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, DCGAffiliate
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)
