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Commencement Spotlight: Discovering New Passions
Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Sunandhaa Narasimhan DMD 23, Dr. Joseph Ryan Brett DPH 23, and Nelson Zhang DMD 23. More
Commencement Spotlight: Mother’s Day edition
Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Dr. Catalina Osses Albornoz DMD AS 23, Dr. Natallia Petrushenka DMD AS 23, and Dr. Carolynn Landman DMD 20 ORTHO 23. More
Commencement Spotlight: Class of 2023 profiles kick-off
Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Dr. Telmen Tumen-Ulzii ENDO 23, Dr. Alex Cabrera DMD AS 23, and Shefali Mangtani DMD 23. More
Alum Spotlight: GSDM alum cannot stop “cheering” for Boston University
After spending four years off the competitive cheerleading mat, Amanda Alon CAS 12 CAMED 14 DMD 18 missed that feeling, so when an opportunity arose to serve as head coach of the Boston University (BU) Cheer Team – a team she’s been involved with off and on since 2008 – she jumped. More
Research Spotlight: New Pediatric Disability Educational Program Starts this Academic Year
GSDM was awarded a $1.5 million, five-year grant to develop a program to give predoctoral dental students more experiences caring for pediatric patients with disabilities as well as develop a new complementary training program for general dentists working in community health centers. More
Get Ready to Cook! New GSDM Student Cultural Cookbook is a work-in-progress
Leah Ahdoot DMD 25, American Student Dental Association chair of diversity and inclusion, was looking for new and innovative ways to showcase the many cultures among the school’s student body, when she had a vision: Why not ask dental students to submit their personal recipes to create a cultural cookbook. More
Exciting, Energizing, Educational: Science Day 2023 displays new research from GSDM community
The weather may have been gloomy, but the Hiebert Lounge was full of cheerful energy as predoctoral students, postdoctoral residents and fellows gathered on Thursday, March 2, to present their latest research during GSDM Science Day 2023. More
Heavy but Hopeful: GSDM Faculty Development Day Discusses Discrimination in Oral Health
A record-setting number of GSDM faculty turned out to participate in thought-provoking discussions on racism and discrimination during a recent faculty development day. Nearly 100 faculty members attended this year’s Faculty Development Day on “Race, Racism, Discrimination and Disparities in Oral Health in America.” More
Student Spotlight: Stephanie Tom DMD 25 Places in National Essay Contest
Your health starts in your mouth. That bold, attention-grabbing line helped Stephanie Tom DMD 25 become one of the three runners-up in the 2022 American Dental Association’s Health Literacy in Dentistry Essay Contest. More
Student Spotlight: GSDM Students’ Social Media Pages are Expanding Representation – One Post at a Time
Dolapo Adeola DMD 24 and Elias Hilaire DMD 25 both followed unconventional paths to GSDM and worked hard to overcome personal hardships and the odds against them. After they were accepted to dental school, they felt an obligation to document publicly on social media their unfiltered personal stories, sharing their unique experiences about being a young person of color in the dental field to help support and encourage the next generation of dental students. More