Awards

IADR Giddon Award for Distinguished Research in the Behavioral Sciences

The Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research Group (BEHSR) of IADR announces the Giddon Award for Distinguished Research in the Behavioral Sciences. This award recognizes a single peer-reviewed investigation published, or accepted for publication, between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 in the fields of social or cultural anthropology, education, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and social work applied to dentistry. Both applied and basic research manuscripts are eligible. The senior author receives the prize; however, all of the authors are recognized.

Award Prize/Recognition
  • $500
  • Plaque
Key Dates

Applications Open:

Nov 17, 2025

Applications Closed:

Jan 16, 2026

Eligibility
  • Research investigation published or accepted for publication between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025.
  • Research investigation in the field of social or cultural anthropology, education, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and social work applied to dentistry.
  • Nominees may be IADR members or non-members.
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This award is made possible by a contribution from Donald B. Giddon, D.M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Giddon, a founder and former President of the BESHSR Group, who established this award to recognize and highlight the contributions to dentistry from research in social and cultural anthropology, education, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and social work. 

From the creation of the BEHSR until his death in November 2025, Dr. Giddon had been an active Group member and continued to foster the integration of the behavioral sciences into oral health research and education. He held doctoral degrees in psychology and dentistry from Brandeis University and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Giddon was Professor Emeritus, Harvard University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Developmental Biology, and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health. He was also Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Health Promotion at the NYU College of Dentistry, where he serves as Dean, and Clinical Professor of Children's Dentistry, Stony Brook University, School of Dental Medicine. His most recent honor was the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard College.


 

2025 Recipients

Nicola Innes Cardiff University, UK

Innes, N., Fairhurst, C., Whiteside, K., Ainsworth, H., Sykes, D., El Yousfi S., Marshman, Z. (2024). Behaviour change intervention for toothbrushing (lesson and text messages) to prevent dental caries in secondary school pupils: The BRIGHT randomized control trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 52, 469-478.

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Roger Keller Celeste

BEHSR President

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