The UBC Dentistry Fall Awards celebrate outstanding student achievements and recognize the Faculty’s commitment to excellence in dental education. Congratulations to the awards recipients for the 2023-24 academic year!
Annie Cai
(BDSc 2025 candidate)
The Dean of Dentistry Dental Hygiene Scholarship
Jaci Knight
(BDSc 2025 candidate)
Dental Hygiene Faculty Award
Ngoc Thanh Xuan Nguyen
(BDSc 2025 candidate)
Professor Bonnie J. Craig Award in Dental Hygiene
Carlos Carrillo Community Service Award
Anna Ellen Kaur Sohi
(BDSc 2026 candidate)
Impact of Ten Dental Hygiene Award
Emma Rose-Marie Tarzwell
(BDSc 2027 candidate)
Impact of Ten Dental Hygiene Award
Aksh Aggarwal
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Dr. Marcia A. Boyd Award in Dentistry
Hannah Agnew
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Dr. Ralph Yorsh Scholarship in Dentistry
Rana Alamdaran
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Dr. Perry H. Trester Leadership Award in Dentistry
Dr. Irving E. Snider Prize
Neeku Amanat
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Graduating Class of 1986 Award in Dentistry
Alison Blattler
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Dr. Lorin O. Lind Memorial Prize
Joel Chahal
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Henry Schein Outstanding Leadership Award in Dentistry
Betty Chang
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Synergy Business Lawyers LLP Student Leadership Award
Keren Chen
(DMD 2028 candidate)
Dr. Alan A. Lowe Entrance Award in Dentistry
RBC Leadership Award in Dentistry
Nathan (Jeng) Cheung
(DMD 2028 candidate)
M.C. Bagnall Scholarship
Kaileigh Chow
(DMD 2025 candidate)
International College of Dentists Award
Alex Fan
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Dr. Wilfred Arthur Jefferies Memorial Scholarship
Chrysalis Dental Centre - Vancouver Award
Ayda Fathi
(DMD 2027 candidate)
British Columbia Dental Association Mike Wells Award in Dentistry
Preventive Dentistry Prize
Anika Gong
(DMD 2025 candidate)
TD Service Award in Dentistry
Andrew Hunter
(DMD 2028 candidate)
M.C. Bagnall Scholarship
Jessica Khangura
(DMD 2026 candidate)
A-dec Community Service Award
Heaps & Doyle Research Award in Dentistry
Alanna Larter
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Robert W. Scott Memorial Award
William Lee
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Graduating Class of Dentistry 1978 Scholarship
Jenny Li
(DMD 2025 candidate)
British Columbia Society of Periodontists Prize
Nathan Liu
(DMD 2028 candidate)
Dr. Ralph Yorsh Scholarship in Dentistry
Lucy (Yi) Lu
(DMD 2028 candidate)
Curion Dental Products Scholarship
Amica-Mariae Lucas
(DMD 2027 candidate)
Vancouver Iranian Dental Association Award in Dentistry
Victoria Lun
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Dr. Ralph Yorsh Scholarship in Dentistry
Jordan Petryk
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Scotiabank Award in Dentistry
Madison Powell
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Dr. Clay Hallman Memorial Scholarship for Proficiency in Removable Prosthetics
Tavleen Kaur Ramgarhia
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Akash Villing & Family Award for Community Service
Soheil Saeidiborojeni
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Septodont Pain Management Prize in Dentistry
Sina Safaeian
(DMD 2028 candidate)
Dean of Dentistry Scholarship
Darren Sayson
(DMD 2027 candidate)
Curion Dental Products Scholarship
Sarah Shin
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Western Canada Dental Society Scholarship
Laura Shouldice
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Thompson Okanagan Dental Society Scholarship
Brendan Szeto
(DMD 2025 candidate)
British Columbia Dental Association Award in Dentistry
Carlos Carrillo Community Service Award
Navkiran Takhar
(DMD 2027 candidate)
BC Dentists' Wives' Association Scholarship in Dentistry
Mika Tillmanns
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Curion Dental Products Scholarship
Nicholas Vankka
(DMD 2026 candidate)
British Columbia Dental Association Award in Dentistry
Nigel Watney
(DMD 2028 candidate)
Dean of Dentistry Scholarship
Arica Wen
(DMD 2028 candidate)
Pacific Blue Cross Entrance Scholarship
Reed (James) Wood
(DMD 2027 candidate)
Claude Gardner Memorial Scholarship
Lena Xiong
(DMD 2026 candidate)
Susan Foy Memorial Service Award
Catherine Yu
(DMD 2027 candidate)
Western Canada Dental Society Leadership Scholarship
Roy (Ru Yi) Zhao
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Western Canada Dental Society Award in Dentistry
American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leader Award
BC Society of Orthodontists C. Craig Memorial Scholarship
Yandi (Clement) Zheng
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Dentsply Sirona Award in Endodontics
Rose (Ru Jing) Zhou
(DMD 2025 candidate)
Western Canada Dental Society Dr. Cal Waddell Scholarship
Graduating Class of Dentistry 1974 Prize
Anthony Zhuang
(DMD 2027 candidate)
Dr. Ralph Yorsh Scholarship in Dentistry
| Sankriti Ananthamurthy | MSc Dip Pediatrics Year 3 | Dr. Gary Derkson Memorial Award in Dentistry |
| Iman Asaria | MSc Dip Orthodontics Year 2 | George S. Beagrie Scholarship |
| Ahmed Ben Suleiman | MSc Dip Prosthodontics Year 1 | Dr. S. Wah Leung Scholarship |
| Navdeep Bharj | MSc Dip Orthodontics Year 2 | Mrs. Frances E.R. Maplethorp Award |
| Dyar Bikey | MSc Dip Pediatrics Year 3 | Dr. Gary Derkson Memorial Award in Dentistry |
| Alex Burk | MSc Dip Prosthodontics Year 1 | Association of Prosthodontists of Canada Award for Academic Achievement |
| Yanlong Chen | MSc Year 2 | George S. Beagrie Scholarship |
| Shabnam Enteghad | MSc Year 2 | George S. Beagrie Scholarship |
| Amr Farrag | MSc Dip Prosthodontics Year 3 | Dr. Christopher Wyatt Graduate Award in Dentistry |
| Leila Gholami | MSc Dip Periodontics Year 2 | Nobel Biocare Achievement in Osseointegration |
| Isra Ibrahim | PhD Year 2 | Joseph Tonzetich Fellowship |
| Wenhui Jiang | MSc Dip Orthodontics Year 3 | William W. Wood Memorial Scholarship |
| Wenhui Jiang | MSc Dip Orthodontics Year 3 | Faculty of Dentistry Graduate Orthodontics Alumni Scholarship |
| He (Jack) Liu | PhD Year 2 | Joseph Tonzetich Scholarship |
| Felix Ma | PhD Year 1 | Joseph Tonzetich Fellowship |
| Shamira Naik | MSc Dip Pediatrics Year 3 | Dr. Gary Derkson Memorial Award in Dentistry |
| Sheena Sachdeva | MSc Dip Orthodontics Year 3 | Rashida Ali Award in Dentistry |
| Wafaa Safour | MSc Year 2 | George S. Beagrie Scholarship |
| Atyaf Saleh | MSc Dip Pediatrics Year 3 | Dr. Gary Derkson Memorial Award in Dentistry |
| Kyle Scoten | MSc Dip Orthodontics Year 2 | George S. Beagrie Scholarship |
| Ilena Yim | PhD Year 1 | George S. Beagrie Scholarship |
UBC Dentistry is grateful for our award supporters’ generosity and continued support of the student awards program.