CREEDD Hosts Scientific Advisory Board
BUSDM welcomed the Scientific Advisory Board of the Centers for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD) June 5-6 for the board’s annual meeting. BUSDM’s CREEDD (the Northeast center) is one of five across the U.S. funded by NIDCR to improve oral and craniofacial health through research, research training, and dissemination of health information. […]
Congratulations Marta!
Marta Diaz has been promoted from patient coordinator to supervisor of patient services. In her new role, Diaz will supervise the patient coordinators to address all patients’ inquiries about the initial oral diagnosis appointment. She will continue to assist BUSDM faculty, staff, and students in the oral diagnosis rotation. Diaz, who joined BUSDM in […]
BUSDM Volunteers Bring Smiles to Special Olympians
Olympic silver medallist Nancy Kerrigan joined more than 100 BUSDM volunteers at MIT Saturday, June 17, to screen athletes for oral health issues at Massachusetts’ annual Special Olympics. Special Smiles dental screenings are an integral part of the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes initiative, created to focus on the health issues facing Special Olympics athletes. Screenings […]
BU Castle Hosts Jong, Knutson Awards
Approximately 70 BUSDM faculty, students, and friends gathered at BU Castle November 6 as the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Oral Health Section presented the first annual Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Student Awards and John W. Knutson Distinguished Service Award in Dental Public Health sponsored by Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals and OMNI Preventive […]
Faculty and Staff Gather for Biannual Meeting
The biannual faculty-staff meeting last Tuesday featured recipients of the Community Award for Excellence along with updates from the dean, Dr. Jeffrey Hutter, and Mr. Ibrahim Kachouh. Baughman, Hains Rewarded for Excellence Dean Frankl presented Allyson Baughman, administrative assistant, and Dr. Frederick Hains, clinical assistant professor, the Community Awards for Excellence. Baughman joined diagnostic sciences […]
Drs. Miyamoto and Nunn to Participate in First Asian World Dental Symposium
Dr. Takanari Miyamoto, assistant professor in the Department of General Dentistry, and Dr. Martha Nunn, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research will participate in the first Asian World Dental Symposium, entitled "New Challenges in Periodontics in the 21st Century," January 20-21, 2007, at Yomiuri Hall in Tokyo. The conference […]
BUSDM Receives $35,000 Grant for Oral Health Promotion
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) has subcontracted to BUSDM a $35,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation for promoting oral health in the city’s Healthy Baby/Healthy Child (HB/HC) program. The school’s Division of Community Health Programs, which has a longstanding partnership with BPHC, will use the funds to prevent early childhood caries by targeting high-risk […]
New Doctors Celebrate at Senior Dinner
Commencement festivities began Wednesday as the DMD4 class gathered with family, faculty, and staff for the annual Senior Dinner in Hiebert Lounge. Before various teachers presented the 52 awards (several students received more than one), class speaker Dwayne Kowalchuk regaled the audience with his humorous take on the challenges of the past four years. Alumni […]
Dental Students for a Day
They carefully went through the motions of washing their hands. They donned gloves, masks, and gowns. They reviewed their instrument tray. Then they examined their walnuts. The 80 third-graders from the Blackstone School who visited BUSDM Tuesday were getting a hands-on lesson about sealants. During a trip to the Simulation Learning Center, the children learned […]
PROS Residents Win Top Honors at ACP Meeting
BUSDM swept away the competition at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Natick October 13 as prosthodontics residents Drs. Mohammed Bahanshal and Nawaf Al-Dousari earned top honors in the Steven R. Gordon Memorial Essay Contest hosted by the Massachusetts section of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP). A panel of judges, which heard presentations on a […]