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Jacqueline Gallant Honored for 25 Years of Service to the School
Patient Financial Services Manager of Insurance & Claims Jacqueline Gallant joined the staff of GSDM in 1985. On March 30, Gallant was honored for 25 years of service to the School at the 2011 Service Recognition Dinner and Awards Presentation. She began at GSDM as a Project Database Manager/Research Assistant and then... More
Stand-out Science Recognized at Luncheon
2011 Science Day winners were honored at a luncheon on April 6. The winning posters in the pre- and postdoctoral student categories as well as postdoctoral fellow categories were on display. In addition, students who have won other awards for research throughout the year were on hand to display their... More
Science Day 2011 Highlights Salivary Gland Development
March 24, marked the 2011 Science Day. Chief of the Matrix and Morphogenesis Unit in the Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology at NIDCR Dr. Matthew P. Hoffman was the keynote speaker. He presented a lecture titled, “Salivary Gland Development Provides a Rationale for Glandular Regeneration,” to interested students, staff, More
Dr. Michelle Henshaw Honored at 2011 ADEA General Session
The 2011 ADEA General Session took place in San Diego, California from March 12-16. At the Session the ADEA Gies Foundation honored Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships & Extramural Affairs Dr. Michelle Henshaw with the 2011 William J. Gies Award for Innovation in the Dental Educator category. Dr. Henshaw was... More
ASP Rolls Out to Faculty & Staff
On Tuesday night it was the faculty and staff’s turn to hear about the completed Applied Strategic Plan. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter welcomed nearly 200 members of the GSDM community to the Hiebert Lounge for dinner. “The Applied Strategic Planning Committee, especially Co-Chairs Drs. John Guarente and Celeste Kong, worked tirelessly... More
ASDA Donations Help Local Patient Community
ASDA recently donated 402 items collected during their annual food drive to the BMC Food Pantry. This is a 20% increase in the amount of non-perishable food items collected by the group over last year. Additionally, this years’ donations were not brought to the Greater Boston Food Bank, but to... More
Dr. Carlos Hirschberg Contributes Expertise in Selection of Grant Recipients
Chair of the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Dr. Carlos B. Hirschberg recently helped select grant recipients for the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Cooperative Research Matching Grant Program, which matches industry money to academic research of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and fibrosis—conditions affecting a large part of... More
Scenes from a Mission
If you read Outlook This Week on a regular basis you’ve probably seen a few stories on the amazing experiences that some of our students have had while participating in elective externships. For today’s edition we are happy to bring you something a little different. Recently three fourth-year DMD students, More
Panel Shares Insight and Inspiration with Students
The GSDM Chapter of AAWD hosted the Second Annual Women Dentists Panel Brunch on March 5. “The panel was composed of female dentists who have been tremendously successful in their own careers and were willing to share their stories with us,” said AAWD Chapter Vice President Nelishah Jiwani DMD 12. “We... More
Dr. Sahin-Toth Publishes Paradigm-shifting Study in JBC
Professor Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth and his co-workers Research Associate Dr. Richárd Szmola, and Postdoctoral Fellows Drs. Melinda Bence and Andras Szabo have recently published a new study on what Dr. Sahin-Toth refers to as, “paradigm-shifting in the field of digestive enzyme regulation.” "In this study we demonstrate that full activation of... More