Prichard Award

The 2023 John F. Prichard Graduate Research Competition was an outstanding success once again. Five 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 27, 2023, six judges heard oral presentations of the selected abstracts. The winner of the Prichard Competition in the Clinical Sciences Research Category was Dr. Panos Afouxenides. The winner of the Prichard Competition in the Basic Sciences Research Category was Dr. Brandon Breard. Dr. Afouxenides is from Texas A&M College of Dentistry, and Dr. Breard is from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Congratulations to Dr. Afouxenides and Dr. Breard as well as to the other four presenters.

The awards were presented on January 28th during the Business Meeting. Procter & Gamble was recognized for their support of the competition. The 2023 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.