The AAO Council on Scientific Affairs (COSA) has announced the 2025 recipients of the Milo Hellman Research Award, Harry Sicher Research Award and Thomas M. Graber Awards of Special Merit. 

The awards will be presented on April 25 during the 2025 Annual Session in Philadelphia. The recipients will present lectures on their research from 1:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Pennsylvania Convention Center Room 125, with .25 CE credits available per lecture.

Congratulations to the following recipients:

Milo Hellman Research Award
Effects of Anti-Resorptive Drugs on Tooth Eruption: A Mouse Model
Dr. Dooyeol Kim
University of Texas Houston

Harry Sicher Research Award
Novel Pathogenic Mutations Contributing to the Risk of Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts
Dr. Waheed Awotoye
University of Iowa

Thomas M. Graber Awards of Special Merit
Effects of Simulated Arch Constriction Upper Airway Function During Sleep: Randomized Cross Over Trial
Dr. Da In Kim
University of British Columbia

Mid-palatal Suture Assessment with Intraoral Ultrasonography Imaging
Dr. Jennifer Xu
University of Michigan

Bone Characterization in a Novel Dicer-Deficient Mouse Model Specific to Osteocytes
Dr. Emelia Karkazis
University of Illinois-Chicago

Evaluation of Remineralization of White Spot Lesions w/Quercetin Nanoparticles An In vitro Study
Dr. Brian Decker
Roseman University of Health Sciences