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The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Awards
Awards were presented during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR in San Diego, California, U.S.A., 16-19th March 2011.
The IADR Distinguished Scientist Award: Research in Dental Caries Award was presented to Professor Nigel Pitts during the opening ceremonies on the 16th March.
The IADR/Unilever Hatton Award: Senior was presented to Dr. Nicola Innes.
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Research in Dental Caries Award
Supported by Johnson & Johnson Oral Health Products Division
This award was presented to Professor Pitts for research into the detection, assessment, and
preventive treatment of caries and for the implementation of findings on a truly international basis.
This award is designed to stimulate and recognise outstanding and innovative achievements which have contributed to the basic understanding of caries aetiology and/or to the prevention of dental caries.
Evidence must be presented that the nominee has conducted original and important investigations in any of the biological or chemical disciplines involved in caries research. Clinical investigations may also be considered if they have contributed significantly to the prevention and control of dental caries. At the time of nomination, the nominee must be actively engaged in the area of research for which the award is presented. Work considered for the award should be fully tested and accepted by the scientific community and must have been published not fewer than ten years prior to the time of the nomination. |
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“It is very gratifying to have this
international recognition of the impact, over an extended period, of the
caries research undertaken by the team in Dundee.” Nigel Pitts
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IADR/Unilever
Hatton Competition and Awards
Supported by Unilever Oral Care
Dr Nicola Innes was awarded the prestigious IADR/ Unilever Hatton Competition Senior Clinical Research prize for her paper "Sealing Caries in Primary Molars: Hall Technique RCT 5-year Results". This was a clinical trial carried out by Dr Innes with Dr Dafydd Evans involving general dental practitioners in Tayside. This important award follows on from her winning the British Society for Oral and Dental Research Senior Clinical Research Prize in Barcelona in 2010.
The IADR/Unilever Hatton Competition and Awards is designed to provide an opportunity for the best junior investigators from all IADR Divisions and non-Divisional sections to present their research at the annual IADR General Session. Of these international competitors, up to six (6) may receive cash prizes and commemorative plaques in the junior and senior categories.
“Being awarded this international prize is a great
achievement for all those who were involved in this clinical trial, and
a further boost to the University’s reputation as a centre for
clinical research." Nicola Innes |
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