2024 Award Winners
Dental- 1st Place: Nicholas Stolze
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Payne
"Examining Associations Between Classes of Medications and Tooth Loss in Periodontal Maintenance Patients" - 2nd Place: Lucas Jarecke and Luke Wordekemper
Mentor: Dr. Gregory Bennett
"Analysis of Occlusal Clearance of Crown Preparations Made by Predoctoral Dental Students at the UNMC College of Dentistry" - 3rd Place: Merina Joseph and Mahima Kinra
Mentors: Dr. Julie Marshall, Dr. Gregory Bennett, and Dr. Mark Beatty
"In Vitro Tensile Strength Comparison of Denture Liners to 3-D Printed Denture Resin"
- 1st Place: Diana Acosta Delgado, Lulu Acosta Delgado, and Jose Marquez
Mentor: Lisa Moravec
"The Effects of Advantage Arrest® SDF Gel and Riva Star® SDF/KI on S. mutans and P. gingivalis: An In-Vitro Study" - 2nd Place: Capri Dethlefs and Julia Raun
Mentor: Jaimee Shropshire
"The Effects of Coca-Cola and Kool-Aid on the Discoloration of UltraSeal XT™ Hydrophilic and 3M™ ESPE™ Clinpro™ Hydrophobic Sealants" - 3rd Place: Ella Simonson and Emma Schock
Mentor: Dr. Upoma Guha
"The Pivotal Role of Ergonomic Loupes in Dentistry: A Research Survey of Loupe Selection Among Dental Professionals"
- 1st Place: Dr. Joyce Lee
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Payne
"Associations between Periodontitis and Serum Anti-Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Antibody Concentrations in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-Control Study" - 2nd Place: Dr. Paula Cohen Schlemmer
"The Age-Old Question: Why Do Younger, Systemically Healthy Patients Have Better Wound Healing Than Aged, Systemically Healthy Patients? A scRNAseq Fibroblast Study"
2023 Award Winners
Dental- 1st Place: Katie Whittaker and Katie Spencer
Mentors: Dr. Gregory Bennett and Dr. Renato Roperto
"Influence of endocrown material on the fracture resistance of maxillary canines" - 2nd Place: Jonathan Martino and Samuel Reimer
Mentors: Dr. Mark Beatty and Bobby Simetich
"Utilization of Polycaprolactone as an Alternative to Traditional Light-Cured Methyl Methacrylate for Custom Tray Fabrication" - 3rd Place: Tia DiGiovanni and Jace Hanisch
Mentor: Dr. Gregory Bennett
"Effect of wall thickness of 3D-printed models on resisting deformation from thermal forming In-Office Aligners"
- 1st Place: Kawthar Sami and Savannah Kobza
Mentor: Dr. James Wahl
"How ABHD17b alters junction assembly and cell migration: an in-vitro study" - 2nd Place: Vicky Bongomin and Brandon Tong
Mentor: Dr. Dona McCanlies
"In Vitro Study Comparing the Whitening Effects of Charcoal Infused Toothbrush with Charcoal Dentifrice vs. Nylon Toothbrush with Charcoal Dentifrice" - 3rd Place: Emily Klosterman and Hannah Nemec
Mentor: Todd Junge
"Relative Effectiveness of Whitening Dentifrices Containing Different Abrasive Ingredients in Conjunction with Electric and Manual Toothbrushes"
- 1st Place: Xin Li
Mentor: Dr. Aimin Peng
"Targeting Aurora kinases to overcome cisplatin resistance in oral squamous cell carcinoma" - 2nd Place: Dr. Allie Koth
Mentors: Dr. Claire Koukol and Dr. Sung Kim
"Artifacts Generated by Pediatric Stainless Steel and Zirconia Crowns on CBCT Imaging: An In Vitro Study" - 3rd Place: Abhishikt David Solomon
Mentor: Dr. Aimin Peng
"Gamma-tubulin is Required for DNA Repair"