1995: TELP Fellowship Award, American Association of Orthodontists Foundation
1996: Joseph L. Henry Award, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
1997: Dean's Faculty Research Fund, New York University College of Dentistry
1997: Βραβείο Βιοϊατρικής Έρευνας, American Association of Orthodontists Foundation
1997: Award of Special Merit, American Association of Orthodontists
1998: Finalist, Edward H. Hatton Award Competition, American Association of Dental Research
1998: New York University Research Challenge Fund, New York University
1998: Βραβείο Βιοϊατρικής Έρευνας, American Association of Orthodontists Foundation
1999: Dean's Faculty Research Fund, New York University College of Dentistry
1999: Basil O' Connor Starter Scholar Award, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1999: Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences Nominee, New York University
1999: Searle Scholars Program Nominee, New York University
2000: Βραβείο για καλύτερη επιτοίχια παρουσίαση, Ευρωπαϊκή Ορθοδοντική Εταιρεία
2000-2001: Υποτροφία ΙΚΥ
Οργανωτική - Διοικητική δραστηριότητα
Μέλος της Συντονιστικής Επιτροπής των Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών, της Επιτροπής Οικονομικών και της Επιτροπής Δεοντολογίας Έρευνας
Επιλεγμένες δημοσιεύσεις σε Διεθνή Περιοδικά
A human MSX1 homeodomain missense mutation causes selective tooth agenesis. Vastardis H, Karimbux N, Guthua SW, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. Nature Genet. 13:417-21, 1996.
Haploinsufficiency of MSX1: A mechanism for selective tooth agenesis. Hu GZ*, Vastardis H*, Bendall AJ*, Wang Z, Logan MP, Zhang H, Stein S, Greenfield N, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Abate-Shen C. Mol Cell Biol. 18(10):6044-6051, 1998. *Ισάξια συνεισφορά συγγραφέων
Human NELL-1 expressed in unilateral coronal synostosis. Ting K, Vastardis H, Mulliken JB, Soo C, Tieu A, Do H, Kwong E, Bertolami CN, Kawamoto H, Kuroda S, Longaker MT. J Bone Miner Res. 14(1): 80-89, 1999.
The genetics of human tooth agenesis: New discoveries for understanding dental anomalies. Vastardis H. Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop. 117(6):650-656, 2000.
Overexpression of Nell-1, a craniosynostosis-associated gene, induces apoptosis in osteoblasts during craniofacial development. Zhang X, Carpenter D, Bokui N, Soo C, Miao S, Truong T, Wu B, Chen I, Vastardis H, Tanizawa K, Kuroda S, Ting K. J Bone Miner Res. 18(12):2126-34, 2003.
Unilateral coronal synostosis: a histomorphometric study. Vastardis H, Mulliken JB, Glowacki J. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 41(4):439-446, 2004.
Expression of stem cell factor and its receptor, c-kit, in oral mesenchymal cells. Gagari E, Rand MK, Tayari L, Vastardis H, Sharma P, Hauschka PV and Damoulis PD. J Oral Sci. 114:409-415, 2006.
Cephalometric Evaluation of the Craniofacial Complex in Patients Treated with an Intra-oral Distraction Osteogenesis Device. A Long Term Study. Chow A, Lee H-F, Trahar M, Kawamoto H, Vastardis H, Ting K. Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop. 134(6):724-731, 2008.
Revisiting the morphogenesis of the human lower lip: An overlooked paradigm. Vastardis H, Spyropoulos MN. Front. Physiol. 3:333, 2012.
Endoplasmic reticulum stress-associated chaperones, Bip/GRP78 and calnexin are overexpressed in keratocystic odontogenic tumours. Pavli M, Farmaki E, Merkourea S, Vastardis H, Sklavounou A, Tzerbos F, Chatzistamou I. J Oral Maxillofac Res. 1:5(1), 2014.
Evidence for APOBEC3B mRNA and protein expression in oral squamous cell carcinomas. Fanourakis G, Tosios K, Papanikolaou N, Chatzistamou I, Xydous M, Tseleni-Balafouta S, Sklavounou A, Voutsinas GE, Vastardis H. Exp Mol Pathol. 101(3):314-319, 2016.
Continuous hydrostatic pressure induces differentiation phenomena in chondrocytes mediated by changes in polycystins, SOX9, and RUNX2. Karamesinis K, Spyropoulou A, Dalagiorgou G, Katsianou MA, Nokhbehsaim M, Memmert S, Deschner J, Vastardis H, Piperi C. J Orofac Orthop. 78(1):21-31, 2017.
Επιλεγμένες δημοσιεύσεις σε Ελληνικά Περιοδικά
Σηματοδοτικές αλληλεπιδράσεις κατά τη μορφογένεση του κρανιοπροσωπικού συμπλέγματος. Κωτσοβίλης Σ, Βασταρδή Ε. Οδοντοστοματολογική Πρόοδος. 58(3): 352-374, 2004.