The next generation of academics and researchers will play a crucial role in educating future dental professionals and advancing the science of dentistry. At Colgate-Palmolive, we’re proud to offer scholarships and grants that support emerging leaders in their careers and drive innovation in oral health research! On our 8th annual Colgate Research Innovation Day held on June 20, 2024, we celebrated the recipients of our Colgate Award for Research Excellence (CARE) grants and Center for Innovation in Precision Dentistry (CiPD) UPenn-Colgate Fellows, along with our Audacity to Dream winner and Trailblazers in Oral Health Research Scholars of African-American Heritage Fellowship Award (TORCH) recipient, who we support with our partners at the National Dental Association Foundation, who all came together at our global technology center in Piscataway, NJ to present their dental, oral and craniofacial research. Congratulations to you all – you are the future of oral health research! Colgate Professional
On behalf of the Colgate and National Dental Association Foundation (NDAF) Steering Committee, we extend our gratitude to Dr. Maria Ryan and her team for their organization of the 2024 Colgate-Palmolive Innovation Research Day. This event provided our scholars and Colgate CARE recipients with the invaluable opportunity to present their research projects to an audience of Colgate-Palmolive scientists. This live, interactive experience will undoubtedly have a profound and lasting impact on their professional careers. Congratulations to our Colgate/NDAF presenters: Dr. Abimbola Oladayo and Ms. Melissa Romain and the CARE presenters: Dr. Ammaar Abidi, Dr. Zhenting Xiang, Dr. Yuan Liu and Dr. Zaher Jabbour.
