AAP Elections Don't forget to vote in the upcoming AAP election. You should receive your ballot on-, or around June 1st and you will have until July 1st to vote. Congratulations to our members who have won prestigious awards! Dr. Tae-Ju Oh, University of Michigan, was awarded a Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship (A Career Development Award for Academic Periodontists). The Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship was established to recognize and reward the best and brightest scientific and clinical minds with a demonstrated facility for teaching and to encourage these individuals to pursue an academic career in periodontology. It supports the belief that the future of the profession is in the classrooms and clinics today. Dr. Michael Fransman from the University of Iowa and Dr. Jason Johnson from the University of Minnesota were winners in the Balint Orban competition. Michael won in the basic research category and Jason won in the clinical research category. This research competition is unique in that it attracts students who plan to enter private practice, academia or both, not just research as one may assume. Dr. Bryan Michalowisz won the Clinical Research Award. Bryan’s and his coauthors article: Treatment of Periodontal Disease as the Risk of Preterm Birth was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Clinical Research Award is presented to the most outstanding scientific published article with direct clinical relevance in periodontics. Dr. Georgia Johnson received a special citation from the AAP. Special Citations are awarded to individuals for outstanding work on an Academy committee or special project.