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IADR Announces 2023 Recipients of the IADR Centennial Travel Awards for New Investigators

Alexandria, VA – The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) announced nine recipients of the 2023 IADR Centennial Travel Awards for New Investigators. The recipients were recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the 101st General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 9th Meeting of the Latin American Region and the 12th World Congress on Preventive Dentistry, that took place on June 21, 2023, in Bogotá, Colombia.

The recipients are:
•    Sebastián Araneda, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
•    Frederico de Sousa, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Brazil
•    Alejandra Garcia-Quintana, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
•    Shalini Gupta, Centre for Dental Education & Research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India 
•    Meisser Madera, University of Cartagena, Colombia
•    Neshka Manchorova-Veleva, Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
•    Shanmukh Peddi Srinivas, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
•    María de los Angeles Ramírez-Trujillo, National Autonomous University of Mexico, National School of Higher Studies, Leon, Guanajuato 
•    Nil Yakar, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey

The IADR Centennial Travel Awards for New Investigators assist new investigators residing in low to upper middle-income countries to attend the IADR General Session & Exhibition. The award is designed to encourage new investigators to undertake research and to support their attendance at the IADR General Session & Exhibition for presentation of research in any of the IADR Scientific Group & Network research areas. 

About IADR
The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to drive dental, oral, and craniofacial research for health and well-being worldwide. IADR represents the individual scientists, clinician-scientists, dental professionals, and students based in academic, government, non-profit, and private-sector institutions who share our mission. Learn more at www.iadr.org.