Medical/Dental Student Research Day was held on Monday, March 9. It was a wonderful celebration of our student researchers, their faculty mentors and their many accomplishments. The day opened with a poster session and was followed by a series of short talks. Both medical and dental students presented their work to the faculty, their colleagues, and distinguished invited guests. The Student Research Day Award winners were announced at the banquet held that evening.  We congratulate all the students for their successes on their research projects and look forward to the future as they continue to innovate and advance knowledge with excitement. Thank you to the faculty and postdoctoral fellows that served as judges in these events and to everyone that made the day such a success for UConn Health.

Lynn Puddington and Arthur Hand, Co-Chairs

Award winners School of Dental Medicine:

Dean’s Award:  Kevin D’Andrea
An expense-paid trip as School of Dental Medicine representative to the Hinman Student Research Symposium and plaque

Associate Dean’s Award:  Onyi Esonu
Round trip travel and accommodations to ADA annual Dental Students’ Conference on Research in Gaithersburg, MD

ADA/Dentsply Student Clinician Award:  David Remiszewski
Round trip accommodations to the Annual Session of ADA as school representative and ADA/Dentsply plaque

UConn School of Dental Medicine Society of Alumni & Friends:  Stephanie Chan
$150 monetary award and plaque

Dr. Michael Basso/Connecticut Holistic Health Association:  James McGrath
$100 award and plaque

The Perl Family for the Gustave Perl Memorial Award:  Christopher Haxhi
$100 award and plaque

Dental Student Research Society:  Ledjo Palo
$100 award

Colgate-Palmolive Award:  Tabrez Adil
$1,000 award

Omicron Kappa Upsilon Award:  Tabrez Adil, Stephanie Chan, Kevin D’Andrea, Onyi Esonu, Joseph Everett, Christopher Haxhi, James McGrath, Anju Nellissery, Ledjo Palo, David Remiszewski and Eric Strouse
$25 UConn Co-Op gift card

Award winners School of Medicine:

Dean’s Award: Students & Mentors – Huazhen Chen & Bruce Mayer, Fludiona Naka & Kevin Dieckhaus
$250 award to each medical student researcher or mentor; awards to faculty mentors’ support travel to a scientific meeting

Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Gross Award: Oral Presentation – Pooja Uppalapati; Poster Presentation – Brian Epling
$250 award

Lawrence G. Raisz Award for Excellence in Musculoskeletal Research: Elizabeth Santone
$250 award

Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians: Himanayani Mamillapalli
$200 award for excellence in Primary Care Research

William M. Wadleigh Memorial Award for International Health Research: Alexander Werne
$150 award

Dr. Michael Basso/Connecticut Holistic Health Association: Ryan P. Duggan
$100 award and plaque

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