COSA decided the winners of the Milo Hellman Research Award, the Harry Sicher Research Award and the Thomas M. Graber Awards of Special Merit at its January 2015 meeting. The winners will present their research at the 2015 AAO Annual Session.
The winners are:
Milo Hellman Research Award
Attenuation of articular cartilage degeneration progression by inhibition of Tgf-b1 signaling in a mouse model of osteoarthritis
Rebecca Chen, BDS
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Lecture Information: Saturday, May 16; 1:15pm-1:35pm; Room 104
Harry Sicher Research Award
Candidate gene analysis of dental malocclusions
Cole A. Weaver, DDS, MS
University of Iowa
Lecture Information: Saturday, May 16; 1:35pm-1:55pm; Room 104
Thomas M. Graber Awards of Special Merit
ACTN3 R577X genotypes associate with Class II and deepbite malocclusions
Brian Zebrick, DDS, MS
Temple University
Lecture Information: Saturday, May 16; 1:55pm-2:15pm; Room 104
Cephalometric analysis and long-term outcomes of orthognatic surgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea
Elizabeth Dela Cruz Ubaldo, DDS, MS
University of Washington
Lecture Information: Monday, May 18; 8:00am-8:20am; Room 135
Miniscrew assisted slow expansion of mature sutures
Ross Jeffrey Pulver, DDS, MS
Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry
Lecture Information: Monday, May 18; 8:20am-8:40am; Room 135
Genetic and treatment related risk factors associated with external apical root resorption (EARR) concurrent with orthodontia
Lina Sharab, DDS, MS
University of Kentucky
Lecture Information: Monday, May 18; 8:40am-9:00am; Room 135
