AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant

To be eligible for a travel grant, applicants must be:

• Dental or PhD students, residents, or postdoctoral fellows.
• Must be a citizen or non-citizen national of the United States or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or some other legal verification of such status). Non-citizen nationals are generally persons born in outlying possessions of the United States (e.g., American Samoa and Swains Island).
• Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible to apply for this award.

To apply you must select the AADOCR Bloc Travel Grant for Students and fill out the eligibility requirements when submitting your abstract for the AADOCR/CADR Annual Meeting.

Award recipients and their Faculty Advisors will be required to provide a follow-up report containing an evaluation of the program and outlining the career paths of the recipient which relate to continued research activities. Failure to provide the follow-up reports will result in the student having to refund award monies. Information about these evaluations will be sent to recipients after the meeting.

Through the evaluation process, the AADOCR and NIDCR seek to learn what the grantees obtained from participating in an international meeting, both short- and long-term benefits. The AADOCR will request from each grantee, within 60 days of the meeting, a formal report on the overall experience, with a narrative description of future professional goals and research objectives.

A key element of the travel grant program evaluation is the active involvement of the mentor or sponsor of each participating student, trainee, or fellow. The AADOCR will request a one-time follow-up report from the faculty advisor on the student’s experience.

Natalie Atyeo, NIDCR/NIH
Sheta Biswas, University at Buffalo
Bryanna Bravo, University of Pennsylvania 
Nicholas Brunetti, University of Florida
Taiana Campos Leite, University of Pittsburgh
Jasmine Canlas, Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University
Y.W. Stacy Cho, Harvard University
Samuel Comito, Columbia University 
Tanner Delaney, University of Nebraska
Leena Eltilib, The Ohio State University
Bayler Gunnell, Roseman University of Health Sciences
Ryan Incrocci, Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine - Illinois
Chloe La Prairie, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Yang Lei, Boston University 
Xiaolei Li, University of Pennsylvania
Marissa Lipp, University of Florida
Meghana Lodhavia, Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine - Illinois
Neda Maroof, Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine - Illinois
Kayla McCullough, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Philip Merry, UT Health Houston
Nusrat Nahar, ADA Forsyth 
Caydon Norris, Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine - Illinois
Ana Pagan-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico
Sangmin Park, University of Pittsburgh
Shivam Patel, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Abhinaya Perumbedu, University of North Carolina
Alexandra Peterson, University of Florida
Danial Pirooz, University of California, San Francisco
Charlie Schuls, University of North Carolina
Rivers Singley, Louisiana State University 
Caris Smith, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Samuel Suslavich, University of Pennsylvania
Samuel Swearson, University of Iowa
Amy Tran, UT Health Houston
Gwendelyn Tran, Texas A&M University
Rebecca Wood, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Birtan Yilmaz, Harvard University

 

2025 Winners

Daria Buhtoiarova, The Ohio State University, Columbus 
Harsh Chheda, Columbia University, New York 
Ye Won Cho, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Paria Dehghanian, Texas A&M University, Dallas
Anyelo Diaz, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Pu-Ting Dong, ADA Forsyth, Cambridge, MA 
Jeremy Elias, ADA Forsyth, Cambridge, MA  
Shawn Hallett, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
Jacob Harris, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Claire Houchen, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Rachel Kim, University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew Koller, University of Florida, Gainesville
Lauren Kress, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Rachel Kulchar, NIH/NIDCR
Chloe La Prairie, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kasey Leung, University of Illinois Chicago
Dayron Leyva Rodriguez, University at Buffalo, NY
Luke Lucido, University of California, San Francisco
Peyton Maccarone, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Saba Manafi, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Sonya Movassaghi, Stony Brook University, NY
Jeremie Oliver Piña, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Ana Pagan-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Hanthao Phan, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Alyssa Saltz, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Iris Shin, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Johnny Thai, University of California, Los Angeles
Ngoc-Thanh Tieu, University of California, San Francisco
Amy Tran, UT Health Houston
Kristopher Wieland, UT Health San Antonio
Micah Willis, University of Florida, Gainesville

2024 Winners

Sarah Aitken, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Anna Elizabeth Allen, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Loraine Blanco, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
Yen Dinh, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Quinn, Easter, ADA Science & Research Institute, Gaithersburg, MD
Jeremy Elias, The ADA Forsyth institute, Cambridge, MA
Deshawna Glenn, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Jessica Hao, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Liam Hopfensperger,  East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Kuei-Ling Hsu, University of Maryland at Baltimore
Melissa Hsu, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
Mahbube Jafari, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Theodore Kao, University of California, Los Angeles
Keun Hwan Kim, Stony Brook University, NY
Lauren Lamoutte, University of Florida, Gainesville
Min Lin, University of Washington, Seattle
Brianyell McDaniel Mims, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Dustin Mueller, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Jake Ngu, University of California, San Francisco
Marshall Padilla, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Achamaporn Punnanitinont, University at Buffalo, New York
Macey Siegel, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Bree Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapell 
Julie Tokatlian, University of Kentucky, Lexington
Meilinn Tram,  UT Health, San Antonio
Amy Tran, UT Health, Houston
Cathy Tran, Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University
Cassandra Villani, University of Illinois at Chicago
Albert Wang, Columbia University, New York, NY
Bridgette Wellslager, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Michelle  Wu, Texas A&M University, Dallas

2023 Winners

Colby Allen, UT Health Houston
Eddyson Altidor, University of Connecticut, Farmington
Elise Ambrose, University of Colorado, Aurora
Alison Buckwalter, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Justin Burrell, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Michael Chavez, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Sydney Chung, UT Health San Antonio
Ana Garcia Castineiras, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Alexandra, Herzog, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Marsha-Kay Hutchinson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Grant Kasal, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL
Thomas Koby, University of Florida, Gainesville
Susu Le, University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth Leon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mary Li, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Min Lin, University of Washington, Seattle
Vincent Mak, Stony Brook University, NY
Cyrus Mansouri, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Rosamaria Marquez,Texas A&M University, Dallas
Simon  Monley, University of Colorado, Aurora
Kevin Muñoz Forti, University of Missouri, Columbia
Josue Murillo, UT Health San Antonio
Anna Nguyen, University of California, San Francisco
Marshall Padilla, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Kazune Pax, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Julia Kishanie Persaud, New York University, NY
Andrew Santander, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
Michelle Scott, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Amanda Seaberg, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Madison Sharp, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Bao Thao, Roseman University, South Jordan, UT
Amy Tran, UT Health Houston

2022 Winners

Christian P Ahearn, University at Buffalo, NY
Natalie Anselmi, University at Buffalo, NY
Kristina Astleford-Hopper, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Frank A Boksa, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Alanna Bram, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Veronica Camacho, Texas A&M University
Won Hee Cho, University of California, San Francisco
Kalie Dominick, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Steven Fredeen, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Sean Thomas Ganther, University of California, San Francisco
Ryan Hackenberger, Midwestern University – Downers Grove, Illinois
Conrad Harness, Texas A&M University
Luke Hovey, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Jai Eun Huh, University of California, San Francisco
Seung Jin Jang, University of Florida, Gainesville 
Ryunhyung Jessica Kim, Columbia University, New York, NY
Youkyung Kim, New York University, NY
Austin Kim, Midwestern University – Downers Grove, Illinois
Alisa Eunyoung Lee, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Jaden Sophien Lee, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Elizabeth Leon, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Naeem Motlagh, University of Florida, Gainesville
Carolyn Nguyen, University of California, San Francisco
Josaranie Nieves-Santana, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Stanley Onuegbu, University of California, San Francisco
Soomin Park, Columbia University, New York, NY
Kazune Pax, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Sienna Kaelyn Perry, NIDCR, Bethesda, MD
Anwar Radwan, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Samantha Rustia, University of California, San Francisco
Michelle Lee Scott, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Sydney Woods, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Jihee Yoon, University of California, San Francisco
Shao Yang Zhang, University of Iowa, Iowa City