The OKU-Sutro Excellence Day Committee recognizes the following awardees.
1st Place Winners
1st Year DDS Pre-Clinical: Dustin Nguyen (DDS 2028)
Biomedical Research 1: Megan Chang (DDS 2027)
Collaborators/ mentors : David Vang (PhD), Laura Henao (PhD) and Drs. Pedro Henrique Carneiro (PhD), Aline Cristina Abreu Moreira-Souza (PhD), Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva (PhD)
Clinical Research: Amy Takaya (DDS 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Gary D. Richards
Community Health Service & Leadership: Madison “Maddy” Sue Hayes (DDS 2027) and Heayoon Shauna Cho (DDS 2027)
Collaborators: Ernesto Lara, Alissa Gozali (DDS 2026), Pooja Kolla (DDS 2026)
Mentors: Dr. Gil Grio, Dr. Patrick Pansoy, Dr. Michael Suh, Dr. Eric Crum
PIP Clinical: Christopher Jaber (DDS 2027) and Joon Kang (DDS 2027)
Collaborators: Jeffrey Liao, Manar Alzamil, Terrence Cheng
Mentor: Dr. Dina G. Moussa
Educational Research: Shriya Gupta (DDS 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Parvati Iyer, BDS, DDS, MAEd
Endodontics: Akshaya Pallod (BDS, DDS, MSD 2027) and Amin Ali (DMD, MSD 2027)
Collaborators/ Mentors: Drs. Gabriel Murphy (DDS, MSD 2025), Gordon Lai (DDS, MSD), Adham Azim (BDS)
IDS 1st Year Literature Review 1: Amna Saeed, Durga Susmitha Vaddi, Sonam Dhillon, Karan Baldev, Mineh Dehnavi (IDS 2027)
Collaborators/Mentors: Drs. Praveena Ganesh, Suzanne Saidi, Patrick Pansoy
IDS 1st Year Literature Review 2: Bansri Tank (IDS 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Praveena Ganesh
1st Year DDS Pre-Clinical: Laurie Machida (DDS 2028)
2nd Place Winners (Certificates)
Biomedical Research 1: Alice Lin (DDS 2026), Kaige Pi (DDS 2028), Ethan Pham (DDS 2028)
Collaborators/ Mentors: Drs. Jacob Ainhaus, Austin Davies, Brice Gaudilliere, Dyani Gaudilliere, Xiaoyuan Han
Biomedical Research 2: Adrien Stroumza (DDS 2027)
Collaborators: David Vang, Pedro Henrique Carneiro, Laura Henao, Harmony Matshik Dakafay, Scott Davis
Mentors: Drs. David M. Ojcius, Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Aline Cristina Abreu Moreira-Souza
Community Health Service & Leadership: Farida Fayaz (IDS 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva
PIP Clinical: Dena Bashirtash (DDS 2027)
Collaborator: Pedro Henrique Carneiro
Mentors: Dr. Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Kavitha Parthasarathy
Educational Research: Avani Tumuluri (DDS 2027), Amrita Pawar (IDS 2026)
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Pansoy, DDS
Endodontics: Oskar Peikar (DDS, ENDO 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Adham Azim, BDS
IDS 1st Year Literature Review 1: Keerthi Nalluri, Evangelina Morales Munoz, Pooja Tendulkar, Samarpita Chatterjee, Jaspreet Kaur Khangura (IDS 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Pansoy, DDS
IDS 1st Year Literature Review 2: Jaipreet Singh Gill, Heliasadat Haeriboroojeni, Irfa Junaid (IDS 2027)
Mentor: Dr. Praveena Ganesh