
Student Certificate of Merit Awardees
2026
No Name Submitted for Award
UAB School of Dentistry
Birmingham, AL
Leah Swayze
Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine
Glendale, AZ
Gracie A. Groth
Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
Mesa, AZ
Helen Park
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Alexey Gurin
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
Loma Linda, CA
Thanuchporn Nonnapaporn
California Northstate – College of Dental Medicine
Sacramento, CA
No Name Submitted for Award
UCLA School of Dentistry
Los Angeles, CA
No Name Submitted for Award
University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry
San Francisco, CA
No Name Submitted for Award
University of The Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
San Francisco, CA
No Name Submitted for Award
Western University College of Dental Medicine
Pomona, CA
No Name Submitted for Award
University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine
Aurora, CO
Luis Romero
University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
Farmington, CT
Brayden Oxborrow
LECOM School of Dental Medicine
Bradenton, FL
Manav Patel
Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sharanya Singh
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Gainesville, FL
No Name Submitted for Award
Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Alyssa Berry
Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine – Illinois,
Downers Grove, IL
Christopher Kollmeyer
SIU School of Dental Medicine
Alton, IL
Saghar Kargar
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry
Chicago, IL
Sanjana Madarapu
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Indianapolis, IN
No Name Submitted for Award
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Iowa City, IA
Matt Jacobson
University of Kentucky College of Dentistry
Lexington, KY
Abigail Hacker
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Louisville, KY
Landon Keith Boeneke
Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
New Orleans, LA
No Name Submitted for Award
Boston University Henry M Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA
No Name Submitted for Award
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA
Anna Catherine Lubitz
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA
Emma O’Shea
University of Maryland, School of Dentistry
Baltimore, MD
Kailey Fossile
University of New England College of Dental Medicine
Portland, ME
Gavin Fruge
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
Detroit, MI
Evans Brown
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Ann Arbor, MI
Nora Wilkomm
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
Minneapolis, MN
Grace Mosley
A.T. Still University Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health
St Louis, MO
Mitchell Tharp
University of Mississippi School of Dentistry
Jackson, MS
Richard Van Gurp
East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine
Greenville, NC
Seyi Ojo
University of North Carolina School of Dentistry
Chapel Hill, NC
Jacob R. Hansen
Creighton University School of Dentistry
Omaha, NE
Julia Reimer
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry
Lincoln, NE
Edika Quevedo DeJesus
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Newark, NJ
Braden C. Patten
University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine
Las Vegas, NV
Albert L. Wang
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
New York, NY
Gal Sahar
NYU College of Dentistry
New York, NY
William Kollmer
Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine
Stony Brook, NY
Veean Chen
Touro College of Dental Medicine
Hawthorne, NY
Anthony Joseph Blaskovic
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
Buffalo, NY
Andrew D. McIlvoy
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine
Cleveland, OH
Adam Wade
Ohio State University College of Dentistry
Columbus, OH
Angela Jarjoura
University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry
Oklahoma City, OK
Ryan Knapp
OHSU Oregon Health Science University
Portland, OR
Pietro Maisano
Penn Dental Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
Jeremy Vogel
Temple Univ., Kornberg School of Dentistry
Philadelphia, PA
Kevin Lu
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Caroline Allen Stokenbury
Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine
Charleston, SC
Moriah Muhammah
Meharry Medical College, School of Dentistry
Nashville, TN
Austin Gelinas
Univ. of Tennessee College of Dentistry
Memphis, TN
Nicholas James Baldetti
Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry
Dallas, TX
Anne Crowley
Texas Tech Hunt School of Dental Medicine
El Paso, TX
No Name Submitted for Award
University of Texas HSC at San Antonio School of Dentistry
San Antonio, TX
Julia J. Zheng
University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston
Houston, TX
Mahsa Sadri and Azniv Libaryan
Roseman University of Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine
South Jordan, UT
Jen Turski
University of Utah School of Dentistry
Salt Lake City, UT
Jenny Nguyen
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Richmond, VA
No Name Submitted for Award
University of Washington, School of Dentistry,
Seattle, WA
Ciara Ellen Glancy
Marquette University School of Dentistry
Milwaukee, WI
International
No Name Submitted for Award
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
No Name Submitted for Award
Universite Laval, Faculte de Medecine Dentaire
Quebec, Canada
No Name Submitted for Award
University of Manitoba, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
Winnepeg, Canada
No Name Submitted for Award
McGill University
Quebec, Canada
Yannis Karamitsos
University of Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Nishant Kharidehal
University of Alberta
Alberta, Canada
No Name Submitted for Award
College of Dentistry, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, Canada
No Name Submitted for Award
University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine
San Juan, Puerto Rico
No Name Submitted for Award
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
Student Certificate of Merit Award
This certificate is presented to dental students for outstanding and dedicated service to the profession. Particular emphasis is placed on the student’s contributions to the dental literature. Dental school deans select the recipients, and local Section Chairpersons are encouraged to participate in the award presentation.


