2016 AAPHD Student Merit Award Winners

Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health

First Place
Jacqueline Burgette    
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Title: THE IMPACT OF EARLY HEAD START ON DENTAL USE
Nominator: R. Gary Rozier, DDS, MPH

Second Place
Dr. Jaffer Ahmed Shariff    
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
Title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREQUENT RECREATIONAL CANNABIS (MARIJUANA AND HASHISH) USE AND PERIODONTITIS IN ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES: NHANES 2011-12
Nominator: Kavita P. Ahluwalia, DDS, MPH

Third Place
Daisy Patino  
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Title: ASSESSMENT OF ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE AND DENTAL UTILIZATION AMONG HISPANIC ADULTS LIVING IN IOWA
Nominator: John J. Warren, DDS, MS

Honorable Mention by Student Last Name Alphabetical order
Jagan Baskaradoss    
Case Western Reserve University, School of Dental Medicine
Title: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ORAL HEALTH LITERACY AND FAILED DENTAL APPOINTMENTS
Nominator: James Lalumandier, DDS, MPH

Sara Laura Coppola    
University of Michigan
Title: FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF THE REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST IN ALTERNATIVE PRACTICE
Nominator: Anne Gwozdek, RDH, BA, MA

Kalyani Raj Yaduwanshi
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Title:    Risk Factors for Adolescent Caries Incidence in the Iowa Fluoride Study
Nominator: John J. Warren, DDS, MS

Predoctoral Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community and Preventive Dentistry

First Place
Nisha Garg        
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Title: DEMAND FOR ORAL HEALTH OUTREACH TO THE CHICAGOLAND VETERAN POPULATION
Nominator: Casewell A. Evans, DDS, MPH

Second Place
Jean Marie Calvo
University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry  
Title: ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND SCREENING AT CALIFORNIA BAY AREA SENIOR CENTERS
Nominator: Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH