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IADR Announces Recipients of the IADR LION Dental Research Award for Junior Investigators

Alexandria, Va., USA, May 6, 2020 – The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) announced the 2020 winners of the IADR LION Dental Research Award for Junior Investigators.

  • Oral Health Research Group: Mohammed Nadeem Bijle – The University of Hong Kong, SAR, China

  • Periodontal Research Group:  Carla Alvarez Rivas – Universidad de Chile

The Lion Dental Research Award is intended to support improvements in oral health sciences through the stimulation of junior researchers by recognition of outstanding and innovative research in basic dental science for the improvement of public dental health; and recognition of applied research achievements for improvement and development of oral care products for the prevention or oral diseases.  These awards are made possible by a generous donation from the Lion Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Due to the cancellation of the 2020 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session, the awards were given locally.


About the International Association for Dental Research

The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a nonprofit organization with over 10,000 individual members worldwide, with a Mission to drive dental, oral and craniofacial research to advance health and well-being worldwide. To learn more, visit www.iadr.org.