Ryan earns graduate research award

Dr. Carlos Parra, periodontics program director; Dr. Deborah Foyle, leader of the periodontics department; Dr. Daniel Ryan, award recipient; and Dr. Reginald Taylor, associate dean for graduate and professional programs, at the research award ceremony April 16.

Dr. Daniel Patrick Obelenis Ryan received the Clinical Graduate Student Research Award April 16 from Texas A&M College of Dentistry for his thesis research. Ryan, a periodontics student, studied the use of a non-incised minimally invasive flap procedure in conjunction with Emogain MI compared to traditional scaling and root planing.

Ryan was selected from nominations by program directors and reviewed by the research committee. He received $3,000.

Graduate and professional programs hosted the event.