IADR Sigmund Socransky Young Investigator Award
The Periodontal Research Group of the IADR makes an annual award in recognition of the contribution to Periodontal Research by Dr. Sigmund S. Socransky. The award recognizes promising investigators who are members of the Periodontal Research Group, are under 40 years of age, do not hold a full professorship or chairmanship, and have contributed significantly to periodontal biological and/or clinical research. Nominations can be submitted by any PRG member. The award amounts to $2,500.
$2,500
Applications Open:
Sep 01, 2024
Applications Closed:
Feb 14, 2025
- Must be a member of the Periodontal Research Group
- Must be under 40 years of age, as of the application deadline
- Must not hold a full professorship, chairmanship, or deanship, as of the application deadline
- Must have contributed significantly to periodontal basic and/or clinical research
Past winners (including Anthony Rizzo Award winners) are not eligible for the competition again, but unsuccessful candidates can be re-nominated. Nominations can be made by any member of the Periodontal Research Group.
Nomination packages must be submitted by the deadline and must include:
- A recommendation/ nomination letter which confirms the above listed eligibility criteria.
- The candidate's Curriculum Vitae together with his/her 5 best publications in a single PDF file
Please submit nominations to:
Dr. Evanthia Lalla, at el94@cumc.columbia.edu
2024 Recipient
Dr. Eduardo Montero received his dental degree, a Master’s in Dental Sciences, and a Master’s in Periodontology at the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM). He also received a degree in Statistics in Health Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His doctorate studies were on the association, preventive and therapeutic implications of cardiometabolic risk factors and periodontitis within the Etiology and Therapy of Periodontal and Peri-Implant Diseases Research Group at the UCM and the Forsyth Institute (Boston, MA). Since 2018, Dr. Montero is an Associate Professor at UCM, where his research interests include oral microbiology, pre-clinical research (in vivo animal models), and clinical research (epidemiological studies and clinical trials). His current research focus is on the interplay between probiotics, the oral microbiome, and leukocyte functional genomics in patients with diabetes, and on the efficacy of different surgical procedures to modify the periodontal phenotype in orthodontic patients.
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