IADR student poster competition winners announced

May 2011

The winners of the New Zealand section IADR student poster competition were announced at a small ceremony held on Thursday 19 May 2011. The judges noted that the standard this year was particularly high and, accordingly, four prizes were awarded. The winners are as follows:

Colgate prizes

The winners receive $2,000 from Colgate New Zealand to assist the students to represent the New Zealand section at the IADR Australian/New Zealand Division meeting to be held in Melbourne later in the year.

• Miss Inah Kim - Three dimensional evaluation of mandibular growth in rabbits (Supervisors: Dr W Duncan and Professor M Farella).
• Miss Huong Ho - Prenatal alcohol exposure’s effects on the morphology and mineralization of mice’s first molars (Supervisors: Dr R Napper, Professor J Kieser).

IADR ANZ Division Awards

The winners receive $700 towards registration and accommodation, plus return economy airfares, to present their work at the IADR Australian/New Zealand Division meeting in Melbourne later in the year.

• Miss Doreen Ng - Neck and shoulder muscle activity during dentistry-related postural tasks (Supervisors: Dr C McNee, Professor J Kieser, Professor M Farella).
• Miss Debra Li - Negative pressure, cavitation effect and swallowing (Supervisors: Professor J Kieser, Professor M Swain, Dr Chris Bolter).