Dean’s Research Scholars

We are excited to announce the D28 recipients of the 2024-2025 Dean’s Research Honors Scholarship. These seven first-year dental students are passionate in their desire to pursue research opportunities and have superior academic records coming into dental school. These students will now be choosing a faculty research mentor with whom they will meet regularly to discuss relevant publications as they work together to conceptualize and create a research proposal, perform the research, and present a research poster at TUSDM’s annual Bates-Andrews Research Day in 2026. Advancing basic science, clinical, and public health research is central to the dental school’s mission. We understand that deepening our knowledge in these areas advances the field of dentistry and ultimately leads to better patient care.