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Mid- Year Promotion Announcements

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) conducts staff promotions in July—at the start of the new fiscal year—for those who applied to an open position, a restructured position or a newly created position. Promotion announcements are typically issued during that timeframe. Often, however, some staff members... More

Dr. Inna Afasizheva Awarded Over $2 Million for Trypanosoma Brucei Research

Dr. Inna Afasizheva, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant of over two million dollars. The grant, titled “Repeat-containing RNA Binding Proteins of Trypanosomes,” focuses on... More

Drs. Mehra and Chigurupati Receive Prestigious Grant

Associate Professor and Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Dr. Pushkar Mehra and Associate Professor and Director of Research in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at GSDM Dr. Radhika Chigurupati have been awarded a $75,000 research award... More

International Externship Takes GSDM Students to Guatemala

From January 8–19 and 15–26, 2015, two groups of students and faculty from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) travelled to Poptún, Guatemala. Set in the rural foothills of the Maya Mountains, this small agricultural town was the location of their international elective externship trip, directed... More

OMS Resident Wins Multiple Awards

Varun Arya DMD 14 OMFS 17 has made Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) proud by recently winning two separate, highly-competitive awards. In December 2014, Dr. Arya was the recipient of the American Association of Oral and... More

Staff Forum Book Club Reaches its First Anniversary

Stranded on Mars with little chance of rescue, relentlessly hunted by vampires, caught in the middle of a murder mystery and subsequent cover-up conspiracy; the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Staff Forum Book Club has been through it all. Each month, the Book Club meets... More

Tet in Boston Festival Welcomes GSDM Volunteers

Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students volunteered at the annual Tet in Boston, a Vietnamese New Year festival organized by the Vietnamese-American Community of Massachusetts and New England Intercollegiate Vietnamese Student Association. Held at the colorfully decorated Carson Place (inside the Boston Teachers Union Hall)... More

GSDM Exhibits at 40th Annual Yankee Dental Congress

From January 28 to February 1, 2015, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center was abuzz with visitors to the 40th annual Yankee Dental Congress (YDC), the largest dental meeting in New England. The convention drew nearly 27,000 dental professionals from around the country, and featured more than 300 dental continuing... More