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Congratulations to Diana Lin, who has been selected as the recipient of the W.W. Wood Award for excellence in dental education at the UBC Faculty of Dentistry for 2025.
Thank you to all the practitioners, specialists and dental hygienists who generously served as part-time faculty members during the 2024-25 academic year!
As part of her current professorship, UBC Dentistry is excited to welcome Dr. Soussou in her new role as Director of the Graduate Pediatric Dentistry Program, effective July 1.
Congratulations to 2025 Alumni Affiliate Award recipients Dr. Myrna Halpenny, Rae McFarlane and Shunhau To.
Dr. Catherine Poh recently shared how her innovative, donor-supported research is offering hope for improving patient outcomes.
The UBC Dentistry Graduation Awards celebrate outstanding student achievements and recognize the Faculty’s commitment to excellence in dental education.
Congratulations to Ilena Yim (PhD Year 2), Parsa Shafiei (MSc Year 2), Maryam Shakeri (MSc Year 2) and Krysia MacRae (MSc Year 1), who have been awarded prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Congratulations to Dr. Ahmed Hieawy, Associate Professor in the Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Division of Endodontics, who has been awarded a 2025 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award, Canada’s most prestigious recognition of educational leadership and teaching excellence.
The Undergraduate Student Summer Research Awards provides undergraduate students eight weeks of hands-on research experience in a UBC Dentistry research lab over the summer. Congratulations to this year's recipients.