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
