National Institute of Health
Rena D’Souza, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. (University of Utah, USA)
Rena D’Souza is Professor of Dental Sciences, Neurobiology & Anatomy and Pathology. She currently serves as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Education for the Health Sciences. As a clinician-scientist, D’Souza has been strongly committed to discovery and mentoring. She has been dedicated to the development and advocacy of women in the health professions throughout her academic career. Dr. D’Souza is past president of the American Association for Dental Research (or, AADR) and currently serves as the President of IADR, a global organization with ~ 12,000 members representing about 100 countries. Dr. D’Souza has authored over 150 publications and book chapters and has maintained an active research program for over 30 years through grant awards from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies. She has also led two major NIH-funded institutional grants that supported the research training of dentists and dentists-scientists at the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels. She received the 2002 Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the Presidential Award for Research Excellence from the Texas A&M Health Science Center in 2010. She was also inducted into the German National Academy of Sciences in 2012. Dr. D’Souza was recognized as the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine’s Birnberg Research Medal in 2016. She was nominated as Fellow of the AADR and received its national Irwin D. Mandel Distinguished Mentoring Award in 2017. Dr. D’Souza is the guest editor of a special IADR centennial issue that will honor women pioneers in dental research who have blazed the trail for others to follow.
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