ADEAGies Foundation® Celebrates Nine Trailblazers in Academic Dentistry and Oral Health
Coveted Education Awards Honor the Legacy of
William J. Gies, Ph.D.
October 24, 2018 (Washington, DC) — Today the ADEAGies Foundation® announced the recipients of the 2019 William J. Gies
Awards for Vision, Innovation and Achievement (the Gies
Awards).
Named for the “Father of Contemporary Dental Education and Research,” William
J. Gies, Ph.D., the Gies Awards honor individuals and organizations that
exemplify the highest standards in oral health and dental education, research
and leadership.
“There are great things happening in academic
dentistry throughout the United States and Canada, but we don’t always take the
time to recognize that,” says Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H., President
and CEO of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). “The Gies Awards
is a wonderful reminder of our colleagues’ innovative work in dental education
and how they are improving the lives of the individuals we are committed to
serve.”
The
nine honorees were chosen by a distinguished panel of industry experts,
including the ADEAGies Foundation® Board of Trustees.
The 2019 Gies Awards recipients
are (in alphabetical order):
American
Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Oral Health
Gies Award
for Achievement – Public or Private Partner
Association
of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry
Gies Award for Innovation – Public
or Private Partner
East
Carolina University School of Dental Medicine
Gies Award
for Innovation – Academic Dental Institution
Lynn
Johnson, Ph.D., University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Gies Award
for Innovation – Dental Educator
McGill
University Faculty of Dentistry
Gies Award
for Vision – Academic Dental Institution
James E.
Mulvihill, D.M.D.
Gies Award
for Achievement – Dental Educator
Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine and the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gies Award
for Innovation – Academic Dental Institution
University
of Michigan School of Dentistry
Gies Award
for Achievement – Academic Dental Institution
Alexandre
Rezende Vieira, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Dental
Medicine
Gies Award
for Vision – Dental Educator
The 2019 Gies Awards will be presented on March
18 in tandem with the 2019 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition
in Chicago.
Tickets for the celebration may be purchased at adea.org/adeagiesfoundation/2019events. To
sponsor an Awards Gala table, contact Trish Smith at trish.smith@mci-group.com or 703-506-3272.
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About the ADEAGies
Foundation®: As the philanthropic arm of the American Dental
Education Association (ADEA), the ADEAGies Foundation’s mission is to enhance
the oral and systemic health of the public through transformational advances in
dental education, research, leadership and recognition. The Foundation is named
for William J. Gies, Ph.D. (1872–1956), who pioneered and advocated for a model
of dental education rooted in science and focused on advancing the public
welfare. Key findings from his seminal 1926 work, Report on Dental Education in the United States and Canada, remain relevant:
a call for improved medical-dental
cooperation, the expansion of dental research, and a call to action for
educators with the vision, courage, and imagination to advance “necessary
changes in [dental] education” to “meet the demands for health care in the
future.” For more information and to support the work of the Foundation, visit adea.org/adeagiesfoundation/.
About ADEA:
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is The Voice of Dental
Education. Our mission is to lead institutions and individuals in the dental
education community to address contemporary issues influencing education,
research and the delivery of oral health care for the overall health and safety
of the public. Our members include all 76 U.S. and Canadian dental schools, more
than 1,000 allied and advanced dental education programs, over 60 corporations
and more than 20,000 individuals. Our activities encompass a wide range of
research, advocacy, faculty development, meetings and communications, including
the esteemed Journal of Dental Education, as well as the dental school
admissions services ADEA AADSAS®, ADEA PASS®, ADEA DHCAS®
and ADEA CAAPID®. For more information, visit adea.org.