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Dr. Carolyn Gibson Receives William J. Gies Award

August 4, 2008

Penn Dental Medicine's Dr. Carolyn Gibson, Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, has earned special recognition for her lab's research as a 2008 recipient of the William J. Gies Award. Given annually by the International and American Associations for Dental Research, the Gies Award recognizes the best paper published in the Journal of Dental Research during the preceding year and is presented in three categories – biological research, biomaterials and bioengineering research, and clinical research.

Dr. Gibson received the award in the area of biological research as the corresponding author of "Transgenic Mice that Express Normal and Mutated Amelogenins" (J Dent Res 86(4): 331-335, April 2007). Presented during the International Association for Dental Research General Session, held July 2 – 5 in Toronto, Dr. Gibson accepted the award on behalf of fellow Penn Dental Medicine faculty and staff who also contributed to the research project. They include Dr. Faizan Alawi, Assistant Professor of Pathology; Melissa Aragon and Dr. Yong Li of the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology; and Zhi-An Yuan, now retired from the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology. Additional contributors include Bill Daly, Cynthia Suggs, and Dr. J. Timothy Wright of the University of North Carolina, and Dr. Ashok Kulkarni of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.

Recipients are selected from nominations by IADR/AADR members, the Gies Award Committee, and the editor of the Journal of Dental Research. The other 2008 Gies Award winners include: M.R.O. Carrilho, S. Geraldeli, F. Tay, M.F. de Goes, R.M. Carvalho, L. Tjäderhane, A.F. Reis, J. Hebling, A. Mazzoni, L. Breschi, and D. Pashley. "In vivo Preservation of the Hybrid Layer by Chlorhexidine." J Dent Res 86(6): 529-533, June 2007, for biomaterials and bioengineering research and G.K. Essick, C. Phillips, and J. Zuniga. "Effect of Facial Sensory Re-training on Sensory Thresholds," J Dent Res 86(6): 571-575, June 2007, for clinical research.

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