RECENT NOTABLE COLLEGIATE STUDENT Highest Awards to the University of Iowa AWARDS College of Faculty, Students, Dr. Suvendra Vijayan and Staff, 2017–2018 Resident, Oral Pathology, ACHIEVEMENTS Radiology, and Medicine NOTABLE American Dental Association Robert H. Ahlstrom New STATE JUNIOR FACULTY Investigator Award (2018) NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & HONORS APPOINTMENT RESEARCHER

Dr. Brad Amendt Dr. Julie Holloway Iowa Residency Dr. Michael Kanellis Dr. Brian Howe Associate Dean for Research Department of Program Associate Dean for Department of Family Dr. Kan International Association for Garver-Staffanous Prosthodon- American Association of Orthodontics’ Resident Care Patient Care Dentistry Wongkamhaeng Dental Research Distinguished tic Program Director’s Award for Competition, first place (2017) and fourth place (2018) Member, Iowa State Board of National Institutes of Health Department of Prosthodontics out of almost 70 orthodontic residency programs, which Scientist Award Excellence (2018) Health (2017-2018) K08 Award 3rd place, Sharry Prosthodontic continues a streak of top finishes with three first place Research Competition from the finishes in the last five years American College of Prosth- odontics (2017)

NATIONAL LEADERS Flora Yen Things we’ve achieved Class of 2020 Dr. Richard Burton Dr. David Drake Dr. Sandra Guzman- Dr. Keith Krell Awarded a 2018 Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Department of Oral and Iowa Institute for Oral Health Armstrong Department of Endodontics scholarship in recognition Maxillofacial Surgery Research & Department of Department of Operative Den- President-Elect, American As- TOGETHER... of her commitment to Endodontics President, American Board of tistry sociation of Endodontists (2018) community service Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Treasurer, American Secretary, American Academy of (2017) Association for Dental Cariology (2018) Research (2018)

Dr. Wenjie Yu PhD, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Dr. Michelle Dr. Fabricio Teixeira Dr. Anne Williamson Dr. John Warren International Association for McQuistan Department of Endodontics Department of Endodontics Department of Preventive and Dental Research (IADR) Ber- Department of Preventive & Director, American Board of Director, American Board of Community Dentistry nard Sarnat Award in Craniofa- Community Dentistry Endodontics (2018) Endodontics (2018) President, American Board cial Biology, senior division President, American Associa- of Board of tion of Public Health Dentistry Directors (2018) (2018)

• Second nationally in papers accepted for presentation at the 2018 AADR meeting. Top five in 2017. MILLION DOLLAR RESEARCHERS (dental researchers who have obtained research grants totaling $1 million or more) • For three of the last four years, the college has been ranked in the top five in Dr. Brad Amendt Dr. Jeff Banas Dr. Azeez Butali Dr. Peter Damiano number of papers published annually in the Journal of Dental Education. Iowa Institute for Oral Health Iowa Institute for Oral Health Iowa Institute for Oral Health Department of Preventive and Research and Department of Research and Department of Research and Department of Community Dentistry • College of Dentistry students pass the final part of their National Board Dental Cynthia Lo and Sagar Gupta Orthodontics Oral Pathology, Radiology, and U.S. Department of Health & Examinations at a significantly higher rate, with significantly higher scores, than For 2017 and 2018, high school students, Cynthia National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health Medicine Human Services do their peers across the country. Lo and Sagar Gupta, won Best Peer-Reviewed Pre- Robert Wood Johnson Founda- sentation awards based on their work in Dr. Azeez tion; Roy J. Carver Charitable Butali’s lab as part of the Secondary Student Trust; National Institutes of Training Program. Health

Dr. Isabelle Denry Dr. David Drake Dr. Lui Hong Dr. Raymond Kuthy Dr. Steven Levy Dr. Lina Moreno-Uribe Iowa Institute for Oral Health Iowa Institute for Oral Health Iowa Institute for Oral Health Department of Preventive and Department of Preventive and Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research and Department of Research and Department of Research and Department of Community Dentistry Community Dentistry Research and Department of Prosthodontics Endodontics Prosthodontics U.S. Department of Health and National Institutes of Health; Orthodontics National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health Human Services University of Michigan American Association of Ortho- dontists Foundation