AAWD Awards

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN DENTISTS ANNOUNCES 2021 LUCY HOBBS TAYLOR AWARD RECIPIENT DR. VALERIE A. MURRAH The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) is proud to announce Valerie A. Murrah, DMD, MA Ed, MS, MBA, as the recipient of the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award, the organization’s top honor. In an academic career that spans…

Awardee Attended School Caitlin Rosemann A.T. Still University - Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health Andria Sofia Fernandez Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Holly Leavengood Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University Sydney Twiggs Indiana University of Dentistry Brenda Manzanares Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of…

The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) is proud to announce Gayle Glenn, DDS, MSD, PA, as the recipient of the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award, the organization’s top honor. Dr. Gayle Glenn became active with the AAWD in her early years in school…

Awardee Attended School Fatjona Aliaj University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Dentistry Lauren Arguelles University of Florida College of dentistry Ashley Arnao University of Kentucky College of Dentistry Jaclyn Bates University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry Katherine Bell University of Maryland School of Dentistry Erin Bibber University of Connecticut School of Dental…

AAWD President Elect Dr. Daphne Ferguson-Young, Professor and Program Director of the General Practice Residency Program at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, nominated CDR Brown for this esteemed award…

The American Association of Women Dentists recently awarded Mary Beth AichelmannReidy, DDS, with the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award, the organization’s top honor. Dr. Aichelmann-Reidy is currently Division Chief of Periodontics in the Department of Advanced Oral Sciences…

Awardee Attended School Amanda Beck-Slumka University of Michigan School of Dentistry Amanda Phan University of Iowa Angelyn Rosenberger University of Missouri Kansas City School of Dentistry AUDREY ELIZABETH MORRISON Texas A&M College of Dentistry Ava Kathryn Miller Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health Blaire Arnold University of Kentucky College of Dentistry Chelsea Alexandra Hope…

According to the nomination, submitted by AAWD chapter faculty advisor and clinical associate professor Dr. Susan Nimmo, the UFCD chapter of AAWD began in 2005 with only 25 members and has now has grown to nearly 100 members…

The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) recently selected University of New England’s Yalda Rostamnezhad as the organization’s 2019 Student of The Year. Yalda Rostamnezhad is a fourth-year student at the University of New England College of Dental Medicine, in Portland, Maine

  From left are Dr. Lisa Itaya (faculty advisor), Caitlin Ha (treasurer), Hilary Parsons (secretary), Sammy Lee (president), Caitlin Konicek (social events chair), Shivali Bhatt (wellness chair), Victoria Saykally (advocacy and community service chair), Sarah Osborne (public relations chair), and Michelle Comroe (membership chair). Not pictured: Sonal Anand (Vice President), Sarah Baik (social events chair),…

  Britney D. Lewis Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University   Britney Lewis has demonstrated leadership, service and a strong commitment to serve her community. Recognized by her nominators for her “passion for service and for bringing this organization as a resource for her fellow female classmates and faculty members,” Britney Lewis helped to launch…

Devon Allison University of Maryland School of Dentistry Investigation of the Application of RNA-Seq in Quantitation of Gene Expression by Microbial Populations in Patients with Agressessive Periodontitis Principal Investigators Mark Shirtliff, PhD Kuei-Ling Hsu, DDS Brittney Ciszek University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry Implementation of a Prenatal Oral Health Program: Benefits,…

  Lieutenant Jane Han, DMD   The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) awarded Lt. Jane Han (U.S. Navy), DMD, with the 2018 Federal Services Award on October 6, 2018, during the 97th AAWD Annual Conference. The Federal Services Award recognizes the achievements made by an AAWD member dentist in the Federal Services arena. The…

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN DENTISTS ANNOUNCES LUCY HOBBS TAYLOR AWARD GOES TO DR. LESLIE E. GRANT The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) recently awarded Leslie E. Grant, DDS, MSPA, with the Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award, the organization’s top honor. About Dr. Grant Dr. Leslie E. Grant is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina.…

Announcing the winners of the annual AAWD Awards

The American Association of Women Dentists Awards Sharon Crane Siegel, DDS, MS, 2015 Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award The American Association of Women Dentists is proud to announce the Recipient of the prestigious 2015 Lucy Hobbs Taylor Award – Dr. Sharon Crane Siegel. According to Dr. Niessen, Dean and Professor at College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern…

The American Association of Women Dentists proudly announces the Colgate Research Scholarship recipients for 2015.  Receive  are this year’s award recipients.  Makani Dollinger will be graduating this spring with her DMD from East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine.  And Angela Guilard is a DMD/ PhD candidate expected to receive her degrees in June of…

The American Association of Women Dentists proudly announces the Procter & Gamble and Gillette Hayden Memorial Foundation award recipient for 2014. Dr. Mojdeh Dehghan is this year’s award recipient.