The goals of the Dental Student Research Program are to expose and involve highly qualified dental students to dental, oral and craniofacial research.
The Dental Student Research Program provides several sources of research program opportunities for students. A student research awardee will learn about a specific research area and gain experience in working with a laboratory team, a dentist scientist, and a faculty mentor who has achieved recognition as a contributing member of the scientific community. Awardees are encouraged to present their research at the annual meeting of the Iowa Section of the AADR, the annual AADR/IADR meetings, or other specialty meetings.
The Dental Student Research Program is directed by Dr. Teresa Marshall, Preventive and Community Dentistry, and Dr. Justine Kolker, Operative Dentistry, serves as the assistant director. Ms. Lynn Schaul, program administrator, assists in coordinating activities through the Office of Dental Student Research.
Current officers of the SRG include:
President: Erica Recker (D3)
Secretary/Treasurer: Ally Supowitz (D4)
D4 Representative: Sean McGivern
D3 Representative: Elliott Glen
D2 Representative: Samantha Resnick
D1 Representatives: TBD
Through the Student Research Group, we hope to 1) instill critical thinking through research experience; 2) assist faculty research and support the scholarly mission of the college; 3) encourage students to consider dental academics and research as career options
As a part of this program we hope to 1) stimulate student interest and participation in oral health research which is not currently available in the general dental curriculum and 2) foster collaboration between student trainees and faculty mentors and encourage the trainees to become involved in the design, conduct and reporting of research.
