ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The ADEAGies Foundation and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADEAGies/AADR ADCFP) selection committee has chosen the 2012 fellowship class. The fellowship is designed to reach students attending all U.S. and Canadian dental schools and American Dental Education Association (ADEA) member allied dental programs and fosters a recruitment effort, encouraging and preparing students to enter academic dentistry.
The ADEAGies/AADR ADCFP began in 2006 with a grant from the American Dental Association Foundation and is currently supported by the ADEAGies Foundation and AADR. The fellowship's components include a day-and-a-half summer fellow/mentor training session, biweekly collaborative meetings between fellows and mentors, faculty/administrator interviews, teaching practicum in four settings, career reflection essays, research practicum, poster presentation at the 2012 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition, ADCFP portfolio, and an ADCFP evaluation.
The 2012 ADEAGies/AADR ADCFP is a year-long fellowship for students and their mentors beginning in summer 2012 and ending at the close of the 2012-13 academic year. This year's fellows and their mentors (whose names are in parentheses) are Sarmad M. Alyas, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry (Michelle Wheater, Ph.D.); Rosalie Bittong, University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry (Snehlata Oberoi, B.D.S., M.D.S., and Sophia G. Saeed, D.M.D.); Hans Hwa-Pen Hsu, New York University College of Dental Medicine (Mitchell J. Lipp, D.D.S., and Kathleen W. Kinnally, Ph.D.); Sarah Kay Youny Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry (Ibrahim Duqum, B.D.S., M.S.); Si On Lim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry (Valerie A. Murrah, D.M.D., M.S.); Inivia R. Ngaka, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (Kenneth B. Chance, D.D.S.); Shahab Parsa, University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry (Michael McMaster, Ph.D., and Diane Baker, Ph.D.); Shraddha K. Patel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry (Carol L. Haggerty, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.); Linh Phan, New York University College of Dentistry (Maureen McAndrew, D.D.S., M.S.Ed.);Kathleen Schultz, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine (Effie Oanniduo, D.D.S., M.D.Sc.); Mitchell Steinberg, Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine (David W. Paquette, D.M.D., M.P.H., D.M.Sc.); Harlyn Kaur Susarla, Harvard School of Dental Medicine (Nadeem Karimbux, D.M.D., M.M.Sc.); Mina Tabatabai, Howard University College of Dentistry (George P. Thomas, D.D.S., M.P.H.); and Robert Yau, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine (Jon Goldberg, Ph.D.).
Announcement of the 2012 fellows will be made at the ADEAGies Foundation/AADR Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program Fellows and Mentors Reception on March 19, 2012, at the 2012 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition.
About the American Dental Education Association
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is the voice of dental education. Its members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools and many allied and advanced dental education programs, corporations, faculty, and students. The mission of ADEA is to lead individuals and institutions of the dental education community to address contemporary issues influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health care for the health of the public. ADEA's activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty development, meetings, and communications like the esteemed Journal of Dental Education, as well as the dental school admissions services AADSAS, PASS, and CAAPID.
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About the American Association for Dental Research
The American Association for Dental Research (AADR), headquartered in Alexandria, Va., is a non-profit organization with more than 4,000 members in the United States. Its mission is: (1) to advance research and increase knowledge for the improvement of oral health worldwide; (2) to support and represent the oral health research community; and (3) to facilitate the communication and application of research findings. The AADR is the largest Division of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
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