Harry Sicher Research Award Past Winners
NOTE:
- 1968–1975 Award was titled First Research Essay Award
- 1976–2006 Award was called Harry Sicher First Research Essay Award. The recipient of the Sicher Award is selected by the Council on Scientific Affairs. The award is given for the most meritorious first research effort.
- 2007–2010 Award was title Harry Sicher Research Award and given for the clinical research paper of unusual merit related to orthodontics (BOT February 2006 meeting). The recipient of the Sicher Award is selected by the Council on Scientific Affairs.
- 2011- Award is given to a first research paper of unusual merit related to orthodontics (BOT April 2010 meeting).
Created: June 2005
Updated: January 24, 2025
| YEAR | NAME/SCHOOL | RESEARCH TITLE |
| 2025 | Waheed Awotoye University of Iowa | Novel Pathogenic Mutations Contributing to the Risk of Non-Syndromic Orofacial Clefts |
| 2024 | Sheng Wang Ohio State University / University of Maryland | Nociceptive Nerves Mediate Orthodontic Tooth Movement via Substance P and Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Piezo 2 |
| 2023 | Abbey Janssen Texas A&M University | The Long-Term Effects of Unloading on the Transdifferentiation of Condylar Chondrocytes |
| 2022 | Amanda Gross Texas A&M University | Short-term Effects of Mechanical Loading on the Transdifferentiation of Condylar Chondrocytes |
| 2021 | Timothée Cousin University of Washington | Validity and Reliability of HLD Treatment Need Indices Currently Used in the United States |
| 2020 | Mary Lanier Zaytoun Berne University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Machine Learning Algorithms: A New Approach to the Extraction Decision |
| 2019 | Joy Chang University of Connecticut | Injectable RANKL Sustained Release Formulations to Accelerate Orthodontic Tooth Movement |
| 2018 | Sudha Gudhimella University of Kentucky | A Rodent Model Using Skeletal Anchorage and Low Forces for Orthodontic Tooth Movement |
| 2017 | Chris Cramer Texas A&M University | The Effects of Micro-Osteoperforations on Tooth Movement and Bone in the Beagle Maxilla |
| 2016 | John M. DuRussel University of Michigan | Bone Mineralization Dependent Craniosynostosis and Craniofacial Shape Abnormalities in the Mouse Model of Infantile Hypophospha |
| 2015 | Cole A. Weaver University of Iowa | Candidate Gene Analysis of Dental Malocclusions |
| 2014 | Wanida Ono Harvard Medical School | PTH/PTHrP Receptor Signaling in Osterix-Expressing Progenitors Is Essential for Root Formation |
| 2013 | Collin David Kraus Baylor College of Dentistry | Bony Adaptation after Expansion with Light-to-Moderate Continuous Forces |
| 2012 | Brienne Roloff-Chiang University of Washington | The Effectiveness of MI Paste Plus™ and Prevident® Fluoride Varnish for Treatment of White Spot Lesions: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 2011 | Christopher C. Massey Baylor College of Dentistry | The Effect of Force on Dentoalveolar Bone Surrounding Miniscrew Implants – A 3D µCT Study |
| 2010 | Manuel O. Lagravere Vich University of Alberta | Transverse, Vertical and Anteroposterior Changes Obtained from Bone-Anchored Maxillary Expansion vs Traditional Rapid Maxillary Expansion – Randomized Clinical Trial |
| 2009 | Alia Aljabeiti University of the Pacific | TGFβ3 Is Associated with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate in Guatemalan Population |
| 2008 | Basma Fallah-Yamout University of the Pacific | Polymorphisms of the MTHFR Gene in Mothers of Children Affected with Cleft Lip and Palate |
| 2007 | Mohamed I. Masoud Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Assessing Skeletal Maturity Using Blood Spot Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1) Testing |
| 2006 | Judah S. Garfinkle University of Kentucky | Evaluation of Orthodontic Mini-Implant Anchorage in Adolescent Premolar Extraction Therapy |
| 2005 | Scott A. MacGregor University of Toronto | The Effect of Micro-Implant Surface Geometry on Peri-Implant Bone Adaptation Under Orthodontic Loading in the Rabbit Tibia |
2004 | Ji Young Lee University of Connecticut | Cell Autonomous Inhibition of Osteoblast Differentiation in Transgenic Mice with Targeted Overexpression of PZOC/EBP-beta, a Truncated C/EBP Isoform |
| 2003 | M. Bina Park University of Michigan | Profile of Gene Expression in Rat Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis |
| 2002 | Riyad A. Al-Qawasmi Indiana University | Linkage and Association of an Interleukin 1B Gene Polymorphism with External Apical Root Resorption Associated with Orthodontic Treatment |
| 2001 | Barbara A. Skinner University of Michigan | Treatment Need: A Comparison of Personal and Professional Judgments |
| 2000 | Trang Duong University of California–San Francisco | Modulation by Relaxin and Beta-Estradiol of Matrix Macromolecules and Proteinases in the Temporomandibular Joint Disc |
| 1999 | Michael R. Hardy University of Michigan | One-Stage (Fixed) and Two-Stage (Functional/Fixed) Treatment Strategies: A Long–Term Comparison |
| 1998 | Timothy J. Bussick University of Michigan | A Cephalometric Evaluation of Skeletal and Dentoalveolar Changes Associated with Maxillary Molar Distalization with Pendulum Appliance |
| 1997 | Steven H. Scott University of Michigan | A Comparison of the Esthetic Impact of Extraction and Non-Extraction Orthodontic Treatment in African Americans |
| 1996 | Stephen E. Kineret University of Tennessee | Heritability of Apical Root Resorption: A Sibling Analysis of Adolescents Treated Orthodontically |
| 1995 | Stephen A. Kellam Baylor College of Dentistry | Orthodontic Anchorage: Exploration Using a Finite Element Model |
| 1994 | No Award Given | |
| 1993 | Peter C.F. Lee University of North Carolina | The Daily Rhythm of Human Premolar Eruption – A Study of Post-Emergent Eruption |
| 1992 | Gerassimos Angelopoulos University of Toronto | Long-Term Stability of Temporomandibular Joint Remodeling Following Continuous Mandibular Advancement in the Juvenile Macaca Fascicularis: A Histomorphometric, Cephalometric and Electromyographic Investigation |
| 1991 | Robert M. Tocchio University of Manitoba | Laser Debonding of Ceramic Orthodontic Brackets |
| 1990 | R. Andrew Frost Saint Louis University | The Relationship Between Condylar Position and Temporomandibular Joint Status in Subjects with Untreated Malocclusion |
| 1990 | Rebecca J. Fornero Saint Louis University | Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Signs and Symptoms in Treated and Untreated Patients |
| 1989 | Mario E. Paz Eastman Dental Center | Correlation Between Computed Tomography (CT) and Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Meniscal Disorders – A Direct Sagittal CT Anatomic and Histologic Study |
| 1988 | Donald M. Fox University of Tennessee | The Teratogenicity of Aspirin and Acetaminophen: Effects on the Craniofacial Complex |
| 1987 | No Award Given | |
| 1986 | David Ivan Bachmayer University of Toronto | A Cephalometric Study of Maxillary Growth Following LeFort III Osteotomy in Children with Apert, Crouzon and Pfeiffer Syndromes |
| 1985 | Joseph Abbott Walker, Jr. University of Tennessee | The Enkephalin Response in Tooth Pulp to Orthodontic Force |
| 1984 | Said Al-Bareedi Northwestern University | A Study Evaluating the Relationship Between Morphology and Function in the Interpremaxillary and Mid-Palatal Sutures in Spraque Dawley Rats |
| 1983 | Peter Edgar Swartberg Forsyth Dental Center | Masticatory Behavior in Macaca Fascicularis Before and After Bilateral Mandibular Condylectomy |
| 1982 | Mark Guenther Hans Case Western Reserve University | The Effects of Anti-Nasal Septal Cartilage Antibodies on Midfacial Growth and Development |
| 1981 | Patrick Bernardi Saint Louis University | Mandibular Growth Regulation: The Role of Occlusal Feedback |
| 1980 | Paul A. Hamersky University of Nebraska | The Effect of Orthodontic Force Application on the Pulpal Tissue Respiration Rate in the Human Premolar |
| 1979 | George John Reid Sauer Harvard School of Dental Medicine | In Vitro Effects of Excess Vitamin A on Rat Maxillary Explants |
| 1978 | Nick Stephen Palmer Case Western Reserve University | In Vitro and In Vivo Study of Anti-Cartilage Antibodies |
| 1977 | Gary Brigham University of Illinois – Chicago | An Investigation of Antigenic Differences Among Condylar, Epiphyseal, and Nasal Septal Cartilages |
| 1976 | Raymond L. Bernabei Case Western Reserve University | A Cephalometric Investigation of the Growth, in Situ, of ‘Isolated” Mandibular Condyles in Adult Rats Following the Administration of Bovine Growth Hormone |
| 1975 | Vincent G. Kokich University of Washington | A Morphologic and Histologic Study of the Age Changes in the Human Frontozygomatic Suture from 20 to 95 Years |
| 1974 | Don G. Lamparski University of Pittsburgh | Skeletal Age Assessment Utilizing Cervical Vertebrae |
| 1973 | Richard W. Kulis University of Detroit Mark R. Bare University of Illinois | A Gross Anatomic, Cephalometric, Radiographic, and Histologic Study of the Influence of Orthopedic Forces on the Vector of Mandibular Growth in Macaca Mulatta |
| 1972 | Richard J. Meldrum University of Michigan | Alterations in the Upper Facial Growth of Macaca Mulatta Resulting from High Pull Headgear |
| 1971 | W. Michael Wainwright University of Adelaide – Australia | Orthodontic Movement and Return of the Root Apex Through the Cortical Plate in the Macaque Speciosa Monkey |
| 1970 | Gerald F. Prohaska Baylor University | A Two Point Longitudinal Roentgenographic Cephalometric Study of Facial Growth in the Trisomic Mongoloid Children |
| 1969 | John Edgar Avery Ohio State University | A Longitudinal Study of Facial Similarities Between Parents and Offspring |
| 1968 | E. Jan Davidian Loma Linda University | Using a Computer Model to Study the Force Distribution of the Root of the Maxillary Central Incisor |