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The spring 2025 convocation ceremony was held on May 27. Consult the program, the , and the photo gallery of the day and our awards ceremony.

Congratulations to all spring 2025 Graduates!

Graduate Students

PhD - Oral Health Sciences听

Wenji Cai
Chemical and electrochemical treatments for salivary factors on dental and implant surfaces
Direction:听Simon Tran, Sasha Omanovic, and Faleh Tamimi Marino

Heba Madi
Characterizing the inflammation around dental implants: bacterial infection, hypersensitivity, or both?
Direction: Jocelyne Feine and Nicholas Maroun Makhoul

Mahdokht Mahmoodi
Novel roles of plasma fibronectin in energy metabolism and bone formation in vivo
Direction: Mari Tuulia Kaartinen

Mahmoud Moussa
The effect of Botulinum Toxin (A) on bone and supplying vasculature, from animal model to dental clinical application
Direction: Amal Idrissi Janati and Svetlana Komarova

Rachita Seth
COVID-19 related anxiety among Canadian dentists
Direction: Paul J. Allison and Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil

Ying Yue
The social environment and dental caries development: A comprehensive investigation of potential mechanisms
Direction: Belinda Farias Nicolau听

Master of Science - Dental Sciences (Thesis)

Grusha Akade
Homebound seniors experiences with home-based oral healthcare services: a qualitative study
Direction: Pascaline Kengne Talla and Elham Emami

Mohamad Alkayyal
Towards the design of biomimetic dental implants: defining the natural periodontal ligament's structure and a scoping review of soft tissue interfaces
Direction:听Elizabeth Zimmermann, Raphael de Souza and Monzur Murshed

Sarah Boucenna
B-cell-derived extracellular vesicles: isolation, characterization and their effect on improving 脽-cell spheroids and Langerhans islets functionality
Direction: Maryam Tabrizian

Praveen Kumar Elango
The Role of Oral Health in Head and Neck Cancers: Addressing Confounding through Negative Control and Quantitative Bias Analyses
Direction: Belinda Farias Nicolau and Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil

Houda Feguery
COVID-19-related lost productivity measured by days missed from work by gender and role among students and employees in Canadian dental faculties
Direction: Paul J. Allison

Sara Hashemi
The impact of singing and painful temporomandibular disorders on physical, psycho-social factors, masticatory muscles activity and jaw movements during maximum clenching and maximum opening in singers and non-singers
Direction: Elizabeth Zimmermann and Carolina Beraldo Meloto

Samar Jalali
Enhancement of biomaterial induced bone regeneration
Direction: Jake Barralet and Nicholas Maroun Makhoul

Ramshaa Mahalingam
Generation of recombinant human fibulin-5 proteins to study the role of citrullination in elastogenesis
Direction: Dieter Reinhardt

Saba Oghazian
Material-Mediated Tissue Induction; Geometrical, Surgical & Material Parameters
Direction: Jake Barralet

Tisha Prakash
Occupational injuries and illnesses in Quebec's dental workforce: 15-year data on musculoskeletal disorders
Direction: Sabrina Gravel and Elham Emami

Akash Ramprasad
Implementation of motivational interviewing training in dentistry
Direction: Nora Makansi

Amee Sanghavi
Validation of the OHIP-EDENT Instrument using the Factor Analysis Technique
Direction: Belinda Farias Nicolau and Jocelyne Feine

Meet Shah
Mechanoadaptation in chickens and mice
Direction: Bettina Willie

Sakshi Verma
Understanding the therapeutic potential of inhibiting Lair-1 for fracture healing
Direction: Bettina Willie and听Svetlana Komarova

Master of Science - Dental Sciences (Non-Thesis)

Zahra Attaran Bondarabadi

Somaiya Bari

Pritha Bhasin

Swetha Rajah

Sakshi Verma

Graduate Student Awards

ZAHRA ATTARAN BONDARABADI听

Highest cGPA Award, MSc Non-Thesis

SAKSHI VERMA

Best Practicum Award, MSc Non-Thesis

PRAVEEN KUMAR ELANGO

Highest cGPA Award, MSc Thesis

SARAH BOUCENNA

Best Thesis Award, MSc Thesis

MAHMOUD MOUSSA

Highest cGPA Award, PhD
Best Thesis Award, MSc Thesis

Dean's Honour List - Undergraduate Students

Awarded in recognition of students who are in the top 10% of the class

Quentin Basiren, Kaitlin Chow, Gucci Ding, Amanda Janes, Micaela Buchbinder Rubinstein, Vishwendra Singh

DMD Student Awards

NICHOLAS AKST

Prix Micheline-Blain de l'ACDQ, donated by the Association des chirurgiens dentistes du Qu茅bec, is awarded to the student who has best served the interests of their colleagues throughout the university years.

MUNZER ALKOURDI

Canadian Dental Association Student Leadership Award, awarded to a student who has shown outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship, character and humanity

TYLER BALIESH

ADEA Dr. Jeanne C. Sinkford Student Leadership Award, sponsored by the American Dental Education Association, is given annually by each U.S. and Canadian dental school/faculty to a student in good academic standing in their final year of dental education who has demonstrated effective leadership and advocated for diversity, equity, and inclusion and championed access to oral health care for underserved and disadvantaged populations.

QUENTIN BASIREN

*American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award, awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated special interest and accomplishment in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

*American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons' Dental Student Award, awarded to a graduating student for outstanding performance in undergraduate study and clinical training in oral and maxillofacial surgery and anesthesiology

Dr. A. Gerald Racey Prize, awarded to the student who has excelled in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Dr. A.L. Walsh Prize, awarded for meritorious achievement in Oral Medicine throughout the clinical years

Dr. A.W. Thornton Medal, awarded to the student with the highest overall standing in the four years of the undergraduate program

*Dr. Andr茅 Charest Prize, donated by the Quebec Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, awarded to a student in the final year who has attained the highest standing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Dr. W.G. Leahy Prize, awarded for meritorious achievement in Clinical Dentistry

ARIEH BOUHADANA

Dr. Marvin and Mandy Werbitt Award in Periodontics, awarded to a graduating student who has completed the DMD program and who has demonstrated outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic standing in Periodontology throughout the four- year undergraduate program

RAPHA脣L CHACKAL

Dr. Paul A. Marchand and Maurine McNeil Marchand Prize, awarded to a student who has demonstrated the highest degree of professionalism in patient management

CHRISTINA CHARARA

*American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Award, awarded to a student who has shown the most promise in pediatric dentistry

KAITLIN CHOW

*American Academy of Periodontology Student Award, awarded to a graduating student who has displayed the highest level of academic and clinical achievement related to Periodontics

Dr. Marvin and Mandy Werbitt Award in Periodontics, awarded to a graduating student who has completed the DMD program and who has demonstrated outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic standing in Periodontology throughout the four- year undergraduate program

CAMILLE CONTANT

*American College of Prosthodontists Predoctoral Achievement Award, awarded to an outstanding graduating student for excellence in prosthodontics.

*Prix de la Fondation de l'Ordre des dentistes du Qu茅bec, awarded to a meritorious student who demonstrates compassion in providing oral health care to disadvantaged people within the community and who understands and values the importance of the FODQ mission

GUCCI DING

51吃瓜网Alumnae Society Prize, presented to a distinguished student for excellence and high academic standing

KENNETH DRUMMOND

*Prix de l'Acad茅mie Dentaire du Qu茅bec - Prix de Professionnalisme, awarded to a student for outstanding qualities of respect for others, compassion and dedication and initiative in providing oral health care to the community

SOPHIA GHIASSI

*American College of Dentists' Outstanding Student Leader Award, awarded to a student for outstanding scholastic performance and demonstrated leadership.

Dr. James McCutcheon Medal,听awarded to a student who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship and professional achievement throughout the four years

AMANDA JANES

*American Dental Society of Anesthesiology's Horace Wells Senior Student Award, awarded for proficiency in the field of dental anesthesiology excellence in the academic and clinical aspects of the DMD program

HAYEON MIN

*American Association of Public Health Dentistry Award, awarded to a student in recognition of special interest and achievement in Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health

ASHIMA RAZDAN

*American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award, awarded to a student for exemplary aptitude and achievement in oral and maxillofacial pathology

MICAELA BUCHBINDER RUBINSTEIN

*American Academy of Implant Dentistry Undergraduate Dental Student Award, awarded to a student who demonstrates the most interest, academically and clinically, in implant dentistry

*American Academy of Oral Medicine Certificate of Merit in Oral Medicine, proficiency in the clinical management of medically complex patients

*Canadian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Norman Levine Undergraduate Dental Student Award, awarded to a student who demonstrates aptitude and passion for the field of pediatric dentistry and dentistry for persons with special needs

*Dr. E.J. Rajczak Students Scholar Award for Restorative Excellence, highest standing in the disciplines of both Operative and Prosthodontics

Dr. J.K. Carver Award, second highest overall standing in the four years of the dental undergraduate program

Dr. Soo Kim Lan Prize in Dentistry, awarded to a graduating student who is entering a Residency Program

*Pierre Fauchard Academy's Senior Student Award of Recognition, awarded to a student who has excelled in the academic and clinical aspects of the DMD program

REZA SHAHMOHAMMADI

*American Association of Endodontist's Student Achievement Award in Endodontics, awarded to a student who has the highest level of achievement related to Endodontics

VISHWENDRA SINGH

*Canadian Academy of Periodontology Award of Excellence, awarded to an outstanding student in the field of periodontology

XU JING ZHAO

Prix d'Excellence Jean Robert Vincent, donated by the Quebec Association for Special Care Delivery, awarded for exceptional commitment to geriatric dentistry
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Teaching Awards

DR. NICHOLAS MAKHOUL
Howard S. Katz Excellence in Teaching Award - superior teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences

DR. QUOC NGUYEN听
W.W. Wood Award - excellence in dental education