The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) has announced that Dr. Cun-Yu Wang, professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology and Medicine and associate dean for graduate studies at the School of Dentistry at UCLA, is the recipient of the 2013 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award in Basic Research in Biological Mineralization.
He was recognized at the association’s 91th General Session & Exhibition in Seattle, Wash. in March.
Wang earned his D.D.S. degree and certificate in pediatric dentistry from Peking University, China, and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He conducted postdoctoral studies at the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Mass.
