IADR Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Research in Dental Public Health Sciences

Nominations will be accepted until December 31, 2023. The paper should be accompanied by a brief letter describing why it is deemed worthy of the Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Research in Dental Public Health Sciences. Self-nominations are acceptable. All nominations will be acknowledged by email. The award will be given at the annual business meeting of the IADR BEHSR group to the corresponding author or any other author-designated individual representing the winners. The senior author of the awarded paper will be invited to serve on the Sheiham Award review committee for the ensuing 2-year period—this individual will be ineligible for competing for the Sheiham award during this period.

The corresponding author is the recipient of the plaque and check, and all authors are recognized as Sheiham Award recipients  

2022
Lindsay McLaren
University of Calgary, Canada
For the paper:
“Fluoridation Cessation and Children’s Dental Caries: A 7-year Follow-up Evaluation of Grade 2 Schoolchildren in Calgary and Edmonton, Canada”
Lindsay McLaren, Steven K. Patterson, Peter Faris, Guanmin Chen, Salima Thawer, Rafael Figueiredo, Cynthia Weijs, Deborah McNeil, Arianna Waye, and Melissa Potestio
2020
Richard G. Watt
University College London, UK
Watt RG, Daly B, Allison P, Macpherson LMD, Venturellli R, Listl S, Weyant RJ, Mathur MR, Guarnizo-Herreño CC, Celeste RK, Peres MA, Kearns C, Benzian H. Ending the neglect of global oral health - time for radical action. Lancet. 2019;394:261-72.

2019
Roger K. Celeste
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, BR
Celeste RK, Fritzell J. Do socioeconomic inequalities in pain, psychological distress and oral health increase or decrease over the life course? Evidence from Sweden over 43 years of follow-up. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2018;72(2):160-167.

2018 
Rainer A. Jordan
Witten/Herdecke University, DE
Rainer JA, Schulte A, Bockelbrink AC, Puetz S, Naumova E, Wärn LG, Zimmer S. Caries-preventive effect of salt flouridation in preschool children in the gambia: a prospective, controlled, interventional study. Caries Res. 2017;51(6):596-604.

2017 
Martin Tickle
University of Manchester, UK
Tickle M, O’Neill C, Donaldson M, Birch S, Noble S, Killough S, Murphy L, Greer M, Brodison J, Verghis R, Worthington HV. A randomized controlled trial to measure the effects and costs of a dental caries prevention regime for young children attending primary care dental services: the Northern Ireland Caries Prevention in Practice (NIC-PIP) trial. Health Technol Assess. 2016;20(71):1-96.

2016 
Astha Singal 
University of Iowa, USA
Singal S, Caplan D, Jones M, Momany E, Kuthy R, Buresh C, Isman R, Damiano P. Eliminating Medicaid adult dental coverage in California led to increased dental emergency visits and associated costs. Health Aff. 2015;34(5):749–756. 

2015 
Edwardo Bernabe 
University College London, UK
Bernabé E, Sheiham A. Age, period and cohort trends in caries of permanent teeth in four developed countries. Am. J. Public Health. 2014;104(7):e115-121.

2014 
Anne Sanders 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sanders A, Slade G. State cigarette excise tax, secondhand smoke exposure, and periodontitis in US nonsmokers. Am J Public Health. 2013;103(4):740-746. 

2013 
Siddharth Shanbhag 
Queen Mary University of London, UK
Shanbhag S, Dahiya M, Croucher R. The impact of periodontal therapy on oral health-related quality of life in adults: a systematic review. J Clin Periodontal 2012;39(8):725–735. 

2012
Keith Milson
The University of Manchester, UK 
Milson KM, Blinkhorn AS, Walsh T, Worthington HV, Kearney-Mitchell P, Whitehead H, Tickle M. A cluster-randomized controlled trial: fluoride varnish in school children. J Dent Res. 2011;90(1):1306-1311. 

2011
Anne Sanders 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sanders AE, Slade GD, John MT, Steele JG, Suominen-Taipale AL, Lahti S, Nuttall NM, Allen PF. A cross-national comparison of income gradients in oral health quality of life in four welfare states: application of the Korpi and Palme typology. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009; 63(7):569-574. 

2010 
Peter Milgrom
University of Washington, USA
Milgrom P, Ly K, Tut OK, Mancl L, Roberts MC, Briand K, Gancio MJ. Xylitol pediatric topical oral syrup to prevent dental caries: a double-blind randomized clinical trial of efficacy. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2009;163(7):601-607.

2009
Anne Sanders 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Sanders AE, Lim S, Sohn W. Resilience to urban poverty: theoretical and empirical considerations for population health. Am. J. Public Health. 2008;98(6):1101-1106. 

2008
Linda Le Resche
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Le Resche L, Mancl LA, Drangsholt MT, Huang G, Von Korff M. Predictors of onset of facial pain and temporomandibular disorders in early adolescence. Pain. 2007;129:269-278.