Research Day 2024
02/15/2024

An annual celebration of the cutting-edge research at the School of Dentistry including a keynote, poster presentations, and awards

2024 Keynote Speaker

Rena D'Souza, Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Rena D'Souza, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Title: Oral Health for All: Realizing The Promise of Science
Research Day keynote speech 2024
Research day UMSD 2024

2024 AWARDS
Category: Clinical, Public Health, Behavioral and Education Research 
Eligibility: DDS, Hygiene, Masters and Undergrad Students

Name

Place

                Level

                Poster Title

Lauren Okafor

1st

DDS - D3

Cis/Non-Cis Members of the LGBTQ+ Community and Oral Health Care

Sindhu Nagammai Kannapan and Brigitte Thuy Trinh Phung

2nd

DDS - D3 

A Systemic Review of the Development of Non-Carious Cervical Lesions Due to Occlusal Factors

Hasan Kaliq

3rd (tie)

DDS - D3

Arabic Speaking Immigrants Oral Health Care and Oral Health Care: Does Country of Origin and English Language Proficiency Matter?

Minh-Kevin Le Doan, Taylor Morgan, and Mohmadrida Ahmad Aljlaihawai

3rd (tie)

DH - DH4

Nurses' Perception and Understanding of Oral Hygiene in Relation to Hospital Acquired Pneumonia

Category: Clinical, Public Health, Behavioral and Education Research 
Eligibility: PhD, DDS/PhD, Postdocs and Staff

Name

Place

            Level

                Poster Title

Eduardo Caleme

1st

Postdoc

Multimodal Machine Learning Models for Diagnosing and Predicting Progression of Tmporomandibular Degenerative Joint Disease

Jeanne Claret

2nd

Visiting Scholar

TMJ Osteoarthritis Risk Assesment: Integrating Machine Learning with 3dSlicer Integration

Sneha Shah

3rd

Staff

Removable Partial Denture Failure Rate in UM School of Dentistry

Category: Basic Science Research and Translational Research 
Eligibility: DDS, Hygiene, Masters and Undergrad Students

Name

Place

   Level

                Poster Title

Danielle DeCesaris

1rd

Master's of Public Health Student

Effect of dextranase on nanoparticle penetration into exopolysaccharide-rich Streptococcus mutans biofilms

Elizabeth Perkins

2st

Undergrad

Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp-Derived Stem Cells (DPSCs) in Animal Serum-Free Conditions

Amy Yu Xuan Lin

3nd

DDS - D3

Clinically Acceptable System for Expansion of Dental Pulp Derived Stem Cells

Category: Basic Science and Translational Science
Eligibility: PhD, DDS/PhD, Postdocs and Staff

Name

  Place

          Level

                Poster Title

Igor Paulino Mendes Soares

    1st (tie)

Visiting Scholar

Hesperetin-laden composite fibrous scaffolds for modulating dentinogenesis and the inflammatory response in vital pulp therapy

Hiroki Ueharu

    1st (tie)

Postdoc

Augmentation of BMP signaling in cranial NCCs develops ectopic cartilage in the face through elevated Gata6

Shawn Hallett

  2rd

DDS/PhD Student

A RUNX2-FGFR3 signaling axis controls postnatal synchondrosis growth and ossification

Karin Harumi Uchima Koecklin

  3rd

Postdoc

Neural Pathways Involved in Brux-like Behaviors in Mice

SCADA/Dentsply Award

Name

Level

Poster Title

Sindhu Nagammai Kannappan

DDS - D3

A Systemic Review of the Development of Non-Carious Cervical Lesions Due to Occlusal Factors

AADR Student Travel Award

Name

Level

Poster Title

Lauren Okafor

DDS - D3

Cis/Non-Cis Members of the LGBTQ+ Community and Oral Health Care

Dental Hygiene Awards

*all awardees are DH4 students

Name

Place

Poster Title

Rita Ann Hannosh and Brittney Marie Nasir

1st

Negative Impacts of Depressive Disorder on Oral Health Quality of Life in Adult Patients

Layan Alsabbagh, Luisa Amaya, Talaah AL-Maisari

2nd (tie)

The Effects of ADHD on Oral Hygiene in Young Adults

Ella Dale Stepan, Emily Honjas and Alison Claire Honjas

2nd (tie)

Comparison of Fluoride Varnish Usage and Caries-Risk Assessments and Management in Student Predoctoral Clinics: Percpetion vs. Actual Utilization

Other Awards 

Award

Name

Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Award

Lucia Cevidanes

Research Staff Award

Sywe-Ren Chang

Jan Berry Prize

Renan Del Fabbro