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- Amanda Seaberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City
- Madison Sharp, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
- Bao Thao, Roseman University, South Jordan, UT
- 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.