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Research Postgraduate Students
Prizes and Awards
Dr. Seneviratne Jayarathne (2006 PhD student)
- was awarded "IADR/Colgate Research in Prevention
Travel Award" at the International Association for Dental Research
Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 2008. His supervisor is Professor
L.P. Samaranayake.
Dr Lu Qian (2006 PhD student)
- was presented with an "Outstanding Poster Award"
at the Second International Conference on Evidence-based Advanced Dentistry,
16-19 November 2007, Hong Kong, for the presentation titled "Effect
of P. gingivalis LPS on gene expression profiles in gingival epithelium"
co-authored with Professor LJ Jin, Professor LP Samaranayake
and Dr RP Darveau.
Dr. Hannah Daile P Chua (PhD student)
- awarded the "Oral Abstract Scientific Presentation
Award" for her presentation titled "Cleft distraction versus
orthognathic surgery: which one causes more distress?" at the 89th
Annual Meeting, Scientific Sessions and Exhibition of the American Association
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, held in conjunction with the Japanese
Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Korean Association
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, in November 2007. Her supervisors
are Professor L.K. Cheung, Professor N. Samman, Dr. M. Bendeus, Dr.
T. Whitehill and Dr. S.M.Y. Ho.
Dr. Parahitiyawa N. Bandara (PhD student)
- awarded the "Outstanding Poster Award" at
the Second International Conference on Evidence-based Advanced Dentistry,
16-19 November 2007, Hong Kong, for his presentation titled "Periodontitis
associated occult bacteraemia detected by 16S rRNA gene sequencing"
co-authored with Professor L.P. Samaranayake, Professor L.J. Jin,
Dr. W.K. Leung and Dr. W.C. Yam.
Dr. Seneviratne Jayarathne (2006 PhD
student)
- awarded the Hiroshima University Award at the
Hiroshima Conference on Education and Science in Dentistry, Japan, 6-7
October 2007, for the presentation "Current developments in Candida
biofilm proteomics, cellular imaging, and drug resistance". His
supervisors are Dr. Yu Wang, Professor Li-jian Jin, and Professor
Lakshman Samaranayake.
Ms Pui-sze Chan (MPhil student)
- awarded the Best Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine
Award, Second Prize, and also named the 2007 Postgraduate Symposium
Session Champion at the 2007 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Eddie Wang
Symposium on Integrated Chinese & Western Medicine Postgraduate
Presentation Session, on 2 November 2007. The title of her winning presentation
was "The adjunctive use of Chinese Medicine in non-surgical periodontal
therapy", by TPS Chan, JCS Ho, KY Zee, EF Corbet, and WK
Leung. Her supervisors are Dr W Keung Leung (from Nov 2006)
and Dr Kwan-yat Zee (Sept 2005 - Oct 2006).
Dr. Chua, Hannah Daile P. (PhD student)
- awarded the "Best Oral Presentation" on
the presentation "Long-term Stability of Cleft Distraction Osteogenesis
versus Orthognathic Surgery" at the 7th Asian Congress on Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hong Kong, November 2006. Her supervisors
are Professor L.K. Cheung, Professor N. Samman, Dr. M. Bendeus,
Dr. T. Whitehill and Dr. S.M.Y. Ho.
Dr. Tan Hai-ping (PhD student)
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awarded the '2006 IADR/Colgate Research in Prevention
Travel Award' for her research "Prevention and arrest of root
caries in institutionalized elders" at the 84th General Session
& Exhibition of the IADR, Brisbane, Australia June 2006.
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awarded the 'Procter & Gamble Junior Investigator
Award (First Prize for the best presentation)' at the 84th General
Session & Exhibition of the IADR, Brisbane, Australia June 2006.
for her research with Professor Edward Lo, Dr. Luo Yan, Dr. John Dyson
and Dr. Esmonde Corbet on "A randomized controlled trial on root
caries in institutionalized elders"
Zhang Qian (PhD Student)
- Awarded for the Arthur Wuehrmann Prize of 2004. This
award was given each year by the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial
Radiology for the best manuscript published the radiology section of
the journal of "Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral
Radiology & Endodontics".
Dr. Dai Juan (PhD Student)
- awarded the Travel Award at the 20th International
Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting (South-East Asia Division),
Malacca, Malaysia.
Lu, Maggie (PhD student)
- Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student,
set up by the Graduate School, The University of Hong Kong, to give
due recognition to research postgraduate students who have submitted
a thesis of exceptional quality and have demonstrated outstanding performance
in other academic aspects on an annual basis.
Chua, Hannah Daile P (PhD student)
- MODUS award to excellence in oral presentations at
the 6th Asian Congress of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo, Japan.
Dassanayake, Ranil Samantha (PhD student)
- Best Poster Presentation in Oral Medicine and Pathology
at the 18th International Association for the Dental Research (South
East Asian Division) Meeting, Hong Kong.
Tang Guo Hua (PhD student)
- The Houston Award of the best paper - oral presentation
awarded at the 79th European Orthodontic Society Conference, Prague
Tang Gao Yan (PhD Student)
- Award in Best Paper in Microbiology at the 18th International
Association for Dental Research Annual Meeting (South East Asian Division),
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Wong Wing Kit, Ricky (PhD student)
- Oral Presentation 1st Prize - International Conference
in Evidence Based Advanced Dentistry, Hong Kong
- Student Best Research Presentation - Faculty Scientific
Meeting, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong.
Yiu, Cynthia Kar Yung (PhD student)
- Best Paper Award in Dental Materials - Laboratory
Research at the 18th International Association for Dental Research Annual
Meeting (South East Asian Division), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- Best Staff Research Presentation Award - Runner Up
Prize, Faculty Scientific Meeting, Faculty of Dentistry, The University
of Hong Kong
Wong Wing Kit, Ricky (PhD student)
- The IADR (International Association of Dental Research)
Travel Award in the 81th General Session of the International Association
for Dental Research
Ellepola, Arjuna Nishantha Bandara (PhD student)
- The Recipient of the Research Associate Program Award
of the American Society for Microbiology, to receive training at the
Mycology Division of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, USA.
Pow Ho Nang, Edmond (PhD student)
- Best Oral Presentation in the Asian Dentech, The Asian
Regional Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons,
Hong Kong.
Tsang Chiu Chun, Peter (PhD student)
- Best Poster Presentation in the Division of Periodontology
at the 15th International Association for Dental Research (South-East
Asian Division) Meeting, Singapore
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