The $15,000 Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care is intended to encourage academic periodontology as a career choice...

American Academy of Periodontology Foundation Awards AAPF Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care to Dr. Melanie Campese

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The $15,000 Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care is intended to encourage academic periodontology as a career choice.

CHICAGO—August 14, 2007—The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Foundation recently awarded an AAP Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care, a 3M ESPE Company, to Melanie Campese, D.M.D. Dr. Campese is in the Master of Science in Dentistry program (MSD) and is also pursuing her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Periodontology (CAGS) at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine.

The $15,000 Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care is intended to encourage academic periodontology as a career choice. It also draws attention to research in prevention of periodontitis.

“OMNI Preventive Care, a 3M ESPE Company, has a long history of partnering with great organizations like the AAP Foundation to help develop leaders of tomorrow, which further strengthens the dental profession,” said OMNI’s Jennifer Spresser.

Applicants for the award must be students in their first or second year of a U.S. periodontal postdoctoral program, and their application packet must include a proposal for a research project. More information about the AAP Foundation Education Fellowship Funded by OMNI Preventive Care may be obtained by visiting the Foundation web site at www.perio.org/foundation or contacting AAP Foundation Executive Director Sharon K. Mellor (telephone 800-282-4867, ext 3256 or 312-573-3256; e-mail sharon@perio.org).

The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is dedicated to improving the periodontal and general health of the public by increasing public and professional awareness of periodontal diseases; stimulating and supporting clinical research and the generation of new knowledge; and enhancing educational programs and opportunities in periodontology. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Sharon Mellor at 312/573-3256 or sharon@perio.org.

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