Research Awards
Each year, the Rochester Section of the American Association for Dental Research gives Scientific Merit Awards. Research projects are presented in either poster or verbal format. The following awards are given based on the project and the presentation.
The Michael G. Buonocore Award
2025 ~ Qianqian Li
Abdallah Michail
2024 ~ Nora Alomeir
Megha Sheth
Dina Yousif
2023 ~ Nisreen Al-Jallad
2021 ~ not given (due to Covid)
2020 ~ not given (due to Covid)
2019 ~ Naema Alkhars
Andrew Bischer
2018 ~ Elizabeth Lindsay
2017 ~ Cuc (Daisy) Thi Thu Ngo
Linda Wang
2016 ~ David Fraser
Chris Kovocs
2015 ~ Cindy Dodo
The Basil G. Bibby Award
2025 ~ Rebecca Vignogna
Parnia Salehi
Sanjana Santhosh Kumar
2024 ~ Zain Ahmed
Taha Khan
2023 ~ Lawrence Camacho
Tamer Marzouk
2021 ~ not given (due to Covid)
2020 ~ not given (due to Covid)
2019 ~ Elena Bedilo
Mackenzie Butcher
2018 ~ Abdullah A. S. Al Madani
Evangelia Lampraki
2017 ~ Shanon J. Fitzpatrick
Edith Gonzales
Samuel Ire Obaniyi
2016 ~ Jordan Hester
Takamitsu Maruyama
2015 ~ Namie Kong
Dr. Gerald N. Graser Award
2025 ~ Gasser Ibrahim
Ethan Barkin
2024 ~ Lucy Johnson
2023 ~ Daniel Monroy, Rebeca Keegan, Hetienne Macedo, Livia Barros, Abdallah Michail, Konstantina Tzouma
2021 ~ not given (due to Covid)
2020 ~ not given (due to Covid)
2019 ~ Kristen Frantz
2018 ~ Alejandro Sanchez Lara Murguia
2017 ~ Adriana Parra Barillas
2016 ~ Sharath Chedella
2015 ~ Erna Einarsdottir
Jamie Yum
The William H. Bowen Award
2024 ~ Ting Li
2023 ~ Matthew Sawaged
Ruqian Yang
2019 ~ Linda Wang Lam
The Basil Bibby Fellowship Award
2018 ~ Davide Romeo
2017 ~ Xuelian (Grace) Huang
Linda Wang
2016 ~ Alejandro Sanchez Lara Murguia
Armando Uribe-Rivera
2015 ~ David Fraser
Neelam Jadeja