The Academy presents an Evidence-Based Dentistry Service Award to recognize a pediatric dentist(s) or clinician(s) who has made a major contribution via service or publication, on a national or international level, to the dental profession and the specialty of pediatric dentistry through evidence-based clinical practice, academics or policy development over the past year. Nominees solicited are considered by the Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) Committee, which shall make recommendations to the Board of Trustees who shall make the final selection. Teams may apply, such as a systematic review workgroup.
Award Eligibility:
- Open to non-AAPD members or AAPD members who have contributed to Evidence-Based Dentistry.
- Provide proof of at least one peer-reviewed published EBD paper.
- Demonstrate through service or publication an extraordinary contribution to EBD.
The EBD Award application period for 2025 is now closed. The application will reopen in January 2026 and advertised in E-News and posted on this page.
If you have any questions, please contact AAPD Research Project Manager Rachel Wedeward at (773) 938-4858 or rwedeward@aapd.org.
Past Recipients
- 2025: Dr. Tim Wright
- 2024: AAPD Behavior Guidance Workgroup
- Dr. Vineet Dhar
- Dr. Jayakumar Jayaraman
- Dr. Elizabeth Gosnell
- Dr. Clarice Law
- Dr. Martina Mastorovic
- Dr. Abdullah Marghalani
- Dr. Cameron L. Randall
- Dr. Janice Townsend
- Dr. Martha Wells
- Dr. Chia-Yu Chen
- Rachel Wedeward
- 2023: Dr. Yasmi Crystal
- 2022: Dr. Vineet Dhar
- 2021: Dr. Elizabeth S. Gosnell
- 2020: Dr. Rebecca Slayton
- 2019: Dr. Kaaren Vargas
- 2018: Dr. Norman Tinanoff
- 2017: Dr. James A. Coll and Dr. N. Sue Seale Coll