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This award has been placed on hold for 2021.
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This award has been placed on hold for 2021.
Past Winners
- Thomas Sitzman, MD 2018
- Solomon Obiri-Yeboah, MD, DMD 2019
- Albert Oh, MD 2020

This award has been placed on hold for 2021.
Past Winners
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This award has been placed on hold for 2021.
Past Winners
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Platform papers presented by Student Members or Active Members in their first year of practice may be considered for the Junior Investigator Award. The highest-rated eligible papers are selected to compete in the Junior Investigator session for recognition and a $1,000 award. Winners are selected based on demonstrated excellence in structure, impact, validity and delivery of their basic science or clinical work.
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Past Winners
- Yusuf M. Albustanji, CCC-SLP, PhD, 2015
- Veerasathpurush Allareddy, BDS, MMSc, PhD, 2016
- Adriane L. Baylis, PhD, CCC-SLP, 2017
- David W. Low, MD and Rachel M. Roberts, PhD, 2018
- Emily Gallagher, MD, MPH, 2019
- Meredith Albert, PhD 2020
Past Winners
- “The Americleft Study: An Inter‐Center Study of Treatment Outcomes for Patients With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Parts 1-5”
The Americleft Team, 2012 - “Long-Term, Longitudinal Follow-Up of Individuals With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate After the Gothenburg Primary Early Veloplasty and Delayed Hard Palate Closure Protocol: Speech Outcome”
Anette Lohmander, PhD and co-authors, 2013 - “Long-Term, Longitudinal Follow-Up of Individuals With UCLP After the Gothenburg Primary Early Veloplasty and Delayed Hard Palate Closure Protocol: Maxillofacial Growth Outcome”
Hans Friede, DDS, ODr, 2013 - “Factors Related to Quality of Life and Satisfaction with Nasal Appearance in Patients Treated for Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate”
Maria Marni, MD, PhD and co-authors, 2014 - “Speech and Phonology in Swedish-Speaking 3-Year-Olds with Unilateral Complete Cleft Lip and Palate Following Different Methods for Primary Palatal Surgery”
Kristina Klinto, MS and co-authors, 2015 - “It Doesn’t All Just Stop at 18: Psychological Adjustment and Support Needs of Adults Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate”
Nicola Marie Stock, MSc and co-authors, 2016 - “A Multicenter Study Using the SWAG Scale to Compare Secondary Alveolar Bone Graft Outcomes for Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate”
Kathleen Russell, DDS, MSc, 2017 - “Oral Clefts and Academic Performance in Adolescence: The Impact of Anesthesia-Related Neurotoxicity, Timing of Surgery, and Type of Oral Clefts”
Nicola G. Clausen, MD and co-authors, 2018 - “Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting in Patients Born With Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A 20-Year Follow-up”
Fatemeh Jabbari, DDS, PhD and co-authors, 2019 - Facial Growth of Patients With Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Treated With Alveolar Bone Grafting at 6 Years
Jean-Charles Doucet, DMD, MD, MSc, FRCDC and co-authors, 2020

Past Winners
- Christos Katsaros, DDS, DMD, Odont Dr/PhD, 2016
- Christos Katsaros, DDS, DMD, Odont Dr/PhD, 2017
- Tim Bressmann, PhD, 2018
- Justine Lee, MD, PhD, FACS, 2019
- Justine C. Lee, MD, PhD, FACS 2020