Dr. Anderson’s awards include the 2009 International Association of Student Clinicians-American Dental Association Graduate Fellowship Award, along with several honors from the University of Pennsylvania: the Achievement Award in Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Dentsply Student Clinician Award, Drabkin Memorial Prize for Research in Biochemistry, Quintessence Award for Research Achievement, and Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement. He is a member of the American Dental Association, International Association of Student Clinicians-American Dental Association, and American College of Prosthodontists.

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Dr. Wands, who was a UW School of Dentistry faculty member in the Department of Prosthodontics for 22 years, established the fellowship in 1999 with a $500,000 endowment to support UW Graduate Prosthodontics students and also encourage careers in academic dentistry.

Dr. Wands graduated with honors from Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, University of Maryland, and served for seven years with the U.S. Public Health Service.  He returned to the University of Washington as a part-time faculty member shortly thereafter and taught both undergraduate and graduate Prosthodontics for 20 years, achieving the rank of Clinical Professor. 

In addition to endowing the fellowship, Dr. Wands is a member of the UW School of Dentistry Dean’s Club Board of Directors and was instrumental in forming the UW Graduate Prosthodontic Alumni Association. He is a Life Member of the Academy of Prosthodontics and Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics.

Outlining his reasons for establishing the fellowship, Dr. Wands said: “If we don’t have teachers in the dental school, then we don’t have graduates. It’s that simple.” Now retired from private practice in Olympia, Wash., he is an avid saltwater and freshwater fisherman as well as a master gardener.

 The Wands Fellowship in Prosthodontics provides financial assistance to a graduate student enrolled in the UW program leading to a Certificate in Prosthodontics and an/or a MSD Degree who is also considering an academic career in dentistry.

For more information or an application for the Wands Prosthodontic Fellowship please contact:
Christina Harrison, University of Washington, School of Dentistry, University of Washington. 
Telephone (206) 879-1404
Email: harrc@u.washington.edu
www.dental.washington.edu