2022 Awards

The 69th Annual Iowa Section of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial was held on Tuesday, February 15. Judges evaluated each submission for each category and determined the award winners based on the quality of the research and the presentation. These awards represent the exciting research that students, staff, and visitors are conducting and presenting.

Vi Phan

Vi Phan

Undergraduate Student Award
1st Place

Teagan Byrnes

Teagan Byrnes

AADOCR Student Research Award

Jinmei Zhang

Jinmei Zhang

Staff Research
1st Place

Zachary Graham

Zachary Graham

Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition
1st Place

Bethany Doolittle

Bethany Doolittle

Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition
2nd Place

Cyrus Mansouri

Cyrus Mansouri

Max Smith Pre-Doctoral Competition
3rd Place

Emma Thayer

Emma Thayer

P&G Competition
1st Place

Teagan Byrnes

Teagan Byrnes

P&G Competition
2nd Place

Abigail Wiese

Abigail Wiese

P&G Competition
3rd Place

Mary Young

Mary Young

ADA Table Clinics Competition (Predoctoral)
1st Place

Luke Hovey

Luke Hovey

ADA Table Clinics Competition (Predoctoral)
2nd Place

Katie Moore

Katherine Moore

ADA Table Clinics Competition (Predoctoral)
3rd Place

Fan Shao

Fan Shao

ADA Table Clinics Competition (Postdoctoral)
1st Place

Jacob Miszuk

Jacob Miszuk

ADA Table Clinics Competition (Postdoctoral)
2nd Place

Jue Hu

Jue Hu

ADA Table Clinics Competition (Postdoctoral)
3rd Place

Sydney Woods

Sydney Woods

Dental Specialty Award
Iowa Society for Periodontology Predoctoral Award
1st Place

Emma Miller

Emma Miller

James S. Wefel Pediatric Dentistry Predoctoral Competition Award
1st Place

Jason Semprini

Jason Semprini

Bernstein Award for Health Policy
1st Place

Gam Krongbaramee

Gam Krongbaramee

Dental Specialty Award
Endodontic Michel Fuller Postdoctoral Award
1st Place

Emilio Couso-Queiruga

Emilio Couso-Queiruga

Dental Specialty Award
Iowa Society for Periodontology Postdoctoral Award

1st Place

Catherine Hopkins

Catherine Hopkins

Department Specialty Awards
Operative Dentistry
1st Place

Wattawan Wongpattaraworakul

Wattawan Wongpattaraworakul

Department Specialty Awards
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
1st Place

Nile Eckerman

Nile Eckerman

Department Specialty Awards
Orthodontics
1st Place

Anna Stell

Anna Stell

Department Specialty Awards
Pediatric Dentistry
1st Place

Abimbola M. Oladayo

Abimbola M. Oladayo

Department Specialty Awards
Preventive and Community Dentistry
1st Place

Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez

Department Specialty Awards
Prosthodontics
1st Place

Samantha D. Wuebker

Samantha D. Wuebker

Basic Laboratory Science (Master/PhD Candidate)
1st Place (tied)

Tim Nguyen

Timothy T. Nguyen

Basic Laboratory Science (Master/PhD Candidate)
1st Place (Tied)

Qiong Ding

Qiong Ding

Basic Laboratory Science (Postdoctoral Scholar)
1st Place

Matthew Remy

Matthew Remy

Tissue Engineering and Regeneration (Master/PhD Candidate)
1st Place

Zhuozhi Wang

Zhuozhi Wang

Tissue Engineering and Regeneration ((Postdoctoral Scholar)
1st Place

Chuanhang Xu

Chuanhang Xu

Basic Research
International Presenter

Student

1st Place

Umar Hayat Salman

Umar Hayat Salman

Basic Research
International Presenter
Faculty/Postdoctoral Scholar/Visiting Scholar
1st Place

Guangyu Jian

Guangyu Jian

Clinical Research
International Presenter
Student

1st Place

Karim Ghishan

Karim Ghishan

Clinical Research
International Presenter
Faculty/Postdoctoral Scholar/Visiting Scholar

1st Place

Pamela Nwachukwu

Pamela Nwachukwu

Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Health Equity Award (Dental Student, Master/PhD Candidate)
1st Place

Kelsey Wenger

Kelsey Wenger

Iowa OKU Mu Chapter Award
1st Place

Carissa Comnick

Carissa Comnick

Outstanding Biostatistics Support for Dental Research
1st Place