These Fellowships, supported by several major industrial companies, as well as by the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Group Chapters, Sections, and members, are sponsored and administered by the AADR. The major companies supporting these awards include: American Academy of Periodontology, Crest Oral-B, P&G Professional Oral Health, Sunstar Americas, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, and the IADR Dental Materials Group. These awards were created to encourage dental students living in the United States to consider careers in oral health research. Proposals are sought in basic and clinical research related to oral health. This year, five University of Michigan dental students received awards:

William Love

Class of 2011

Mentor: Dr. Jacques Nör

Project: Role of Granulocyte–Colony Stimulating Factor in Angiogenesis Mediated by Oral Tumor Cells in Vitro

Kathryn MacKool

Class of 2011

Mentor: Dr. William Giannobile

Project: Role of LMP1 During Peri–implant Osseointegration

Remi Nair

Class of 2011

Mentor: Dr. Sunil Kapila

Project: Determination of Relaxin Receptors in the Modulation of MMPs in Mouse Fribrochondrocytes

Archana Rajan

Class of 2009

Mentor: Dr. Mathilde Peters

Project: Online Interactive Calibration Program for Clinical Assessment of Restorations

Jane Steiber

Class of 2010

Mentor: Dr. Peter Polverini

Project: Survival Protein Expression in Vascular Endothelial Cells is a Predictor of Tumor Progression

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