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
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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 BSHSR Group, 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. He has been an active Group member since its creation, and continues to foster the integration of the behavioral sciences into oral health research and education.

Dr. Giddon is Clinical Professor of Developmental Biology at Harvard University, Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Community Health at the Brown University Medical School. He is also Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Health Promotion at the NYU College of Dentistry, where he has served as Dean, and Clinical Professor of Children's Dentistry, Stony Brook University, School of Dental Medicine. His most recent honor is the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard College.

The award committee will accept self-nominations or nominations. The paper should be accompanied by a brief letter describing why it is deemed worthy of an award.
Each paper can be considered for the award only once. Manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet published should be accompanied by a copy of the acceptance letter from the journal editor; evidence of publication (e.g., PDF) should be submitted for already-published works.
The recipient of the awarded paper will be invited to serve on the Giddon Award review committee for the ensuing 2-year period—this individual will be ineligible for competing for the award during this period.

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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2024
Angela Durey
University of Western Australia, Perth
For the paper:
"Inequalities Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Australians Seen Through the Lens of Oral Health: Time to Change Focus"
Angela Durey, Nola Naylor, and Linda Slack-Smith
2023
Cristin Kearns
University of California, San Francisco, USA
"Dominant Power and the Concept of Caste: Implications for Dentistry and Oral Health Inequality"
Cristin Kearns, George Taylor, Snehlata Oberoi, and Elizabeth Mertz
2022
Daniel W. McNeil & Cameron L. Randall
West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA, and University of Washington, Seattle, USA
“Consensus Statement on Future Directions for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Oral Health”
Daniel W. McNeil, Cameron L. Randall, Sarah Baker, Belinda Borrelli, Jacqueline M. Burgette, Barry Gibson, Lisa J. Heaton, Georgios Kitsaras, Colman McGrath, and J. Timothy Newton
2020
Kumar Raghav Gujjar
SEGi University, Malaysia
Gujjar KR, van Wijk A, Kumar R, de Jongh A. Efficacy of virtual reality exposure therapy for the treatment of dental phobia in adults: a randomized controlled trial. J Anxiety Disord. 2019;62:100-8.
2019
Erin Pullen
Indiana University, USA
Pullen E, Perry BL, Maupome G. Talking about teeth: egocentric networks and oral health outcomes in a Mexican American immigrant community. Advances in Medical Sociology. 2019;19(Immigration and Health):105–122.
2018
Angela Durey
University of Western Australia, AU
Durey A, McAullay D, Gibson B, Slack-Smith Lm. Oral health in young Australian Aboriginal children: qualitative research on parents’ perspectives. JDR Clin Trans Res. 2017;2(1):38-47.
2017
Cameron L. Randall
West Virginia University, USA
Randall CL, McNeil DW, Shaffer JR, Crout RJ, Weyant RJ, Marazita ML. Fear of pain mediates the association between MC1R genotype and dental fear. J Dent Res. 2016;95(10):1132-1137.
2016
Sarah R. Baker & Barry Gibson
University of Sheffield, UK
Baker SR, Gibson B. Social oral epidemi(olog)(2)y where next: one small step or one giant leap?. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2014;42(6):481–494.
2015
Barry Gibson & Ninv Paul
University of Sheffield, UK
Gibson B, Paul N. Differentiation and displacement: unpacking the relationship between accounts of illness and social structure. Soc Theory Health. 2014;12(3):267-290.
2014
Rebecca Harris & Robin Holt
The University of Liverpool, UK
Harris R, Holt R. Interacting institutional logics in general dental practice. Soc Sci Med. 2013;94:63-70.
2013
Orawan Nammontri
University of Sheffield, UK
Nammontri O, Robinson PG, Baker S. Enhancing oral health via sense of coherence: a cluster-randomized trial. J Dent Res. 2013;92(1):26-31.
2012
María Carillo-Díaz
Rey Juan Carlos University, ES
Carillo-Díaz M, Crego A, Armfield JM, Romero M. Self-assessed oral health, cognitive vulnerability, and dental anxiety in children: testing a mediational model. Comm Dent Oral Epi. 2012;40(1):8-16.
2011
Susan J. Wang
Institute for Healthcare Advancement, USA
Wang SJ, Briskie D, Hu JC, Majewski R, Inglehart MR. Illustrated information for parent education: parent and patient responses. Pediatr Dent. 2010;32(4):295-303.
2010
Nancy R. Kressin
Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities, USA
Kressin NR, Nunn ME, Singh H, Orner MB, Pbert L, Hayes C, Culler C, Glicken SR, Palfrey S, Geltman PL, Cadoret C, Henshaw MM. Pediatric clinicians can help reduce rates of early childhood caries: effects of a practice based intervention. Med Care. 2009;47(11):1121-1128.
2009
Gary D. Slade
University of Adelaide, AU
Slade GD, Diatchenko L, Bhalang K, Sigurdsson A, Fillingim RB, Belfer I, Max MB, Goldman D and Maixner W. Influence of Psychological Factors on Risk of Temporomandibular Disorders. J Dent Res. 2007;86(11):1120-1125.
2008
Susan E. Coldwell
University of Washington, USA
Coldwell SE, Wilhelm FH, Milgrom P, Prall CW, Getz T, Spadafora A, Chiu IY, Leroux BG, Ramsay DS. Combining alprazolam with systematic desensitization therapy for dental injection phobia. J Anxiety Disord. 2007;21(7):871-887.
2006
Robert J. Gatchel
University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Gatchel RJ, Stowell AW, Wildenstein L, Riggs R, Ellis E 3rd. Efficacy of an early intervention for patients with acute temporomandibular disorder-related pain: a one-year outcome study. J Am Dent Assoc. 2006;137(3):339-347.
2005
Jessica Y. Lee
University of North Carolina, USA
Lee JY, Rozier RG, Norton EC, Kotch JB,Vann WF Jr. Effects of WIC participation on children's use of oral health services. Am J Public Health. 2004;94(5):772-777.
2004
Gregg H. Gilbert
University of Alabama, USA
Gilbert GH, Duncan RP, Shelton BJ. Social determinants of tooth loss. Health Serv Res. 2003;38(6 Pt 2):1843–62.
2003
Samuel F. Dworkin
University of Washington, USA
Dworkin SF, Huggins KH, Wilson L, Mancl L, Turner J, Massoth D, LeResche L, Truelove E. A randomized clinical trial using research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders - axis II to target clinic cases for a tailored self-care TMD treatment program. J Orofac Pain. 2002;16(1):48–63.
2002
Henrietta L. Logan
University of Florida, USA
Logan HL, Lutzendorf S, Kirchner HL, Rivera EM, Luberoff D. Pain and immunologic response to root canal treatment and subsequent health outcomes. Psychosom Med. 2001;63(3):453–462.
2001
Ulf Berggren
Göteborg University, SE
Berggren U, Hakeberg M, Carlsson SG. Relaxation vs. cognitively oriented therapies for dental fear. J Dent Res. 2000;79(9):1645–1651.
2000
Richard P. Frank
University of Washington, USA
Frank RP, Milgrom P, Leroux BG, Hawkins NR. Treatment outcomes with mandibular removable partial dentures: a population-based study of patient satisfaction. J Prosthet Dent. 1998;80(1):36–45.
1999
Ulf Berggren
Göteborg University, SE
Berggren U, Carlsson SG, Hägglin C, Hakeberg M, Samsonowitz V. Assessment of patients with direct conditioned and indirect cognitive reported origin of dental fear. Eur J of Oral Sci. 1997;105(3):213–220.
1998
Peter Milgrom
University of Washington, USA
Milgrom, P, Mancl L, King B, Weinstein P, Wells N, Jeffcott E. An explanatory model of the dental care utilization of low-income children. Med Care. 1998;36(4):554–566.
1997
Henrietta L. Logan
University of Iowa, USA
Logan HL, Baron RS, Kohout F. Sensory focus as therapeutic treatments for acute pain. Psychosom Med. 1995;57(5):475–484.

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