Dr. Yau selected for 2014 John W. Stanford New Investigator award

By | December 4, 2014

Dr. Robert Yau is the winner of the 2014 John W. Stanford New Investigator Award. The ADA Council on Scientific Affairs selected Dr. Yau, who is pursuing specialty training in oral and maxillofacial surgery, to receive the award, which is being bestowed for just the second time in as many years.

Dr. Yau earned his D.M.D. at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in May. He is studying oral and maxillofacial surgery at Kings County Hospital Center/SUNY Downstate Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Dr. Yau

Dr. Yau

He will present his winning research project, “Influence of Core/Veneer Thickness Ratios on Failure of Bilayered Dental Ceramic Crown Systems,” at the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Products annual meeting in Boston, March 9-11, 2015.

The John W. Stanford New Investigator Award honors the contributions of one of the ADA Standards Program’s most vital figures, the late Dr. Stanford, who died in February 2011 after a 40-year career with the ADA. Dr. Stanford played a pivotal part in standards setting and development. He is credited with establishing the ADA’s current standards program.

The new investigator award honors Dr. Stanford each year, underscoring the crucial role that dental standards play in patient health and safety and in the efficacy of dental products. The award acknowledges the original research that dental students and new dentists produce in the realm of dental standards.

Dental students and new dentists, who have earned their dental degrees no more than five years prior to the time of selection, may apply for the 2015 John W. Stanford New Investigator Award. Submission deadline is Sept. 30, 2015. For more information or to apply, visit ADA.org/dentalstandards.

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