The school offers faculty awards, annually, in recognition of excellence in the three mission areas – teaching, research and service.
Awards offer varying financial incentives that include merit increases and support for work-related travel or development of teaching techniques and methodology.
2019 Faculty Awards Recipients
Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award
Dr. Danette McNew
Department of General Dentistry
Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Bruno Ruest
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Clinical Faculty Research Award
Dr. Amal Noureldin
Department of Public Health Sciences
Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Faizan Kabani
Caruth School of Dental Hygiene
Basic Science Faculty Research Award
Dr. Xiaofang Wang
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Amp Miller
TAMU Association of Former Students
Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Stephen McDonald
TAMU Association of Former Students
2018 Faculty Awards Recipients
COD Basic Science Faculty Research Award
Dr. Xiaohua Liu
Department of Biomedical Science
COD Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Amanda Muns
Department of Restorative Sciences
Distinguished Achievement Award
Mary Vu
Caruth School of Dental Hygiene
TAMU Association of Former Students
Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Sarah Allen
Department of Restorative Sciences
TAMU Association of Former Students
2017 Faculty Awards Recipients
Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Katie Julien
Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Amal NourEl-din, D1; and Dr. Sarah P. Allen, D3
Basic Science Faculty Research Award
Dr. Feng Tao
Institutional Service Excellence Award
Dr. Kathy K.H. Svoboda
2016 Faculty Award Recipients
Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Diane Flint
Associate Professor
Department of Diagnostics Sciences
Clinical Science Faculty Research
Dr. Lisa Cheng
Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Oral Pathology
Department of Restorative Sciences
2015 Faculty Awards Recipients
Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Darren Roesch
Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. K. Vendrell Rankin
Basic Science Faculty Research Award
Dr. M. Douglas Benson
Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award (Full Time)
Dr. Jennifer Barrington
2014 Faculty Awards Recipients
Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Hui Liang
Associate Professor
Department of Diagnostics Sciences
Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Reginald Taylor
Associate Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Institutional Service Excellence
Dr. Robert Spears
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Basic Science Faculty Research
Dr. Yongbo Lu
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Excellence in Clinical Teaching (Part Time)
Dr. Khaldoun Ajlouni
Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Sciences