Milo Hellman Research Award Past Winners
NOTE:
Research essay award so named since 1957. Prior to 1957, the Association records show that this award was referred to as the Research Essay Contest of the AAO. Each essay submitted must represent an original investigation and contain some new and significant material of value to the art and science of orthodontics.
- 2007-2010 Award is given for the basic science research paper of unusual merit related to orthodontics (BOT February 2006 meeting). The recipient of the Hellman Award is selected by the Council on Scientific Affairs.
- 2011- Award is given to the most outstanding and meritorious research paper of unusual merit, related to orthodontics. It will only be awarded when the research has achieved such a distinction (BOT April 2010 meeting).
Created: June 2005
Updated: June 12, 2024
| YEAR | NAME/SCHOOL | RESEARCH TITLE |
| 2025 | Dooyeol Kim University of Texas – Houston | Effects of Anti-Resorptive Drugs on Tooth Eruption: A Mouse Model |
| 2024 | Elizabeth Soulas University of Michigan | In Vivo Analyses of Small Pore Polymer Scaffolds for Creation of an Artificial Cranial Stem Cell Niche |
| 2023 | Po-Jung Chen University of Nebraska | Anabolic Response of Intermittent Parathyroid Hormone and Alendronate on the osteochondral tissue of TMJ |
| 2022 | Mona Hamoda University of British Columbia | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, Mandibular Advancement Splints or Both: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 2021 | Aline Petrin University of Iowa | Epigenome-wide Analysis of DNA Methylation in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Orofacial Clefts |
| 2020 | Lauren S. Todoki University of Washington | The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network Adult Anterior Openbite Study: Treatment Success |
| 2019 | Karthikeyan Subramani Roseman University of Health Sciences | In Vitro Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Chlorhexidine Hexametaphosphate Nanoparticle Coatings on Elastomeric Chains |
| 2018 | Inna Sydorak University of Michigan | Microsphere Controlled Drug Delivery for Local Control of Tooth Movement |
| 2017 | Paul Lazari University of Illinois-Chicago | Secretory microRNA-29 in Gingival Crevicular Fluid during Canine Retraction |
| 2016 | Britney Bare Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry | Analysis of Bone Augmentation with Corticotomy-Facilitated Dental Expansion: A Histologic & Micro-CT Study |
| 2015 | Rebecca Chen Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Attenuation of Articular Cartilage Degeneration Progression by Inhibition of Tgf-b1 Signaling in a Mouse Model of Osteoarthritis |
| 2014 | Lucia HS Cevidanes University of Michigan | Integrating Biology and Imaging of Temporomandibular Joint Health and Disease |
| 2013 | Aaron Havens University of Michigan | Skeletal Regeneration by Human Very Small Embryonic-Like (VSEL) Cells, A Potential Autogenous Treatment for Craniofacial Maladies |
| 2012 | Ashwini Joshi University of Michigan | Temporomandibular IGF-1 Injections Enhance Mandibular Growth and Condylar Bone Deposition in Male Adolescent Sprague Dawley Rats |
| 2011 | James Bradley Hudson University of Michigan | Local Delivery of Recombinant Osteoprotegerin Protein Prevents Post-Orthodontic Relapse |
| 2010 | Soulafa Susan Baloul Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine | Mechanism of Action and Morphological Changes in the Alveolar Bone in Response to Selective Alveolar Decortication Facilitated Tooth Movement |
| 2009 | Rodrigo F. Viecilli Indiana University/Purdue University | Orthodontic Mechanotransduction and the Role of the P2X7 Receptor |
| 2008 | Carmen Briceno Baylor College of Dentistry | Healing of the Root and Surrounding Structures Following Intentional Damage with a Miniscrew Implant |
| 2007 | Lina Moreno University of Iowa | Major Locus for Cleft Lip and Palate Mapped to Chromosome 9Q22-Q33 |
| 2006 | Luciana Miranda Van Westen University of Iowa | The Genetic Basis of Craniofrontonasal Dysplasia |
| 2005 | Courtney A. Dunn University of Michigan | Tissue Engineering of Alveolar Bone Adjacent to Dental Implants through Gene Therapy |
| 2004 | Douglas Singleton Baylor College of Dentistry | Craniofacial Growth in Growth Hormone-Deficient Rats Following Growth Hormone Supplementation |
| 2003 | Sunil Wadhwa University of Connecticut | Fluid Shear Stress Induction of Cox-2 Expression in Osteoblastic Cells |
| 2002 | No Award Given | |
| 2001 | Stephen Noxon University of Washington | Osteoclast Clearance from Periodontal Tissues During Tooth Movement |
| 2000 | Monica Goldenberg University of Texas – Houston | Unraveling the Genetic Code for Human Dentition in a Family with a Unique Form of Oligodontia |
| 1999 | No Award Given | |
| 1998 | Roberto S. Carvalho Harvard School of Dental Medicine | The Genomic Basis of Orthodontic Forces: Role of Osteopontin in Osteoblasts |
| 1997 | Michael Scott Geric University of Tennessee | Skeletodental Treatment Effects of the Banded Versus the Acrylic Splint Herbst Appliance in Children |
| 1996 | No Award Given | |
1995 | Sunil Kapila University of California, San Francisco | Matrix Metalloproteinases and Proteinase Inhibitors in Antigen-Induced Arthritis of the Juvenile Temporomandibular Joint |
| 1994 | Fedon A. Livieratos University of Michigan | Class II Treatment: A Comparison of One- and Two-Stage Non-Extraction Alternatives |
| 1993 | Eric W. Brust University of Michigan | Arch Dimensional Changes Concurrent with Expansion in the Mixed Dentition |
| 1992 | Annaluisa Greppi University of Toronto | A Prospective Case Control Study of Nickel Hypersensitivity Reactions in Orthodontic Patients |
| 1991 | David E. Paquette Saint Louis University | The Elimination of Susceptibility Bias in Orthodontic Clinical Research |
| 1990 | Cynthia A. Browne Saint Louis University | Immunocytochemical Localization of a PGE2 Binding Protein in Mouse Macrophage and Rat Osteoblast-Like Cells |
| 1989 | John C. Voudouris University of Toronto | Glenoid Fossa and Condylar Remodeling Following Progressive Mandibular Protrusion in the Juvenile Macaca Fascicularis |
| 1988 | Amara Bangprapa Saint Louis University | The Effects of Class II Elastics and Bite Planes on Facial Growth in Rats |
| 1987 | No Award Given | |
| 1986 | Hendrik J. Remmelink University of Groningen | The Postnatal Development of the Human Maxillary Sutural Surfaces |
| 1985 | Rolf G. Behrents University of Michigan | A Treatise on the Continuum of Growth in the Aging Craniofacial Skeleton |
| 1984 | Kenneth A. Louie Saint Louis University | Fibroblast Migration in the Periodontal Ligament of the Mechanically Restrained Mandibular Incisor of Lathyritic Rats |
| 1983 | George J. Cisneros Harvard School of Dental Medicine | The Use of Bone Seeking Radiopharmaceutical Uptake in the Assessment of Facial Growth |
| 1982 | John Stephen Kishibay Indiana University | The Neurotrophic Influence on Craniofacial Development Subsequent to In Utero Unilateral Transection of the Trigeminal (V) Nerve |
| 1981 | No Award Given | |
| 1980 | Gregory J. King University of Florida | Studies on the Biochemistry of Tooth Movement: Bone and Root Resorption |
| 1979 | No Award Given | |
| 1978 | John R. Smith University of Washington | Bone Dynamics Associated with the Controlled Loading of Bioglass Coated Aluminum Oxide Endosteal Implants |
| 1977 | Milton Reginald Sims University of Adelaide | The Oxytalan Fibre System in Human and Mouse Periodontal Ligaments |
1976 | Rolf Gordon Behrents Case Western Reserve University | The Influence of the Trigeminal Nerve on Facial Growth and Development |
| 1975 | Arnold R. Ten Cate Toronto, Canada | The Development of the Periodontal Ligament and the Role of its Fibroblasts in the Remodeling of Collagen During Tooth Movement |
| 1974 | Oliver P. Mauchamp Grenoble, France | An Experimental Study in Craniofacial Genetics Using Inbred Strains of Mice |
| 1973 | James A. McNamara, Jr. Ann Arbor, MI | Neuromuscular and Skeletal Adaptations to Altered Orofacial Function |
| 1972 | Donald R. Joondeph University of Washington | An Autoradiographic Study of the Temporomandibular Articulation in the Growing Saimiri Sciureus Monkey |
| 1971 | James F. Durkin Boston, MA | Secondary Cartilage: A Misnomer? |
1970 | George R. Parker Joseph, UT | Transseptal Fibers and Relapse of Teeth Retracted Bodily Through an Extraction Space: A Histological Study |
| 1969 | Willis H. Murphey, Jr. Fort Worth, TX | Oxytetracycline Micro-Fluorescent Comparison of Orthodontic Retraction into Recent and Healed Extraction Sites |
| 1969 | Honorable Mention Donald H. Enlow | The Human Face |
| 1968 | Saul M. Bien Lynbrook, NY | Fluid Dynamic Mechanisms Which Regulate Tooth Movement |
| 1967 | Honorable Mention Scott R. Ewers Marquette University | A Study of Prenatal Growth of the Human Bony Palate from 3 to 9 Months |
| 1967 | Honorable Mention William C. Levihn Marquette University | A Cephalometric Roentgenographic Cross Sectional Study of the Craniofacial Complex on Fetuses from 12 Weeks to Birth |
| 1967 | Honorable Mention David L. Turpin University of Washington | Growth and Remodeling of the Mandible in the Macaca Mulatta Monkey |
| 1966 | Eugene Dellinger Fort Wayne, IN | A Histologic and Cephalometric Investigation of Premolar Intrusion in the Mecaque Speciosa Monkey |
| 1966 | R. Kent Utley Redwood City, CA | The Activity of Alveolar Bone Incident to Orthodontic Tooth Movement as Studied by Oxtetracycline-Induced Flourescence |
| 1966 | Honorable Mention Jack M. Posen Armonk, NY | A Longitudinal Cephalometric Study of the Growth of the Nose in Normal and Cleft Lip and/or Palate Children |
| 1965 | First Prize R.G. Alexander University of Texas Dental Branch | The Effects on Tooth Position and Maxillofacial Vertical Growth during Scoliosis Treatment with the Milwaukee Brace |
| 1965 | First Prize John A. Bluher Ernst Krijgers-Janzen Northwestern University | The Cephalometric, Anatomic and Histologic Changes in Macaca Mulatta after Application of a Continuous Acting Retracting Force on the Mandible |
| 1965 | Honorable Mention Geoffrey F. Walker Philadelphia Center for Research in Child Growth | Orthodontics and the Computer |
| 1964 | John F. Cleall Eastman Dental Dispensary | Deglutition: A Study of Form and Function |
| 1964 | Second Prize Jack Robert Beattie Western Reserve University | Serial Radiographic Cephalometric Study of Mandibular Growth and Its Relationship to Height, Weight, and Skeletal Age |
| 1964 | Honorable Mention Lysle E. Johnston University of Michigan | The Sagittal Growth of the Human Face, From Fetal Life to Eleven Years of Age |
| 1963 | First Prize (Experienced Research Worker) Lawrence L. Furstman | The Early Development of the Human Temporomandibular Joint |
| 1963 | Second Prize (First Research Publication) Donald J. Coddington Roger L. Visser | The Etiology of Cleft Palate in Mice |
| 1963 | Honorable Mention Alphonse R. Burdi | Growth of the Human Craniofacial Complex During the Second Trimester |
1962 | H. Peter Witzky | A Longitudinal Cephalometric Evaluation of the Mandibular Dental Arch Between 8 and 16 Years |
| 1962 | First Honorable Mention E. J. Buatti R. L. Young | Studies of Facial Development in Normal and Cleft Palate Mice |
1962 | Second Honorable Mention Charles Edward Thompson | A Study of Mandibular Arch Form as Related to Natural Dentition Measurements and Basilar Bone Morphology |
| 1962 | Third Honorable Mention Ruel W. Bench | Growth of the Cervical Vertebrae as Related to Tongue, Face, and Denture Behaviour |
| 1962 | Fourth Honorable Mention Eli V. Berger | A Cephalometric Analysis of the Effect of Thumb-Sucking and Associated Neuromuscular Habits on the Craniofacial Skeleton and Dentition |
| 1961 | James F. Mulick | An Investigation of Craniofacial Asymmetry Using the Serial Twin-Study Method |
| 1961 | Honorable Mention Doyle W. Baldridge | Leveling the Curve of Spee: Its Effect on Mandibular Arch Length |
| 1961 | Honorable Mention James H. Robnett | The Utilization of the Nasion Frankfort Perpendicular Plane to Evaluate Class II Division I and Subdivision Cases Before and After Treatment |
| 1960 | Lennart A. Weislander | The Effect of Orthodontic Treatment on the Concurrent Development of the Cranio-Facial Complex |
| 1960 | Honorable Mention: Martin G. Pesek Samuel Pruzansky | Quantitative Electromyographic Analysis of the Masseter Muscle During Mastication: An Index to Masticatory Efficiency |
| 1960 | Honorable Mention: Lewis G. Nieberg | An Electromyographic and Cephalometric Radiographic Investigation of the Oro-Facial Muscular Complex |
| 1959 | J. Daniel Subtelny University of Rochester | A Longitudinal Study of Soft Tissue Facial Structures and Their Profile Characteristics, Defined in Relation to Underlying Skeletal Structures |
| 1959 | Honorable Mention Isaac N. Abrams University of California | Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Oral Muscle Pressures |
| 1958 | Bertram S. Krans William J. Wise Richard H. Frei University of Washington | Heredity and the Cranio-Facial Complex – A Study of Concepts and Evaluation Techniques |
| 1958 | Honorable Mention Walter Cooper Sandusky University of Tennessee | Standardized Temporo-Mandibular Joint Radiography Utilizing Radiographically Predetermined Condylar Inclinations |