Each year, ASDA volunteers publish more than 100 articles in ASDA News, more than 50 articles in Mouth and at least 156 posts to this blog. That’s a lot of content and a ton of dental student-written articles. Behind the scenes of these publications is ASDA’s Editorial Board–eight dental students who dedicate their time to planning, writing and editing your ASDA publications. It’s thanks to them that you read about velociraptors, movie reviews and maintaining wellness over the past year.
One part of an ASDA editor’s job, whether they work on the print publications or this blog, is finding dental students who want to write. All those articles and blog posts won’t write themselves and we’ve had some amazing authors in 2014. On behalf of ASDA’s Editorial Board, I’d like to thank all the authors and bloggers who contributed to ASDA in 2014. Thank you for your time, your ideas and your contribution to the organization. It’s because of volunteers like you that we are able to build a knowledge-base for dental students in the U.S. And it’s because of you that ASDA News was found to be members’ favorite ASDA publication in a 2014 readership survey!
ASDA’s Editorial Board sifted through all the articles and blog posts of 2014 to narrow down nominees for three Gold Crown Awards: Best News Article, Best Feature Article and Best Blog Post. Criteria included relevance, originality, research and presentation. For blog posts, number of visits, social shares and Facebook likes were also weighed in the decision. Here are the nominees for the 2015 Gold Crown Awards for best articles and blog post:
BEST NEWS ARTICLE NOMINEES
“HPV becomes increasingly common in men”
by Chris Lee, Roseman ’17 |February ASDA News
“University of Pittsburgh students revamp faculty and course evaluations”
by Ryan Orlosky, Pittsburgh ’16 | February ASDA News
“Weighing the impacts of the Affordable Care Act on dental care access”
by Sean Lee, Stony Brook ’17 | April ASDA News
“Could craniofacial surgery in utero be the future of cleft lip and palate repair?”
by Dani Howell, Virginia ’17 | October ASDA News
“ASDA focuses on student loan reform”
by James Wanamaker, Buffalo ’16 | December ASDA News
BEST FEATURE ARTICLE NOMINEES
“Sigmund Freud, DMD: The psychology of tooth-loss dreams”
by Clesterh Ramos, Los Angeles ’14, predental | March ASDA News
“Refuse to take no for an answer: How I got into dental school after 6 tries”
by Travis Barr, Colorado ’16
“Dr. William Calnon on taking risks & facing fears in leadership”
by Justan Berman, Nova Southeastern ’15 | spring Mouth
“Dealing with grief in dental school”
by Suzanna McAninley, Florida ’16 | winter Mouth
BEST BLOG POST NOMINEES
“9 things to bring on an interview”
by Jill Markowitz, Stony Brook ’18 | Jan. 15, 2014
“4 ways the ACA will (and will not) impact dentistry”
by Courtney Worlinsky, Florida ’14 | Jan. 24, 2014
“A closer look at the official emblem of dentistry”
by Courtney Worlinsky, Florida ’14 | March 19, 2014
“How I balance beauty pageants and dental school”
by Lauren Kuhn, Harvard ’17 | June 11, 2014
“Dental therapy dogs: a doggone great idea”
by Alyson Ilustre, Oklahoma ’17 | July 25, 2014