Two $15,000 Fellowships are awarded annually to individuals who are in their third year of post-doctoral training and intend to pursue full-time periodontal teaching and research...

American Academy of Periodontology Foundation Awards Two Chasens Fellowships

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Two $15,000 Fellowships are awarded annually to individuals who are in their third year of post-doctoral training and intend to pursue full-time periodontal teaching and research.

CHICAGO, May 22, 2006 – The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation recently awarded two Abram and Sylvia Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowships. The Fellowships are $15,000 each, and two are awarded annually to uniquely talented individuals who are in their third year of an accredited post-doctoral training program in the US and intend to pursue full-time periodontal teaching and research.

This year’s recipients of the Fellowships are Dr. Mark Lucas and Dr. Darnell Kaigler, Jr. Dr. Lucas is completing his periodontal training at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio this month and has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in the Division of Periodontics at the University of Colorado School of Dentistry beginning July 1. Dr. Kaigler is completing his Certificate in Periodontics and pursuing his M.S. in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis at the University of Michigan Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine.

The Chasens Fellowship was created by Dr. and Mrs. Chasens out of concern about the shortage of dental educators. Dr. Chasens taught for more than 30 years, which included a full-time post from 1957 to 1971 at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he started the department of periodontics and oral medicine.

About AAP Foundation: The mission of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is to improve the periodontal and general health of the public through increasing public and professional knowledge of periodontal diseases and their therapies, stimulating basic and clinical research to generate new knowledge, and enhancing educational programs at all levels to create opportunities in periodontal education and practice. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Robert A. Vitas, PhD, CAE, CFRE, Executive Director, at 312/573-3256 or bob@perio.org.

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