Gies Awards Celebration to be held March 14, 2011, in San Diego, California
WASHINGTON, DC (January 24, 2011) — The ADEAGies Foundation today announced that Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., will return as the premier sponsor of the 2011 William J. Gies Awards for Vision, Innovation, and Achievement (The Gies Awards).
The Gies Awards will be presented on March 14, 2011, at a highly anticipated celebration in conjunction with the 2011 ADEA Annual Session and Exhibition. The 2011 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition will be held March 12-16 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California.
The sponsorship by Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., of the 2011 Gies Awards program is part of the company’s overall support of ADEAGies Foundation initiatives for advancing excellence in dental education in the nation’s dental schools.
“With Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc.’s generous support, we are again able to recognize exceptional vision, innovation, and achievement among leaders in dental education and research,” said Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H., President of the ADEAGies Foundation and Executive Director of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). “They are valuable partners in realizing the Foundation’s mission, enhancing the oral health of the public.”
“We are pleased to continue our support of the ADEAGies Foundation and its programs to drive advances in dental education, research, and leadership. Recognizing and encouraging our visionary dental educators and leaders remains a commitment to enhance the oral health of our community,” said Josh Ghaim, Ph.D., Vice President, Oral Healthcare Research, Development & Engineering, Johnson & Johnson Consumer & Personal Products Worldwide, Division of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
The Gies Awards, named after dental education pioneer William J. Gies, Ph.D., debuted in 2008 and honor individuals and organizations exemplifying dedication to the highest standards of vision, innovation, and achievement in global oral health and dental education, research, and leadership.
For more information about the 2011 Gies Awards, please visit www.adeagiesfoundation.org.
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About The William J. Gies Foundation: The William J. Gies (pronounced guys) Foundation was established in 1950 by colleagues and admirers of Dr. Gies with seed funds raised by the American College of Dentists. It was a private foundation and the first U.S. foundation to support dental education and scholarship. In 2002, it joined with the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) to form ADEAGies Foundation, a public foundation.
About William J. Gies and the Gies Report: William Gies was a Columbia University biochemistry professor and founder of the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University where he was interested in dental education, science, and clinical applications. In 1926, as part of a series of studies on U.S. professional education funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Dr. Gies published a landmark report that established the importance of dentistry as a healing science and an essential component of higher education in the health professions. The Gies Report, Dental Education in the United States and Canada, took five years to research and write. It consists of 250 pages of text and more than 400 pages of appendices, including lengthy descriptions and evaluations of the existing dental schools, each of which Dr. Gies visited. Since the Gies Report, there have been many other reports on dental education in the context of health professions education. However, Dental Education in the United States and Canada remains to this day the most relevant survey of dental education and critical issues within the field.
About ADEA: The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is the voice of dental education. Its members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools and many allied and postdoctoral dental education programs, corporations, faculty, and students. The mission of ADEA is to lead individuals and institutions of the dental education community to address contemporary issues influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health care for the health of the public. ADEA’s activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty development, meetings, and communications like the esteemed Journal of Dental Education, as well as the dental school admissions services AADSAS, PASS, and CAAPID.
About Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc.: Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc. makes a difference in the health and well-being of people every day and is a leader in the consumer oral health and whitening market with LISTERINE® Antiseptic Mouthwash, LISTERINE® TOTAL CARE Anticavity Mouthwash, LISTERINE® ZERO™ Mouthwash, LISTERINE® WHITENING®VIBRANT WHITE® Pre-Brush Rinse, LISTERINE® SMART RINSE®, LISTERINE® AGENT COOL BLUE®, REACH® Toothbrushes, REACH® Floss and REMBRANDT® Tooth Whitening Products.
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