2025 Commencement Awards and Honors | Harvard School of Dental Medicine

*Global Community Health Track

Harvard Dental Alumni Association Gold Medal
For exceptional all-around scholastic achievement
BORIS SORKIN
Harvard Dental Alumni Association
Silver Medal
For outstanding all-around scholastic achievement
JULIANA ANDREA ENRIQUEZ
Dr. Paul Boyle Award
For excellence in the field of Oral Pathology
MELISSA HIMELFARB
The Lois K. Cohen Award
For excellence in the field of global health
KAITLYN LOLLY CARDENAS
Dr. Roy O. Greep Award
For excellence in basic Sciences
GAVIN LLORENS CHEN
Michael S. Hauser, DMD, MD, PD81 Award
For excellence in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
MARTIN NELS HAUGSTAD
Harvard Odontological Society
For excellence in Research
JAKE HUNTER CANTRELL
Grace Milliken Award
For an outstanding thesis on the general subject of dental health
BETTY BEN DOR
Dr. Norman B. Nesbett Award
For excellence in clinical dentistry
JULIANA ANDREA ENRIQUEZ
Gerald Shklar Memorial Award
For excellence in academics and demonstrated talents in art, literature, and/or public service
MARTIN NELS HAUGSTAD
Dr. Leo Talkov Award
For excellence in clinical dentistry
KAILA LA'VON DANIELS
The Community Service Predoctoral Student Award
For overall achievement in public health and contribution to the field
BETTY BEN DOR

The Lois K. Cohen Award
For excellence in the field of global health
NITHYA PUTTIGE RAMESH
Dr. James M. Dunning Award
For outstanding research in oral epidemiology/public health dentistry
MEAAD ABDULNASER MOGADDAM
Dr. Joseph L. Henry Award
For extraordinary accomplishments in research and clinical dentistry, and contributions to the School
MATTHEW A. EVERS
Dr. James H. Shaw Award
In recognition of research that greatly advances knowledge in a particular discipline
MIN KYEONG KIM
The Community Service Postdoctoral Student Award
For overall achievement in public health and contribution to the field
JENNIFER BELLA SHAHAR

Academy of Operative Dentistry
LAUREN ASHLEY QUINTELA

Academy of Osseointegration Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award
ANITA NASSERI

ADEA Dr. Jeanne Craig Sinkford Student Leadership Award
TASHAUNA R. HOLMES

American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
ANITA NASSERI

American Academy of Implant Dentistry: Predoctoral Dental Student Award
MARTIN NELS HAUGSTAD

American Academy of Implant Dentistry: Postdoctoral Student Award
ANAHAT KHEHRA

American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
MARTIN NELS HAUGSTAD

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
BETSSY MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ RAMOS

American Academy of Periodontology
BETTY BEN DOR

American Association of Endodontists Predoctoral Student Award
SUMMER XIAMIN TAN

American Association of Orthodontists
CAMILA TUSSIE

American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leader Award
BETTY BEN DOR

American College of Prosthodontists
KAILA LA’VON DANIELS

American Prosthodontic Society
JAKE HUNTER CANTRELL

ASDA Award of Excellence
HAOCHUN YANG

Dental Lifeline Network Outstanding Student Award
REBECCA LYNN CLEM

International College of Dentists Leadership Award
HAOCHUN YANG

International College of Dentists Humanitarian Award
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN

International Congress of Oral Implantologists Award
BETTY BEN DOR

Northeastern Society of Periodontology
ANITA NASSERI

Pierre Fauchard Academy Senior Student Award
CAMILA TUSSIE

Whip Mix Corporation - Hanau Award in Prosthodontics
BORIS SORKIN

William H. Bell Award for Predoctoral Achievement in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
DEEPAK SURI