We are so proud of the achievements of our students and staff at the 2026 Irish Division of the IADR Annual Scientific Meeting in Cork. 

Dr David McReynolds won the Postgraduate Hatton Research Prize for: Association Between Dentition Status and Frailty: TILDA W1 to W5 Longitudinal Analysis.

Nicole Reilly won 1st prize in the Undergraduate Research Prize for: Adhere today gone tomorrow – the adhesive performance of so-called universal bonding systems.

Christina Sharp won 2nd prize in the Undergraduate Research Prize for: Analysis of Acetaldehyde Generation from Ethanol by Candida Species recovered from Patients with Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders

Dr Vinay Sharma won the Dental Health Foundation Research Prize for: Lifetime fluoride exposure and educational inequalities in caries experience among older Irish adults.

Dr Rona Leith won 1st place in the RCSI Clinical Research Prize for: Effect of an adhesive system on the retention of resin-based fissure sealants in first permanent molars: a randomised clinical trial.
 
Well done also to oral presenters Carley Wlad, Jaime Knox McCleod, Darshini Ramasubbu, Aoibhinn Walsh, and Ross Quigley and poster presenters Dr Bahman Honari and Erin O'Hagan.