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NEWSThe BDJ News section accepts items that
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N1 9XW or by email to [email protected] Memorial award
reinstatedDentists battle the elementsThe International Association for Dental Research (IADR) has announced the
reinstatement of the IADR Isaac Schour
Memorial Award. The award, which
was discontinued in 1981 due to a lack
of financial support, will now be fully
funded through a donation from Dr
Bernard G Sarnat, a former graduate
student of Schour, and Rhoda G Sarnat,
through the Sarnat Family Foundation.
The donation will ensure the continuation of the award in perpetuity. Funded at the same level as all IADR
Distinguished Scientist Awards, the
award will recognise outstanding scientific contributions in the anatomic
sciences, including tissue engineering,
tissue regeneration, and stem cell
research as it relates to the oral, dental, or craniofacial complex. The first
reinstated award, which will consist
of a $2,000 prize and a plaque, will be
presented at the IADR General Session
and Exhibition in New Orleans, March
21-24, 2007. The IADR Isaac Schour Memorial
Award was first established in 1967 to
honor Schour, an early leader in international dental research and the 18th
president of the IADR (1941-42). Schour
was Professor of histology (1935-1964)
at the University of Illinois College of
Dentistry, where he was Dean from 1955
until his death in 1964 at the age of 64. The annual award, which was international in scope, was originally presented to an individual who had made
outstanding contributions in research
or training, or both, in the field of anatomic sciences.Left to right, Tony Sunderland, Mark Willings and Rob Sawyer at the finishDentists Mark Willings and Richard Graye raised 6,000 in aid of rugbys charity Wooden Spoon after
competing in the tenth annual Ford Ranger Great Lakeland Challenge recently. The charity, whos patron is
HRH The Princess Royal, aims to enhance the quality and prospect of life for children and young people in
the United Kingdom who are disadvantaged either physically, mentally or socially.Wakefield-based Mark, who teamed up...