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.
Applications will open in January of every calendar year and applications are due in early March.
If you have any questions, please contact AAPD Research Project Manager Rachel Wedeward at (773) 938-4858 or rwedeward@aapd.org.
Past Recipients
- 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