•Harold Amos Faculty Development Award, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2016.
•AAP Foundation Teaching Fellowship, American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, 2015.
• AAP Foundation Educators Scholarship. American Academy of Periodontology Foundation, 2012.
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Student Scholar in Translational Medicine track, 2008.
• Derek T. Turner Graduate Student Research Award, North Carolina-American Association of Dental Research. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008 and 2011.
• Best Research in Periodontology. XVI Research Symposia. Colombian Association of Dental Schools. Cartagena, Colombia, 2005.
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Master of Science in Pharmacology program, Universidad del Valle at Cali-Colombia, 2003.
• Best Research in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. XIII Research Symposia. Colombian Association of Dental Schools. Bogotá, Colombia, 2002.
