Professor Helen Whelton, director of the Oral Health Services Research Centre at University College Cork (UCC), has received the 2008 Zsolnay prize at the annual congress of ORCA (European Organisation for Caries Research) in the Netherlands.

This is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of dental caries research.
The ORCA-Zsolnay prize consists of a piece of fine porcelain produced by the Zsolnay company, Pécs, Hungary.