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Align Technology Awards Funding to Universities Worldwide to Advance Orthodontic and Dental Research
$250,000 in Research Grants Awarded as Part of Annual Research Awards Program TEMPE, Ariz., June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Align Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:
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[{"type":"text","content":"$250,000 in Research Grants Awarded as Part of Annual Research Awards Program\nTEMPE, Ariz., June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Align Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGN) a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign system of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, today announced the award of ten research grants under the company’s eleventh Annual Research Award Program. The global interest in research to advance dental and orthodontic treatments continues to grow as evidenced by the increasing number of applications Align Technology receives each year from universities around the world. Since the program’s inception in 2010, Align has funded over $2.0 million in research awards that have led to advancements in digital orthodontics and digital dentistry. “We are proud to support scientific research to further advance the study of dentistry and orthodontics, and congratulate this year’s group of research award winners,” said Dr. Mitra Derakhshan, vice president – Global Clinical, Align Technology. “These studies focus on work that can contribute to improvements in oral health care and orthodontic movement, and support Align’s purpose of transforming smiles and changing lives.” The Americas research award recipients for 2021 are: University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Edwin H.K. YenUniversity of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Anuradha PrakkiUniversity of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Céline LévesqueUniversity at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Pramod Philip The European research award recipients for 2021 are: The Hebrew University and Hadassah (Jerusalem, Israel) – Dr. Omer FleissigNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Athens, Greece) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Iosif SifakakisUniversity of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Rome, Italy) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Roberta LioneGothenburg University (Gothenburg, Sweden) – Primary Investigator, Anna Westerlund The Asia Pacific research award recipients for 2021 are: Anhui Medical University (Hefei, China) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Xu JianguangKunming Medical University (Yunnan, China) – Primary Investigator, Dr. Jiangtian Hu The funded research studies ...