Awards

TEAM

2002 Far Eastern Economy Review–Young Inventor Award (Finalist Team), Hong Kong
2002 The Enterprise Challenge Innovator Award (Team Award), Singapore
2004 Research Award, Singapore Endodontic Society & Malaysian Endodontic Society conjoint conference (First prize) (Principal Supervisor), Singapore
2008 DENTSPLY Student Clinician Program (Team), SEAADE-IADR meeting 2nd Prize, Manila, Philippines (Principal Supervisor)
2009 GC Dental ASIA Student Research Competition, 2nd Prize, Chang Mai, Thailand (Principal Supervisor)
2011 Research Award (Principal Supervisor), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA
2012 Research Award (Principal Supervisor), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, Boston, USA
2012 Jean-Marie Laurichesse Research Award, International Federation of Endodontic Associations (IFEA), (Principal Supervisor)
2013 Research Award (Principal Supervisor), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, Honolulu, USA (Project Supervisor)
2013 University of Toronto Dental Student Society (DSS) Honorary Member Award for outstanding contribution to Undergraduate education in Endodontics (Toronto, Canada).
2015 Canadian Association of Dental Research- Network for Canadian Oral Health Research Award (Senior Basic Science Category: 3rd place) (Team)
2015 Research Award (Principal Supervisor), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA
2015 Journal of Endodontics Award for the Best Article published in the Basic Science: Technology category in the Journal of Endodontics in 2014
2015 Journal of Endodontics Award: Honorable Mention in the Basic Science: Technology category in the Journal of Endodontics in 2014
2016 Journal of Endodontics Award: Best Article published in the Basic Science: Technology category in the Journal of Endodontics in 2015
2016 Research Award (Principal Supervisor), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA (2)
2017 Research Award (Principal Supervisor) (First Place, Oral Presentations), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA
2017 Journal of Endodontics Award: Honorable Mention in the Basic Science: Technology category in the Journal of Endodontics in 2017
2019 Hatton Award (First Place), Canadian Association of Dental Research-Network for Canadian Oral Health Research Award (Senior Basic Science Category) (Principal Supervisor)
2019 Research Award (Principal Supervisor) (Oral Presentations), American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting (AAE19), Montreal, Canada, 2019
2020 Canadian Association of Dental Research (CADR)- Network for Canadian Oral Health and Research (NCOHR) Award 2019 (Senior Clinical Science Category) (Principal Supervisor)
2020 Journal of Endodontics Award: Best Article published in the Basic Science: Technology category in the Journal of Endodontics in 2019
2021 Canadian Association of Dental Research (CADR)- Network for Canadian Oral Health and Research (NCOHR) Award 2021 (Senior Basic Science Category) (Principal Supervisor)
2021 Journal of Endodontics Award: Best Article published in the Basic Science: Technology category in the Journal of Endodontics in 2020
2021 Jean-Marie Laurichesse Research Award, International Federation of Endodontic Associations (IFEA), (Principal Supervisor)
2021 Pulp Biology & Regeneration Group Travel Award (Principal Supervisor)
2022 Journal of Endodontics Award 2022: Case reports and clinical techniques
2022 Journal of Endodontics Honorable mention 2022: Basic Science Technology Category
2022 University of Toronto 3MT competition: People choice award (Principal Supervisor)
2023 University of Toronto 3MT competition : People’s Choice Award) (Principal Supervisor)
2023 Journal of Endodontics Award 2022: Basic Science Biology category
2023 Journal of Endodontics Award 2022: Narrative Review category
2023 Journal of Endodontics Honorable Mention 2022: Basic Science: Technology category
2023 Journal of Endodontics Honorable Mention 2022: Regenerative Endodontics category
2023 Journal of Endodontics Honorable Mention 2022: Basic Science: Biology category

PERSONAL

1994 Research Award, Colgate-Palmolive, Madras, India
1995 Research Award, Federation of Operative Dentistry of India, Calcutta, India
1996 Research Award, Tamil Nadu State Dental Association, Tiruchirappalli, India
1997 Singapore Ministry of Education-Nanyang Technological University Scholarship for Doctoral Program
2001 Travel Award, International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), USA
2008 Commentary Article: A new light in dentistry, in Nature: Photonics 2, 705 – 707 (2008).
2013 Langham’s Endodontic Group Lectureship, London (UK), 12 October 2013 (6 hours).
2013 Diplomate of the Indian Board of Endodontics (IBE)
2013 Edgar D. Coolidge Lectureship, Chicago, 21 November 2013
2014 Feature Cover Page Article for the 2014 April issue of the journal Nanomedicine

2014 American Association of Endodontists – Dentsply: Research Excellence Award (Principal Investigator/University of Toronto)
2014 Dr. Irving Naidorf Lectureship, Columbia University, New York, USA, 05 Dec 2014
2015 Burroughs Wellcome Scholarship: Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston) (recipient)
2015 Edward C. Penick Endodontic Lectureship, Baltimore, USA, May 2015
2016 Steven P. Chartan Memorial Lectureship: Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Mar 2016
2016 WW Wood Award from Canadian Faculty Association for excellence in dental education
2019 George Hare Memorial Lectureship, 55th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Endodontics, Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Sep18
2020 Recipient of the 2021 Louis I. Grossman Award from the American Association of Endodontists (AAE). This prestigious award recognizes an author for cumulative publication of significant research studies that have made an extraordinary contribution to endodontology
2022 Stanford University: Global List of the top 2% Scientists in various disciplines (Field 1: Dentistry)
2023 Canadian Association of Dental Research- Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry CADR-ACFD National Dental Research Award. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional contributions to dental research, excellent research mentorship and leadership at Canadian Universities
2023 Dr. Lloyd and Mrs. Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences