Research Day 2020, Summer Research Panel

2020

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020

Penn Dental Medicine will hold Research Day 2020 on May 14. Research Day is an annual event that brings faculty and students together to share their research activities with one another and spotlight the depth of the School’s research enterprise at Penn Dental Medicine. The day includes a program of presentations by faculty and invited speakers, along with poster presentations, representing DMD-student and faculty, and junior investigator research. All Research Honors students and participants in the Student Summer Research program present posters. In addition, student and junior investigator research will be recognized with the selection of the 2020 AADR Travel Grants. The AADR Travel Grant program was launched by Penn Dental Medicine in 2014 to build opportunities to advance ongoing research and leadership among students and junior researchers; recipients will attend and present their work at the 2021 AADR/CADR Annual Meeting to be held in Boston, MA, March 17-20, 2021. The Vernon Brightman Research Society supports Research Day, helping with poster session set up and break down and other roles as needed. It is a great day to learn about all the exciting research projects ongoing with students and faculty throughout the School.

SUMMER RESEARCH PANEL

The Vernon Brightman Research Society held a Q&A panel with students representing a variety of research opportunities available to students at Penn Dental Medicine. Panelists provided information about the programs they were involved in, respective programs’ application processes, and anecdotes from their experiences. First-year students were encouraged to ask questions about each program while enjoying lunch. The panelists included:

KAILIN BAECHLE, D’22 Research Honors | kbaechle@dental.upenn.edu YILAN MIAO, D’23 Research Honors | yilan@dental.upenn.edu SYLVIA SAWIRES, D’22 Invisalign Summer | ssawires@upenn.edu TIM WANG, D’21 Leonard Davis Institute Summer Research Program | timwang@upenn.edu MADISON RICHARDS, D’22 VA Implant Study | madir@upenn.edu BRENNA HARRINGTON, D’22 Summer Research Program | bkh1@upenn.edu