Science Day
Thank you for joining us for Science Day 2024!
Thank you to all the presenters, their mentors and collaborators, the faculty judges and the Office of Communications & External Relations who all make this event possible.
To view the keynote recording, click here.
“Oral Mucosal Immunity Through the Lens of Mendelian Disease”
Niki Moutsopoulos, DDS, PhD
Senior Investigator
Chief, Oral Immunity and Inflammation Section
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
National Institutes of Health
Science Day 2024 Winners
Poster Presentations
Predoctoral First Place (DMD & AS Students)
Qi Ming Lao (DMD25)
Qi Ming Lao, Xiaoren Tang, Yuwei Fan and Russell Giordano. Departments of Periodontology and Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials: “The Effects of Decolorizers on the Properties of SDF”
AADOCR Dentsply Sirona Award
Isha Aggarwal (DMD26)
Isha Aggarwal, Yuwei Fan and Russell Giordano. Department of Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials: “The Effect of Delayed Post-Processing On the Accuracy of 3DP Surgical Guides”
Masters First Place (MSD and 1st Year PhD/DScD Students)
Harshal Modh (PROS 2028)
Harshal Modh, Russell Giordano, Guoxian Wei, and Yuwei Fan. Department of Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials: “Enamel Remineralization in the Presence of Bacteria”
Postdoctoral First Place (PhD, DScD and Postdoctoral Students)
Mustafa Al Azzawi (PERIO 2026)
Mustafa Al Azzawi, Yuwei Fan, Xiaoren Tang and Serge Dibart. Departments of Periodontology and Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials: “A New System Using Artificial Calculus to Analyze the Roughness of Dental Materials”
Emily R. Fisher (4th year PhD candidate, Pharmacology/School of Medicine)
Emily R. Fisher, Anthony Spinella, Xaralabos Varelas, Manish Bais and Maria A. Kukuruzinska. Departments of Biomolecular Pharmacology and Translational Dental Medicine: “Targeting Epigenetic Activity of Beta-Catenin/CBP Impedes Oral Cancer Progression”
Oral Presentations
Predoctoral First Place (DMD & AS Students) and AADOCR Student Research Day Award
Paul Wiley (DMD26)
Paul Wiley, Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz, Vissuta Khampatee, Chu-Yen Hsu and Peixi Liao. Departments of Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials and Computer Science: “Dentist’s Role in the Development of Clinical Artificial Intelligent Algorithms”
Masters First Place (MSD and 1st Year PhD/DScD Students)
Noor Al Shaltoni (PEDO 2024)
Noor Al Shaltoni, Keri Discepolo and Yuwei Fan. Departments of Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials and Pediatric Dentistry: “Remineralization Effects of Vitamin D on Primary Dentition Caries, Preliminary Study”
Postdoctoral First Place (PhD, DScD and Postdoctoral Students)
Thamir Alhoutan (PERIO 2026)
Thamir Alhoutan, Yun Ma and Serge Dibart. Department of Periodontology: “The Autonomic Nerve Innervation in Tooth-Bone Microenvironment with Aging”
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