Distinguished Service Award
Sustained, exemplary service to AAPHD and the field of dental public health.
Recognize
AAPHD's awards and honorees
Each year AAPHD recognizes members and students whose work advances oral health for all. Awards span practice, research, advocacy, and student excellence.
Awards
Honoring the field
Browse current categories and recent winners.
Merit Awards
Premier recognition for the field
Multiple categories spanning research, practice, leadership, and lifetime contribution.
Award of Merit
Outstanding contribution to dental public health practice, research, or policy.
John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award
The Association's highest honor for a lifetime of service to the field.
Student Awards
Recognizing the next generation
AAPHD's student award programs support and celebrate emerging dental public health scholars.
Student Merit Award
Recognizes a graduating student who has demonstrated leadership, scholarship, and commitment to dental public health.
Predoctoral Dental Student Award
For predoctoral students with outstanding work in dental public health.
Leverett Graduate Student Award
For graduate students advancing dental public health research and practice.