Faculty Honors & Awards
2006 - 2007
Kitrina Cordell
Teacher of the Year, Dr. Paul Gibbons Award, Senior Dental Class of 2006
Teacher of the Year, Dr. Paul Gibbons Award, Senior Dental Class of 2008
Nisha D'Silva
Donald A. Kerr Collegiate Professor, 2007
Crosby Research Award, 2006
Paul Edwards
Outstanding Academic Instructor Award, Sophomore Class, Creighton University, 2005-06 and 2006-07.
Faculty Development Award, Health Future Foundation, Creighton University School of Medicine, 2005-06
Renny Franceschi
Biological Mineralization Award, International Association for Dental Research, 2008
William Giannobile
Co-Recipient, R. Earl Robinson Periodontal Regeneration Award, American Academy of Periodontology, 2006
Student awards:
Research Advisor, Dr. Darnell Kaigler Jr., Recipient of Burroughs-Wellcome Translational Career Development Award, 2007-2012
Research Advisor, Dr. Zhao Lin, Rackham Graduate School Travel Award, 2007
Research Advisor, Meghan Dubois, trainee in the NIH-University of Michigan’s Multidisciplinary Clinical Researchers in Training Program, 2007
Research Advisor, Lindsay Rayburn, trainee in the NIH-University of Michigan’s Multidisciplinary Clinical Researchers in Training Program, 2007
Research Advisor, Dr. Matthew Dunn, Thomas M. Graber Award for Special Merit, American Association of Orthodontics, 2007
Research Advisor, Dr. Christoph Ramseier, Swiss Society of Periodontology Research Fellowship, 2007
Juana Gissendanner
President-Elect, National Dental Hygiene Association, 2007-09.
Jeri Gonta
Dental Hygiene Senior Clinic Award, 2006
Anne Gwozdek
Student Advisor Award, American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA), 2007
Carla Harrel
Dental Hygiene Junior Clinic Award, 2nd Floor, 2007
Dental Hygiene Senior Clinic Award, 2006
Sue Ann Janusz
Dental Hygiene Junior Clinic Award, 2006
Lynn Johnson
Apple Award for Innovation in Science, 2008
Preetha Kanjirath
Outstanding Manuscript Award, American Dental Education Association, 2007
Yvonne Kapila
Standing member, Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Sciences Study Section, NIH
Christine Klausner
Dental Hygiene Faculty of the Year Award, Class of 2009, 2007
Dental Hygiene Faculty of the Year Award, Class of 2009, 2006
Mary Layher
Michigan Dental Hygienists' Association (MDHA) Frances Shook Award, 2006
Connie MacKinnon
Dental Hygiene Senior Clinic Award, 2nd Floor, 2007
Dental Hygiene Junior Clinic Award, 3rd Floor, 2007
Laurie McCauley
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be honored during AAAS annual meeting, 2008
Associate Editor, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2007-2012
Council member, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2007-2010
Editorial Board, Oral Diseases, 2006-2009
Editorial Board, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2004-2009
Editorial Board, Calcified Tissue International, 2002-2007
Rodrigo Neiva
Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award, Perio Graduate Residents, 2007
Tae-Ju Oh
Faculty member, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Chi Chapter, 2007
Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics Award, American Academy of Periodontology, 2007
Susan Pritzel
Vice President, Michigan Dental Hygienists Association, 2006-2007
Chair, School of Dentistry Board of Governors, 2006-2007
Dental Hygiene Overall Faculty Award, 2006
Dental Hygiene Junior Clinic Award, 2006
Philip Richards
Instructor of the Year, Michigan Section of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, 2006-2007
Teacher of the Year, Dental Class of 2009, 2006 and 2007
Karen Ridley
Dental Hygiene Overall Faculty Award, 2007
Dental Hygiene Senior Clinic Award, 3rd Floor, 2007
Stephen Stefanac
Dental Class Student Council Award, 2006
Hom-Lay Wang
Perel Educator's Award, 2008
Collegiate Professor of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 2007
Morton L. Perel Annual Award for Dental Implant Educators, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, 2007
President Elect, The International Congress of Oral Implantologists, 2007
President, Midwest Society of Periodontology, 2006-2007
Associate Editor, International Journal of Oral Maxillofacial Implants, 2006-present
Honorary member, SENAME (Southern Europe North Africa Mideast) Implantology Association, 2006
Honorary PhD, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi-oara Faculty of Dental Medicine, 2006
Editorial Advisory Boards: Journal of Periodontology, The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, Implant Dentistry, European Journal of Dentistry, 2006
Marilyn Wolfolk
Fellow, American College of Dentists, 2006