2013 AAPHD Student Merit Awards Program

Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health

First Place
Ashley Kranz
Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: Comparative effectiveness of preventive oral health services provided in medical and dental settings for young Medicaid-enrolled children
Sponsor: Dr. R. Gary Rozier

Second Place
Aderonke Akinkugbe
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Department of Health and Human Services
Title: Epidemiology of Dental Fluorosis in the United States: examining the role of Partial Reporting Protocols (PRPs) in reporting Dental Fluorosis
Sponsor: Dr. Amit Chattopadhyay

Third Place
Elham Kateeb, BDS, MPH, PhD
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Title: Factors Related to the Use of Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) as a dental Caries Management Technique: An Example of the Use of Conjoint Analysis in Oral Health Research
Sponsor: Dr. John J. Warren

Honorable Mention
Rania Abasaeed, BDS, MPH
North Carolina Oral Health Section
Title: The Impact of the Great Economic Recession on Untreated Dental Caries among Children in North Carolina
Sponsor: Dr. R. Gary Rozier

Susan McKernan, DMD, MS, PhD
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Title: Geographic accessibility and utilization of orthodontic services among Medicaid children and adolescents
Sponsor: Dr. Raymond A. Kuthy

Predoctoral Dental Student Merit Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Community and Preventive Dentistry

First Place
Brian Jackson
The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry
Title: Creating Jackson Free Dental Clinic: Severing the Underprivileged and Underserved People in Inner city Jackson
Sponsor: Dr. Robin Howard

Second Place
Katherine Blair Jones
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Title: “Beat the Pumpkin” Walk/Run for Peds
Sponsor: Dr. Lee S. Mayer

Third Place
Todd Billington
School of Dentistry University of Washington
Title: Career Explorations in Dentistry and Peer-led Oral Health Education Among Youth of the Makah Indian Tribe
Sponsor: Dr. Beatrice Gandara

Honorable Mention
Danielle Currier
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Title: The Sharewood Dental Project
Sponsor: Dr. John P. Morgan

Suzanna Ellzey
The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry
Title: Grant Writing for Jackson Free Clinic: Free Dental Care for the Underprivileged of Jackson, Mississippi
Sponsor: Dr. Robin Howard

Dental Hygiene Student Merit Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Community Health Dentistry

First Place
Tiffany Mendryga, RDH, BSDH
University of Michigan
Title: Assessment of WIC Providers’ Perceptions of Oral Health Counseling and Availability of Associated Resources
Sponsor: Janet Kinney

Second Place
Li Chen
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry
Title: Developing an Educational Training Video for Home Health Aides
Sponsor: Sally M. Mauriello

Third Place
Angela Haynes, RDH, BS
College of Clinical Rehabilitative Health Sciences East Tennessee State University
Title: Helen Tucker Center Ripley, Tennessee
Sponsor: Deborah Dotson

Honorable Mention
Sarah Lansdell & Kelly Morgan
Southern Illinois University
Title: Community Oral Health Program
Sponsor: Sherri M. Lukes