Dr. Marc Pacheco won 1st place with his oral research presentation entitled: “Prevalence of Mechanical Allodynia in Endodontic Patients”. Dr. Callee Cosby won 9th place for her oral research presentation entitled: “The Use of Biosensors in Detect Toll-like 4 Receptor Activators in Root Canal Systems” and Drs. Blake Ishikawa, David Martin and Phuong Quang won 3rd place for their research table clinic presentation entitled: “Understanding Regenerative Endodontic Treatments: Scaffolds”

Stephen B. Milam Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Academics, Scientific Research and Scholarly Work at UTHSCSA awarded to Nikita B. Ruparel, PhD by Beverly Milam, DDS.

2nd Place Oral Presentation/ Pre Doctoral Competition awarded to Nikita Ruparel, PhD during the 2011 Dental Science Symposium held April 13, 2011 At The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Dr. Ryan McNamara won 2nd place for his Oral Research Presentations in the AAE/Dentsply Resident Award Contest. His topic: "Biocompatibility of Accelerated Mineral Trioxide Aggregate in a Rat Model".

Dr. Tyler Lovelace won 9th place for his Oral Research Presentations in the AAE/Dentsply Resident Award Contest. His topic: "Evaluation of Clinically Delivered SCAP Cells in Regenerative Endodontic Procedures".

Congratulations to Nikita Ruparel on earning her Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, in Cell and Structural Biology. Niki anticipates receiving the Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS in May 2011 and will be entering the Graduate Program in Endodontics July 1, 2011

Dr. Dana Loyd won the Mitchell Max Award for Research Excellence awarded annually for the best poster presented at the 6th Annual NIH Pain Consortium meeting held on the NIH campus April 14th in Washington DC.

Title of poster: Serotonin Enhances Proinflammatory Peptide Release from Rat and Human Trigeminal Nociceptors
Authors: Dayna R. Loyd, Xiaoling X. Sun, Erin E. Locke, Michael Henry, and Kenneth M. Hargreaves

Congratulations

Shivani Ruparel won second place in the postdoctoral category at the 29th Annual Dental Science Symposium on April 13, 2011. The title of her paper is "Role of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in Oxidized Linoleic Acid Metabolite-Mediated Inflammatory Pain," Authors: S. Ruparel, D. Green, L. Roman, M. Henry, K.M. Hargreaves.