Alexandria, VA, USA, June 22, 2022 – The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 IADR Hatton Competition. The winners were recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the virtual 100th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, held in conjunction with the 5th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Region on June 20-25, 2022.
The competition is designed to provide an opportunity for the best junior investigators from all IADR Divisions and Sections to present their research at the annual IADR General Session. A major goal of the IADR Hatton Competition and Awards is to give as many students and new investigators as possible access to the IADR General Session, as well as the experience to present in both the competition and for the General Session.
The Hatton Award was established in 1953 in honor of IADR’s 10th President Edward H. Hatton and is IADR’s longest running awards that recognize new investigators. This year, 54 individuals from 24 IADR Divisions and four Sections were selected to compete in the IADR Hatton Competition, which was held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
The winners are:
JUNIOR CATEGORY
1st Place - Sara Delgadillo
Cyclooxygenase Expression Changes in Gingival Fibroblasts Infected with Human Cytomegalovirus
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
IADR Colombian Division
2nd Place - Coral Haiqi Yeung
The Effect of Periodontitis on the Gut Metabolome of Mice
The University of Adelaide, Australia
IADR Australia New Zealand Division
SENIOR BASIC SCIENCE CATEGORY
1st Place - Carolina Isabel Rojas Pérez
CD73-bearing Treg-derived Extracellular Vesicles Modulate in vitro and in vivo Immune Response and Prevent Alveolar Bone Loss During Periodontitis
University of Chile, Santiago
IADR Chilean Division
2nd Place - Tsukasa Aoki
NF-κB p65 Serine 536 Negatively Regulates Bone Resorption in Periodontitis
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
IADR Japanese Division
SENIOR CLINICAL RESEARCH CATEGORY
1st Place - Athina Georgiou
The Microbiome of Endodontic Infections and its Association with Clinical Features.
Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, Netherlands
IADR Continental European Division
2nd Place - Jessy Kamila Sihuay Torres
Sociodemographic Factors Related to Oral Health Practices from Peruvian Children
National University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru
IADR Peruvian Division
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