Prichard Award

The 2022 John F. Prichard Graduate Research Competition was an outstanding success once again. Fourteen abstracts were submitted from the Air Force Postgraduate Dental School, Louisiana State University, Texas A & M College of Dentistry, University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston, University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, and UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry.

Six judges, from residency programs as well as clinical judges, participated in the scoring of the abstracts. Based on this review, six abstracts were selected for oral presentation.

On January 28, 2022, six judges heard oral presentations of the selected abstracts. The winner of the Prichard Competition in the Clinical Sciences Research Category was Dr. Sarah Kelly. The winner of the Prichard Competition in the Basic Sciences Research Category was Dr. Thomas Nguyen. Dr. Kelly is from Texas A&M College of Dentistry, and Dr. Nguyen is from University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston.

Congratulations to Dr. Kelly and Dr. Nguyen as well as to the other four presenters.

The awards were presented on January 29th during the Business Meeting. Procter & Gamble was recognized for their support of the competition. The 2022 competition once again demonstrated the exceptional research being conducted within the residency program within the Society. The written abstracts and oral presentations were outstanding. Many thanks to the Judges for their time and willingness to participate in this year’s competition.