2023 Award Winners
Competition winners will be announced at the award ceremony on April 18th, marking
the end of the SeDR Symposium. While all competition participants receive a certificate
acknowledging their work and contributions to research, monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three winners, with the amounts differing based on their placement: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
2023 RTCD Award Winners
Awards were announced Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Literature Review 1
- First Place: Arnav Jain, Dental Hygiene; Luke Merenuk, Dental Hygiene
- Second Place: Mya Johnson, Dental Hygiene; Shivam Patel, Dental Hygiene
- Third Place: Summer Cooper, Dental Hygiene; Daisi Ruiz, Dental Hygiene
Literature Review 2
- First Place: Jewel Flanigan, Dental Hygiene; Abby Bentley, Dental Hygiene
- Second Place: Madison Hooks, Dental Hygiene; Claire Pond, Dental Hygiene
- Third Place: Rebekah Tappendick, Dental Hygiene; Deysi Teran, Dental Hygiene
Faculty Research
Clinical Treatment & Materials
- First Place: Sergio Munoz, Resident, Fort Eisenhower
- Second Place: Elizabet Floodeen, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Resident
- Third Place: Pratik Patel, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Resident
Basic Science: Pre-dental/Dental Students
- First Place: Tigerwin Yang, Pre-Doctoral Student
- Second Place: Cathy Tran, Pre-Doctoral Student
- Third Place: Nathalie Paladines, DCG Affiliate
Graduate/Residents
- Harshit Singhania, Graduate Student
DMD with Distinction in Research 2023 Recipients
Student name |
Mentor |
Amber Durand |
Dr. Lynnette McCluskey |
Caroline Carlock |
Dr. Jaspreet Farmaha |
Katherine Bigham |
Dr. Regina Messer |
Lindsey Brown |
Dr. Ahmed El-Awady |
Melanee Wang |
Dr. Zoya Kurago |
Rebecca Gaillard |
Dr. Zoya Kurago |
Thomas Shepherd |
Dr. Fred Rueggeberg |
Veronica Xia |
Dr. Todd Schoenbaum |
2022 Award Winners
Awards were announced Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
Basic Sciences Research
- First Place: Harshit Singhania (Mentor:Dr. Andrew Yeudall)
- Second Place: Melanee Wang, Rebecca Gaillard (Mentor:Dr. Zoya Kurago)
Clinical Materials I: Dental Students
- First Place: Azadi, Ali (Mentor: Dr. Fred Rueggeberg)
- Second Place: Shazeen Rattansi (Mentor: Dr. Fred Rueggeberg)
Clinical Materials II: Dental Students
- First Place: Elizabeth Smith (Mentor: Dr. Fred Rueggeberg)
- Joint Second Place: Parker Blincoe (pre-dental student) (Mentor: Dr. Fred Rueggeberg); Thomas Shepherd (Mentor: Dr. Fred Rueggeberg )
Case Study Presentations
- First Place: Sherin Merchant (Perio Resident) (Mentor: Dr. Celine Joyce Cornelius )
- Joint Second Place: Ashton Young (Dental Student) (Mentor: Dr. Mario Romero); Bethany Leedy (AEGD Resident) (Mentor: Dr. Mario Romero)
Clinical Treatment: Residents
- First Place: MAJ Aaron Pfaff (Fort Eisenhower Resident) (Mentor: COL Thomas M. Johnson)
- Second Place: Kyle Frazier (OMFS Resident) (Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey James)
Clinical Treatment: Students
- First Place: Lindsay Brown (Mentor: Dr. Ahmed El-Awady)
- Second Place: Christina Sun, Simran Brar (Mentor: Dr. Jaspreet Farmaha)
- Third Place: Bashna Shah (Mentor: Dr. Ahmed El-Awady)
Dental Hygiene I
- First Place: Shanya Massicot (Mentor: Ashley Christman), Briana Docsol (Mentor: Cynthia Hughes)
- Second Place: Sylvia Coroama (Mentor: Dr. Petrina Hutto), Sara McLane (Mentor: Dr. Petrina Hutto)
Dental Hygiene II
- First Place: Rachel Woods (Mentor: Ashley Christman), Tracie Wallace (Mentor: Ashley Christman)
- Second Place: Autumn Philpot (Mentor: Dr. Petrina Hutto), Stephanie Ganthier (Mentor: Dr. Petrina Hutto); Jessica Wright (Mentor: Cynthia Hughes), Porsche Jones (Mentor: Cynthia Hughes)