Congratulations to Caitlin Hurley who was awarded the Morita Prize for research at the 29th International Association of Paediatric Dentistry congress in Maastricht. Her research is quite uniqe as she used her professional expertise in both dentistry and speech pathology by undertaking speech assessments with the children - then extracting their teeth!
Here is Caitlin's response to receiving the award:
It was such a surprise to receive the Morita Prize for research at the 29th IAPD congress in Maastricht yesterday. The congress is the largest meeting of paediatric dentistry and was attended by over 1200 delegates representing over 78 countries! They had received over 500 abstracts, and so I was already honoured to have my poster selected to be one of around 30 to be considered for this prize.
During the presentation the judges were very interested in the IPA transcription on the poster, and also asked me what's next... we will see!
This award really does mean a lot to me, and I know that without yourself and Robert this would not have been possible.
I've attached a photo from the opening ceremony, and another with Prof Figen Seymen, the incoming president of the association who presented the award.
(I am intrigued by the trombones and sousaphone at the opening ceremony!)
