Congratulations MDS Winners
Kudos to fourth-year DMD students Carolyn Massa and Christopher Kelson, who each received the Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation/HPSC Louis J. P. Calisti Scholarship. The award to each student, in the amount of $2,000, is given in memory of Dr. Calisti, who served as dean of Tufts School of Dental Medicine from 1963-1971. Dean Frankl presented the […]
BUSDM Receives Increased Ryan White Funding
SDM last month renewed its Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act Dental Reimbursement Program grant, garnering a 22% increase over last year’s funding. Monies disbursed by the fund (nearly $522,000), administered by the U.S. Treasury, are allocated to BUSDM ‘s patient care services dedicated to providing oral health care to people living with […]
Eusebio Wins AAWD Award
The American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) last month announced Clarinda Carag Eusebio DMD 04 CAGS 05 winner of a 2004 Eleanor J. Bushee Senior Student Award. The award honors senior dental students who have achieved academic excellence and demonstrated leadership.
Impressions Wins Communications Award
BUSDM’s alumni publication Impressions has won another award. The winter 2005 issue received an APEX Award of Excellence from the Business Communications Report for graphic design, editorial content, and overall communications excellence. Previous awards for Impressions include an Award for Excellence from the University and College Designers Association (UCDA) and a Merit Award from Admissions […]
Dean Frankl Speaks at Third Annual Beacon Hill Day
Dr. Spencer N. Frankl, dean of BUSDM and chair of the Oral Health Collaborative of Massachusetts, spoke June 8 to lawmakers and oral health professionals at the Third Annual Beacon Hill Day sponsored by the Massachusetts Dental Society. Frankl discussed the 2005 Massachusetts Oral Health Report, which summarizes the oral health status of Massachusetts residents. […]
Amar Discovers New Gene Linked to Inflammation
In a paper featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), Dr. Salomon Amar, professor of periodontology and oral biology, reports the discovery of a new gene, STAT6(B), that helps regulate production of the potentially deadly tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) cytokine. TNF-alpha is involved in inflammatory disorders such as Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid […]
“Countdown” Keeps Kindergarteners in Good Oral Health
BUSDM’s Division of Community Health Programs and 22 first- through fourth-year DMD students welcomed more than 100 families, including 45 kindergarteners, as they eagerly entered the Boston Children’s Museum’s Dr. Seuss room–turned dental health room–August 29. BUSDM offered the five-year-olds free dental screenings as part of Countdown to Kindergarten, a year-long schedule of events planned […]
Graves Named JDR Associate Editor
American and International Association of Dental Research (AADR/IADR) boards this week appointed Dr. Dana Graves, BUSDM professor of periodontology and oral biology, associate editor of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR). In this role, he will be responsible for the Journal’s Critical Reviews in Oral Biology & Medicine (CROBM) section. "My goals for CROBM are […]
BUSDM Student Joins Faculty on Dominican Health and Outreach Program
BUSDM student John Fitzsimons DMD 10 joined Susan Cote, instructor in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, as she returned to the rural mountains north of Santiago in late July for her ninth year providing preventive dental care such as oral health education, screenings, and fluoride varnishes to underserved residents in the […]
Drs. Garcia and Dietrich to Present at International Periodontology Symposium in Berlin
Drs. Raul Garcia, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research, and Thomas Dietrich, visiting research scholar, will speak at Current Controversies in Periodontology, an international periodontology symposium in Berlin December 9, 2006. Dietrich, who is one of five co-organizers of the symposium, will speak on the topic "Case selection — discriminating […]