Brian Howe, assistant professor of family dentistry in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, received the William J. Gies Award in Clinical Research during the recent annual meeting of the International/American Association for Dental Research.

The William J. Gies Award is given to the best paper published in the Journal of Dental Research during the preceding year in the areas of biological, biomaterials and bioengineering, and clinical research. Howe received the award for his first published paper, “Spectrum of Dental Phenotypes in Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefting.”

Howe’s research mentors are Lina Moreno, associate professor of orthodontics, and Mary Marazita, associate dean for research, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine.