GSDM Students Serve as Educators and Role Models at the Yawkey Club
The GSDM Chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA), in collaboration with CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, held its annual Give Kids a Smile event at the Yawkey Boys and Girls Club of Roxbury on March 23. Jenny Lorenzo DMD 13 played a major role in organizing the 19 ASDA students who […]
Dr. Ronni A. Schnell Graduates from ADEA Leadership Institute
At the March ADEA Annual Session held in Orlando, Florida, ADEA graduated its Leadership Institute Class of 2012. GSDM Clinical Professor and Director of Pre-doctoral Removable Prosthodontics Dr. Ronni Schnell was a member of the graduating class. Leading up to the graduation ceremony, the Leadership Institute fellows participated in Phase IV of their training integration, […]
Nic Snider DMD 12 Accepted into Prestigious NIH Research Program
Taylor “Nic” Snider was accepted into the 2012-2013 class of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program. Beginning in July, this comprehensive, yearlong research enrichment program will host up to 70 of the most creative, research-oriented medical, osteopathic, dental, and veterinary students on the intramural campus of the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. […]
Mahesh Sadhnani DMD 12 Receives Preventive Dentistry Scholarship
Mahesh Sadhnani DMD 12 was recently awarded the ADEA Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry Scholarship. Sadhnani was one of 12 students nationwide selected to receive the annual scholarship, which is given to support pre-doctoral students who have demonstrated academic excellence in preventive dentistry. Sadhnani was nominated for this award by Dean Jeffrey W. […]
Ahmad Almehmadi PERIO 15 Recognized at BU Science & Engineering Research Symposium
Ahmad Almehmadi’s PERIO 15 research was selected as the winner of the GSDM Dean’s Award at the March 21, BU Science & Engineering Research Symposium. His poster was titled, “The Use of VWC2 Protein as a Novel Approach to Induce Bone Formation.” His research mentor was Associate Professor Dr. Yoshiyuki Mochida. Almehmadi explains his research, […]
20 Employees Recognized by University for Years of Service
In a luncheon held March 28, in Metcalf Hall at the George Sherman Union, employees from GSDM were recognized for 10 and 25 years of service. Employees eligible to be honored for 10 years of service included: Dr. Corinna Culler, Mr. Daniel Hyacinthe, Ms. Deborah Redden-Tyler, Ms. Dee Devlin, Dr. Gurkan Goktug, Dr. Ishwar Bhatia, […]
Fourth-year Students Ignite Interest in Global Health
A motivational luncheon presentation was hosted by Extramural Programs on April 6. The luncheon was led by Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Kathy Held and featured testimonials from fourth-year DMD students who have traveled on an international elective externship in the last year. These students visited Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Panama, Nicaragua, and Mexico to provide […]
Sharing Dental School Knowledge with CRC Students
More than 300 BU students visited the GSDM booth at this year’s Be Well Health Fair. The fair caters to BU undergraduate students and offers information on all aspects of health. Four GSDM students—Satinder Kaur Pandher DMD 13, Pallavi Chellur DMD12, Manu Sharma DMD 12, and Anya Pukhovitskaya DMD 13—volunteered to present information on oral […]
Students on a Roll
For the third year in a row the student team defeated the faculty and staff team at the Annual SNDA Basketball Game. The final score was extremely close but the students eked out another victory by a margin of only three points. Cheerleaders got in on the action again this year and Dean Jeffrey W. […]
Curriculum Summit II Works to Design a Group Practice Model for GSDM
Members of the Curriculum Summit II, led by Summit Co-Chairs Drs. Carl McManama and Cataldo Leone, met March 29 and 30, at the Hotel Commonwealth, to address the following objectives: Create a patient-centered clinical education construct for faculty-guided, student-provided, high quality care of patients that begins in a centralized diagnostic center and transitions to group […]