Donors came out to show their support for medical and dental students at the UConn Health Center on February 25. Individual and corporate supporters attended the School of Dental Medicine/School of Medicine Student Research Day, mingling with faculty and students during one of the highlights of the academic year. Guests included Janet Finkle, northeast dental channel sales manager of Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products; Charles Hapcook, DDS, president and CEO of Eastern Dentists Insurance Co.; Brenda Jewell-Swartz, president of Jewell Professional Insurance; and Joel Monteiro, New England regional manager for government and schools at Dentsply International. The poster session culminated in an awards dinner, where dental student Elyse Pizzo won the Colgate-Palmolive Student Research Award—a $1,000 award funded through an endowment held at the UConn Foundation. The award was presented by Jeanne Chung, DMD, MPH, senior technical associate of clinical research–oral care at Colgate Palmolive.

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