European Journal of Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Frechette Awards 2011

Cover Date

June 2011

Print ISSN

0965-7452

Vol

19

Issue

2

Abstract

Frechette Awards 2011

The winners of the 2011 Frechette Awards were recently presented at the International Association for Dental Research annual meeting in San Diego, California. The Frechette is the annual research competition for new investigators sponsored by the Prosthodontics Group of the International Association for Dental Research and honoring the memory of Arthur R. Frechette who served as Secretary-Treasurer of the IADR from 1968 until 1977. The winners were Dr. Lei Jin, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China for “Property Study of Nano-zirconia Formed by Aqueous Electrophoretic Deposition” and Dr. R. Kodali Kanuru, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif for “Pre-Osseointegrated Implant Using Cell Sheet Technology”. The individuals pictured are (left-to-right) Dr. Takahiro Ogawa, President IADR Prosthodontics Group; Dr. Lei Jin, Frechette Award Winner ; Dr. Jenni Hjerppe, University of Turku, Helsinki, Finland, Frechette Award Finalist; Dr. Valentim A Barão, Universidade Est. Paulista Julio Mesquita, Araçatuba, Brazil, Frechette Award Finalist; Dr. Sho Fukuyasu, Osaka University, Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Frechette Award Finalist; Dr. Hiroki Kayashima, Osaka University, Suita-City, Osaka, Japan, Frechette Award Finalist; Dr. R. Kodali Kanuru, Frechette Award Winner; and Dr. Stephen F. Rosenstiel, Frechette Coordinator IADR Prosthodontics Group. In addition to the plaques Drs. Jin and Kanuru each received a check for $1000 thanks to the generous support of the Whip Mix Corporation. New investigators in Prosthodontics are encouraged to apply for one of two 2012 Arthur R. Frechette Research Awards in Prosthodontics. Each Award recognizes original research by new investigators and is sponsored by the Prosthodontics Group of the IADR and supported by the Whip Mix Corporation. One award is for Prosthodontic research undertaken with a Materials Science or Bioengineering oriented protocol and the other is for Prosthodontic research undertaken with a Biological Sciences and Tissue Engineering oriented protocol. Researchers carrying out original research are eligible for the Frechette Award if they have been the primary author of no more than three articles published in refereed dental journals. Each award carries a cash prize of $1,000. Research submitted for the IADR meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is eligible for consideration for the Frechette Award, provided it has not been published elsewhere or will not be under consideration for another award. Abstracts must be submitted to the Prosthodontics Group of the IADR by the IADR deadline with the appropriate boxes on the online submission checked. The abstracts will be judged for (1) originality and scientific design of the investigation, (2) suitability of the methods of analysis, and (3) scientific value of the work. Selected finalists will be judged at the 2012 IADR meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( June 20-23, 2012) and the winner will be announced at the Prosthodontics Group Business Meeting.

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