AAP Foundation Awards Tarrson Fellowship to Dr. Keith Kirkwood
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The $30,000 fellowship is a career development award for outstanding academic periodontists. |
CHICAGO — October 10, 2005 – The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation recently named Dr. Keith Kirkwood as 2005 recipient of the Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship. The $30,000 fellowship is a career development award for outstanding academic periodontists.
Dr. Kirkwood is an assistant professor in the department of
Dr. Kirkwood received his DDS from West Virginia University and both his PhD in Oral Biology and Certificate in Periodontics from SUNY at Buffalo. He then continued his training with a postdoctoral fellowship in Pharmacology and Toxicology funded by the NIH. He has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards and has published nearly
The Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship was created to encourage gifted periodontal clinicians who have a demonstrated facility for teaching, to pursue an academic career. Candidates must be either full-time or part-time faculty members at the instructor or assistant level and affiliated with a degree-granting institution for 10 years or less. They must have a stated career goal in periodontal education and research. Nominations for the fellowship are made by periodontal program directors. Evaluation is made on both academic and clinical strengths as well as the candidate’s potential for a leadership role in teaching.
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.
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