Philips Young Investigator Research Award
About the award
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the research grant sponsored by Philips Oral Healthcare and offered through the IADR Periodontal Research Group. The goal of the grant is to provide seed funding for a postdoctoral student/staff member who is within 12 months of successfully completing a Ph.D. at the time of the submission deadline, and wishes to establish an independent program of research. The research proposal must have a clinical theme in line with Philips Oral Healthcare's desire to support and promote clinical research. The main judging criteria are relevance/importance and scientific quality, but an upward moderation applies for intercontinental collaborative applications.
Sing-Wai Wong , Doctor of Philosophy, National Institutes of Health/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
This year’s winner
Dr. Sing-Wai Wong received a dental degree from the Jinan University (China) and a M.S. in Prosthodontics from the Peking University (China). Dr. Wong received his Ph.D. from the National Institutes of Health and the University of North Carolina (UNC) under a dual-mentorship of Dr. Jennifer Martinez (NIEHS/NIH) and Dr. Ching-Chang Ko (UNC). Dr. Wong successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “The Role of Autophagy Machinery in Osteoclast Disease Pathogenesis” in 2019. Dr. Wong is currently a second year resident in periodontology program at UNC and is studying the molecular mechanisms that underlie periodontal inflammation.
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Previous winners
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2019
Allan Radaic ,
Doctor of Philosophy in Nanotechnology
The University of Campinas
Dr. Allan Radaic is a Biotechnologist with a Masters of Science (M.Sc.) and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Campinas (Brazil). He is a Specialist in Molecular and Cell Biology and Nanotechnology. He is currently a Post Doctorate Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Yvonne Kapila at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is currently working on the biological and mechanistic connections between oral microbiome dysbiosis and oral cancer.
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2018
Dr. Simone Marconcini
University of Genova,
The 2018 recipient of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/Philips Oral Healthcare Young Investigator Research Grant is Dr. Simone Marconcini, on his project Relationship between human periodontitis and type 2 diabetes at a genomic level: a data-mining study.
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2017
Dr. Matthew Mason
University of North Carolina,
In 2017, the grant was won by Dr. Matthew Manson, for his project: “The role of the oral Microbiome in disruptive modulation of neutrophil responses.”
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2016
Dr. Kristina Bertl
University of Vienna, Austria
In 2016, the grant was won by Dr. Kristina Bertl, for her project: Presence of Fusobacterium nucleatum at colorectal cancer sites - Influencing factors and screening possibilities.
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2015
Vanessa Alves
The Forsyth Institute, USA
In 2015, the grant was won by Dr. Vanessa Alves, of Sao Paolo University, Brazil, for her proposal on "Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) signaling in periodontitis associated with type 2 diabetes."
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2014
Paola de Pablo
The University of Birmingham, USA
Dr. Paola de Pablo, from the University of Birmingham, UK, succeeded with her application on “Characterization of subgingival microbiome in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.”
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2013
Mervi Gürsoy
University of Turku, Finland
Dr. Mervi Gürsoy, from the University of Turku, in Finland, was successful with her project proposal: “Salivary C-DI-GMP levels in relation to immune responses and periodontal infection.”
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2012
Patricia Miguez
University of Pennsylvania, USA
The winner in 2011 was Dr. Patricia Miguez, from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, for a project entitled “Effect of natural products on bone regeneration.”
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2011
Katrin Jaedicke
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Dr. Katrine Jaedicke, from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, was the award winner for her project on “Investigation of adiponectin isoforms in saliva as potential biomarkers in periodontal disease.”
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2010
Mandeep Ghuman
King's College, UK
Dr. Mandeep Ghyman won in 2010 with: "Self-renewal and in vitro expansion of periodontal ligament-derived mesenchymal stem cells."
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2009
Nagihan Bostanci
Zurich University, Switzerland
Dr. Nagihan Bostanci, now of Zurich University, has also published in J Clinical Periodontology, has established her own research team and is collaborating globally.
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2008
Moritz Kebschull
Columbia University, USA
The 2008 winner, Dr. Moritz Kebschull, of Columbia University, New York, has already written publications based on his studies and has returned to his native Germany, where he has established his own research team.
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2007
Fa-ming Chen
Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an P.R. China
Dr. Fa-ming Chen, from Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an P.R. China, has benefited hugely from his award. It resulted in two papers in J Clinical Periodontology and he has been promoted.
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