The scholarship is intended to encourage periodontal research in regeneration and to encourage talented periodontists to pursue a career as periodontal educators...

AAP Foundation Awards Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship to Dr. Isabel Gay

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The scholarship is intended to encourage periodontal research in regeneration and to encourage talented periodontists to pursue a career as periodontal educators.

CHICAGO, October 10, 2005—The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation recently awarded a $37,000 Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship to Isabel Gay, DDS, currently a postgraduate student in the Advanced Education Program in Periodontology and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship is intended to encourage periodontal research in regeneration of hard and soft tissues and to encourage talented periodontists to pursue a career as periodontal educators. As part of the application process, candidates for the award must submit a proposal abstract for a clinical research project relevant to regeneration studies.

Dr. Gay received her DDS, post-graduate certification in Periodontics, and MS from the University Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico City) and in 1999 began post-doctoral work at the University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, where she was also a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics. In 2003 she continued her post-doctoral training under an NIH/NIDCR COSTAR grant. In 2005 she joined the faculty of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry, simultaneously continuing her research and pursuing periodontics postgraduate study.

Two Tarrson Regeneration Scholarships are awarded every three years. The next award will be made in 2008. The two recipients of the Tarrson Regeneration Scholarship each receive $37,000 per year for each year of their three-year periodontal training program. In return, Tarrson Regeneration Scholars must commit to spending one year of full-time teaching in a U.S. periodontal training program for each year they received scholarship funds. The award is funded by the Bud Tarrson Foundation for Dental Research.

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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