Council on Scientific Affairs

The Council on Scientific Affairs is a vital cog in the wheel of education of orthodontic students. The SAO News is pleased to include the COSA report in this issue.

The Council on Scientific Affairs

With the 2020 in-person Annual Session canceled, most of the programs COSA manages at Annual Session had to be changed.

The 2020 Hellman, Sicher, Graber Award winners have been invited to give their lecture at the 2021

Annual Session. Residents who applied for the Resident Scholar Award have been encouraged to submit their research for the 2021 Hellman, Sicher, Graber awards. Accepted applicants for the 2020 Oral Research and Table Clinic programs were given the opportunity to present their research as an E-Posters. 356 E-Posters are available for viewing until July 31, 2020.

COSA members were involved with the virtual Annual Session. Dr Emile Rossouw presented a lecture entitled ‘Stability: Is It An Elusive Goal?’. Dr Onur Kadioglu moderated four consecutive sessions on Saturday, May 2 from 8:30am–12:45pm and Dr Kelton Stewart moderated four consecutive sessions on Saturday, May 3 from 8:30am–12:45pm. COSA members are playing an instrumental role in the AAO COVID-19 Task Force. Dr Eser Tüfekçi, the representative of the SAO constituent served on the task force with Drs Onur Kadioglu, James Mah, Greg Huang, Kelton Stewart, Rolf Behrents and Ms. Jackie Hittner. COSA was asked to review literature search results on aerosols which were used in the creation of the Interim Orthodontic PPE Summary Based on Current CDC and OSHA Guidelines which were posted on the AAO COVID-19 web page on May 6, 2020.