MONTHLY BYTE • September 2019
Announcing 2019 ISDSF Community Grants Recipients

Congratulations to the following organizations that will receive $50,000 in community grants from the ISDS Foundation in 2019. The Foundation received 19 applications, with nine being funded. Some applications were not fully funded in order for the Foundation to support more applicants. Thanks to all that applied. If a program in your local component did not receive funding this time, we encourage them to reapply next year. 

Illinois State University: $2,532
SIU (Carbondale) Give Adults a Smile Day: $3,663
Dental Lifeline Network of Illinois: $7,500
DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Department: $9,000
Family Health Partnership: $2,500
Heal Elgin Project: $5,000
SIU (Carbondale) Senior Smiles Program: $7,805 
Mobile Care Chicago: $5,000
Dental Access Days: $7,000

Total 2019 Community Grants: $50,000

Watch in future issues of the Monthly Byte and Illinois Dental News for details on how these wonderful organizations will utilize the ISDS Foundation grant monies to further their programs. Thank you to the Community Grants Committee members—Drs. Sue Bishop, Gary Fischer, Don Kipper, Peggy Richardson and John Williams—for judging, and to ISDS staff Lee Ann Beane and Janine Oxencis for helping to facilitate the process.
ISDS Foundation Announces Clinic and Research Day Awards
Every year, the ISDS Foundation supports dental student research at Illinois’ three dental schools. ISDS Foundation Board members serve as judges at each of the schools’ Clinic and Research Days. The winners each received a $600 award and recognition at the ISDS Annual Session Opening Breakfast. Congratulations to:
 
SIU School of Dental Medicine

Janice Choo:
Microleakage Associated with Layering Techniques in Class I and Class IV Composite Restorations

Alexis Polczvnki:
Surface Treatment of Zirconia Crowns for Orthodontic Bonding

Hunter Watson:
Pain Related Behaviors Following Tooth Extraction in Rodents
 
UIC College of Dentistry

Lily Lou:
Best Clinical/Clinical Translational Science Dental Student

Alexandria Rozgony:
Best Public Health Science Dental Student

Joseph Schlosser:
Best Basic/Basic Translational Science Dental Student
 
Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine

Gabriella Appice and Marisa Chanin:
Conceptualization of Dental Caries by Dental Students and Its Relationship with Preventive Oral Care Routine

Cosmo Vivarito:
Quantitative Determination of Cell Proliferation in Prdm 16 and Mecom Null Mutant Palate Shelves and Meckel’s Cartilage
ISDS Foundation Supporting White Coat Ceremonies

The ISDS Foundation is honored to once again support Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine and University of Illinois College of Dentistry on their upcoming White Coat Ceremonies. The White Coat Ceremony continues to serve as one of the most distinguished and esteemed events for each of the schools and their first-year dental students. ISDS Foundation President Dr. Sue Bishop has been invited to both events on September 26 (UIC/COD) and October 4 (SIU/SDM). ISDS Foundation Treasurer and former ISDS Speaker of the House Dr. Timmothy Schwartz has been invited to speak at the SIU/SDM ceremony. The ISDS Foundation is fortunate to have shared a long history of collaboration with these two dental schools and is pleased to donate $2,000 to each school in support of their event.
Nine months till Illinois Mission of Mercy … June 26-27, 2020, at Rock Valley College in Rockford!
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