New Director to Join Dental Healtlh Center at 930 Commonwealth Ave.
Dr. Margaret Errante will join BUSDM July 1 as director of the Boston University Dental Health Center at 930 Commonwealth Avenue. She replaces a very thankful Dr. Eyad Haidar, who has long wanted to leave his administrative duties behind to focus on patient care. “Dr. Errante’s 18 years of experience in a multilocation group practice […]
BUVSDA Concert to Benefit Vietnamese Children in Need
In the middle of classes and exams, members of Boston University’s Vietnamese Student Dental Association are finding time to give back to the community by hosting Dem Uoc Vong, a concert to benefit orphans and children with disabilities who live at Linh Son Temple in Vietnam, from 7 to 11 PM December 9 at the […]
Geriatric Residents Screen 25 Elders at Senior Center
Three minutes can save your life. For senior citizens and staff at the Brookline Senior Center, this was the most surprising message delivered by geriatric residents Greg Pezza and Khiem Pham-Nguyen during a visit Monday. Pezza and Pham-Nguyen, both DMD 03 and AEGD 04, were at the Winchester Street center to educate residents and staff […]
Dr. Hirschberg to Present at NIDCR
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has invited Dr. Carlos B. Hirschberg, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, to present a lecture to the NIH community at the organization’s headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, February 7. In his discussion "Novel Regulation of Posttranslational […]
Janket Grant to Investigate Saliva as Mortality Predictor in Heart Disease
The American Heart Association (AHA) has awarded Dr. Sok-Ja Janket a Scientist Development Grant to study salivary lysozyme as a predictor for cardiovascular mortality. The award of $221,100, to be disbursed over four years, is part of an AHA program to support promising beginning scientists in their progress toward becoming successful independent investigators. Three hundred […]
State Auditor DeNucci Receives Allard Award from MDS
The Massachusetts Dental Society’s Committee to Prevent Abuse and Neglect has awarded State Auditor Joseph DeNucci the Dr. Richard L. Allard Award. Allard (PEDO 77) served as director of BUSDM’s postdoctoral pediatric dentistry program from 1992 until his death in 1996. The award recognizes his dedication to promoting the mandatory reporting by dentists of signs […]
Peart Chosen as Schweitzer Fellow
Michelle Peart DMD 08 has been selected to participate in the Schweitzer Fellows Program. As a fellow, she will devote more than 200 hours to improving the community’s oral health. Her project will expand a newly established oral health initiative that provides classroom-based education, screenings, and referrals to 746 underserved children. The program honors Dr. […]
Friedman Elected to ASGD Board
The American Society of Geriatric Dentistry (ASGD) has invited Dr. Paula Friedman, associate dean for administration, to join its board. The ASGD, which is a component of the Special Care in Dentistry division of the American Dental Association, selected Friedman and two others from among 17 candidates for the three available seats. Friedman will attend […]
Jacobson Wins Educator’s Award
Dr. Zhimon Jacobson, director of the Center for Implantology, last month was awarded the Morton L. Perel Annual Award for Dental Implant Educators by the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI). The award recognizes those in the field who "initiate, perpetuate, advance, innovate, encourage, teach, and/or motivate both students and practitioners in the multifaceted discipline of oral […]
BU and BMC Join CIMIT
Boston University (BU) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) announced last week their new partnership with the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), a Cambridge-based consortium bringing together clinicians, scientists, and engineers using technology to solve medical problems. Existing CIMIT members include Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MIT, Draper Laboratory, Partners […]