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      AADOCR Irwin D. Mandel Distinguished Mentoring Award
          
    
    
      This award was established to provide national recognition for outstanding efforts to foster and promote research training and career development of students, trainees and junior faculty. It is intended to identify individuals at all levels of their career with an exemplary record of mentoring.
Award Prize/Recognition
            - $1,000
 - Plaque
 
Key Dates
            Applications Open:
Jul 14, 2025
Applications Closed:
Oct 01, 2025
Eligibility
            - Nominees must be members of the AADOCR
 - Each nominee must be an experienced researcher with a record of commitment to the research training and career development of students, trainees and/or faculty.
 - Self-nominations are accepted.
 
2025 Recipient
  Martha Somerman
    
          National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, MD
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