National Research Service Award to study Oral Epidemiology, National Institute of Dental Research, 1988
Civil Rights Award, National Dental Association, 1988
Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Chi Chapter, 2001
Faculty Recognition Award for Research, National Dental Association Foundation/Colgate Palmolive, 2002
Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health (Certification #180), American Board of Dental Public Health, 2002
National Advisory Dental & Craniofacial Research Council, National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, 2003
Research Participation Program Award as Research Scholar, ORISE/CDC, 2007
Fellow, American College of Dentists, 2009
Board of Scientific Counselors, NIH/NIDCR, 2012
Special Citation as a member of the CDC-AAP Workgroup on Self-report of Periodontal Disease, American Academy of Periodontology, 2012
Clinical Research Award, as co-author for the article titled, “CDC Periodontal Disease Surveillance Workgroup: Prevalence of periodontitis in adults in the United States”., American Academy of Periodontology, 2013
Clinical Research Award, as co-author for the articled, "“Update on Prevalence of Periodontitis in Adults in the United States: NHANES 2009 to 2012”., American Academy of Periodontology, 2016
National Dental Association President’s Award for Valuable Contributions and Devotion to the Profession of Dentistry and the Mission of the National Dental Association, National Dental Association, 2021
Keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Health Sciences Symposium, University of Michigan’s health sciences schools, colleges, and offices, 2023
