Recent awards and fellowships for the class of 2024 Advanced Dental Education students graduating in 2024. Thank you to our impressive residents and wonderfully generous alumni and friends!
American Association of Orthodontists Table Clinic Award
AADOCR Student Training and Research (STAR) Network- President
Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society
Rho Chi Academic Honor Society in Pharmacy
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Master of Orthodontics Graduate Merit Assistantship
Joy Gerasco
American Academy of Cariology Student Research Award
AAOF Research Aid Award | AAO Foundation
SAO Resident Research Grant- Southern Association of Orthodontists
Smiley Fellowship- Dental Foundation of North Carolina
Adam Hoxie
AAOMR Albert G Richards Award
AAOMR Centennial Scholarship Award
Johnathan LaPrade
Advanced Education Fellowship- Dental Foundation of North Carolina
Suad Shameih
Yaser Ikhlayel
Alaa AlJohani
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Samuel D. Harris Research & Policy Fellowship
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Transition Advisory Group Appointment
Delta Dental Community Care – National Leadership Award
Diane C. Dilley Fellowship
Jim Congleton Fellowship
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (LEND) Fellowship
National Dental Association – Dr. Clifton & Lois Dummett Scholarship
Mark Veazy
American Association of Orthodontists Foundation Research Aid Award
Joy Gerasco
Christine Bode
Ann and G Randolph Babcock Fellowship- Dental Foundation of North Carolina
Adam Hoxie
Jonathan LaPrade
Amjad AlGahib
Christine Bode
Riley Allen
Leela Breitman|
Claire Carney
Mark Veazy
Joy Gerasco
Jaqueline Massouda
Jesse Woon
Ye Wan
Anne & Henry Harrelson Fellowship
Jesse Woon
APS Student of Merit Award
Leela Brietmann
Childcare Scholarship Program
Omicron Kappa Upsilon Eta Chapter
Francesco DeMayo
Dentsply Sirona/ADHA Graduate Student Clinician’s Research Award
National Center for Dental Hygiene Research & Practice Research Grant
Ye Wan
Derek T. Turner Research Excellence Award – NCAADR Board
Adam Hoxie
Joy Gerasco
Christine Bode
Dr. Eugene F. Howden Pediatric Dentistry Fellowship
Dr. Mike Roberts Fellowship
Sungmin Sohn
Dr. Neil Kessel Fellowship
Christine Bode
Dr. Shizuko Yamauchi Endodontics Graduate Student Award
Jackson Seagroves
Elsie and Baxter Sapp Fellowship
Johnathan LaPrade
Amjad AlGahib
Fetner Family Fellowship
Menius Fellowship
Orthodontics Pediatric Dentistry San Francisco Lee & Pang Fellowship
Theodore Oldenburg Fellowship
Claire Carney
Freedland Advances Dental Education Fellowship
Francesco DeMayo
Jackson Seagrove
Damian Slaczka
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the year for the 2025 DDS Class
Jack and Renee Dunlevy Fellowship
Jaqueline Massouda
Jacob Freedland Scholarship
Francesco DeMayo
Jackson Seagroves
Damian Slaczka
Mary Jean Breeland Fellowship
Sungmin Sohn
Mark Veazy
Miriam Easterling Baker Fellowship
Christine Bode
Joy Gerasco
Adam Hoxie
Olmsted, Torney, Mohorn, Mohorn, and Morgan Fellowship
Francesco DeMayo
Jackson Seagroves
Damian Slaczka
Sandy Marks Fellowship
Sungmin Sohn
Mark Veazy
Southern Association for Orthodontists Resident Research Award
Joy Gerasco
Christine Bode
Jaqueline Massouda
Spurgeon Award
Yaser Ikhlayel
Sturdevant Research Award
Suad Shameh
Alaa AlJohani
The Brooks Fellowship
Thomas Patrick III
Worth Gregory Fellowship
Francesco DeMayo
Jackson Seagroves
Damian Slaczka