2026 Student Award Winners

2026 Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award Winners for
Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health 

First Place:

Dr. Lina Alhudaithy
Boston University, Henry M. Goldman 
School of Dental Medicine
Second Place: 
Dr. Blaire Mirmow
Jacobi Medical Center
 

 

Third Place:


Dr. Amanda Swanson
Pediatric Dentistry of Central Ohio

 

Honorable Mention:
 
Dr. Rajesh Gururaghavendran
Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
 
Honorable Mention: 
Dr. Jamachi Orji
Jacobi Medical Center

 2026 Predoctoral Student Merit Award Winners for 
Outstanding Achievement in Community Dentistry

First Place: 


Margaret Tajirian 
UCLA School of Dentistry

Second Place:

Kyanna Spain
Woody L Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Texas Tech

 

Second Place:


Kailyn Fiocca
Woody L Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Texas Tech

 

 Third Place:

Alex Matthews
Case Western Reserve University

Honorable Mention:


Kelly Yang
Woody L Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Texas Tech

 

Honorable Mention:

Usama Kamal
Woody L Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Texas Tech

Honorable Mention:

Subhi Omar
Woody L Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Texas Tech

 2026 Leverett Doctoral Student Merit Award 
for Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health

First Place:
Nithya Ramesh
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Second Place:
Pamela Nwachukwu
University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Third Place:
Rohit Baal Balasundaram
Texas Tech Univesity Health Sciences Center
Honorable Mention:
Anas Olwi
Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine