#  2025 Commencement Awards and Honors 

 



#  2025 Commencement Awards and Honors 

 

 

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 ### Magna Cum Laude

- **Juliana Andrea Enriquez**
- **Boris Sorkin**



 

 ### Cum Laude

- **Gavin Llorens Chen**
- **Martin Nels Haugstad**



 

 ### Honors in a special field, research

- **Betty Ben Dor**
- **Jake Hunter Cantrell**
- **Kaitlyn Lolly Cardenas\***
- **Boris Sorkin**

*\*Global Community Health Track*



 

  

 

 

 

 

 ### DMD Student Awards

- **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**



 

 ### AGE Student Awards

- **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**



 

  

 

 

 

 

 ### Professional Awards and Special Recognition

**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**