IADR Lion Dental Research Award

The candidates must:

• hold a degree in dentistry or in a scientific discipline; and
• be a junior researcher in pursuit of a postgraduate degree; and
• be a member of IADR (in good standing at time of submission and presentation) and actively engaged in research within one of the following IADR scientific groups
• have an abstract accepted for presentation within one of the three scientific groups listed below for the General Session & Exhibition of the IADR:
  a. Oral Health Research,
  b. Periodontal Research; or
  c. Salivary Research

1. A junior investigator may be nominated by his/her supervisor, program director, dean or other individual who is familiar with the nominee’s research activities.
2. The nominee must have submitted an abstract for the IADR General Session & Exhibition by the abstract deadline.
3. Applications must include the following data:
   • Nominee’s name, address, date of birth, current place of work/study, position;
   • IADR Section/Division membership (in good standing at time of submission and presentation)
   • Curriculum vitae
   • Relevant recommendation letter
   • Copy of the abstract together with a separate and more detailed overview of the nominee’s project (2 pages, double-spaced).

Three (3) awards will be granted - one from each IADR Scientific Group. A committee set up by the IADR group reviews nominations. Recipients are notified after Committee Review which begins after the abstract deadline. Award recipients will receive a monetary award of $2,000 and a plaque. The three awards will be presented at the IADR Group Business Meetings at the IADR General Session. If selected for an award, the paper must be presented at the meeting (no presenter substitutions allowed).

2025 - Thi Dao (BEHSR)
2025 - Yasmin Louzon (Microbiology/Immunology)
2025 - Carolina Ruis Ferrari (Cariology) 

2024 - Luis Limo (Oral Health)
2024 - Yuqi Ma (Periodontal)
2024 - Andrea Escalante Herrera (Salivary)

2023 - Jessy Kamila Sihuay Torres (BEHSR)
2023 - Sofia Tortora Morel (Microbiology/Immunology)
2023 - Mateus Xavier Queiroz (Cariology) 

2022 - Tan Minh Nguyen (Oral Health)
2022 - Yue Chen (Periodontal)

2021 - Hazem Abbas (BEHSR)

2020 - Carla Alvarez Rivas (Periodontal) 
2020 - Mohammed Nadeem Bijle (Oral Health)

2019 - Talal Alshihayb (BEHSR)
2019 - Emily Chang (Microbiology/Immunology)
2019 - Dina Moussa (Cariology) 

2018 - Yukako Kojima (Oral Health)
2018 - Jacob Chew Ren Jie (Periodontal)
2018 - Wei Qiao (Salivary)

2017 - Helena Schuch (BEHSR)
2017 - Reo Uemura (Cariology)
2017 - Kassapa Ellepola (Microbiology/Immunology) 

2016 - Roger Junges (Oral Health) 
2016 - Tomomi Kawai (Periodontal) 

2015 - Richa Wahi (BEHSR) 
2015 - Falk Schwendicke (Cariology) 
2015 - Omer Fleissig (Microbiology/Immunology) 

2014 - Donwiwat Saensom (Oral Health)
2014 - Omer Deutsch (Salivary) 

2013 - Stefan Listl (BEHSR)
2013 - Melissa Thiemi Kato (Cariology)
2013 - Svetislav Zaric (Microbiology/Immunology)

2012 - Yoav Neumann (Salivary) 
2012 - Daniel Jönsson (Periodontal) 
2012 - Shantanu Lal (Oral Health)

2011 - Otto Lok Tao Lam (BEHSR) 
2011 - Fu Chen (Cariology)

2010 - Diep Ha (oral Health) 
2010 - Thanuja, D.K. Herath (Periodontal) 
2010 - Raluca Stiubea-Cohen (Salivary)

2009 - Sebastian Paris (Carilogy)
2009 - Ranawaka A.P. Perera (Microbiology/Immunology)

2008 - Omer Deutsch (Salivary) 
2008 - Emanuele Cotroneo (Salivary) 
2008 - Julio Carrion (Periodontal) 
2008 - Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf (Oral Health)

2007 - Xiaoli Gao (BSHSR) 
2007 - Daniel Moreinos (Cariology)

2006 - Andrew Chi Chun Chan (Periodontal) 
2006 - Mariko Gyo (Oral Health)

2005 - Loc Giang Do (BSHSR)
2005 - Salunya Tancharoen (Microbiology/Immunology)

2004 - Özgur Özdemir (Periodontal)
2004 - Ji Li (Salivary)

2003 - David Conway (Cariology)
2003 - Michael Cronin (BSHSR)
2003 - Hiroyuki Tada (Microbiology/Immunology)

2002 - Olga Potella (Salivary)
2002 - Towako Wakui (Oral Health)
2002 - Eben Alsberg (Periodontal)

2001 - Yuichi Kitasako (Cariology)
2001 - Khristine Marie Carino (BSHSR)
2001 - Yael Houri-Haddad (Microbiology/Immunology)