GSDM Holds 2015 Winter Faculty and Staff Meeting
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015, faculty and staff at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) gathered in the Bakst Auditorium at the Boston University School of Medicine for the 2015 Winter Faculty and Staff Meeting. Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter started the meeting by welcoming the nearly 200 faculty and staff in […]
DMD 16 Student Travels to Northernmost Point in America to Provide Dental Care
For nearly two weeks in the middle of August 2015, DMD 16 student Matt Mara was in 30 degree weather in two isolated towns surrounded by tundra at the tip of Alaska. Mara was in Alaska participating in the Indian Health Service’s (IHS) Dental Externship Program, which allows fourth-year dental students from across the country […]
GSDM DSc Student Presents at 2015 American Academy of Periodontology Annual Meeting
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, Dr. Lena Elbadawi, a current DSc student in GSDM’s Department of Restorative Sciences & Biomaterials, presented a poster of her project titled, “Factors affecting regeneration of bone defects: an animal study,” at the 2015 American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Annual Meeting. The 2015 AAP Annual Meeting took place from November […]
GSDM Starts Fluoride Varnishing Program in Nicaragua
From November 21 to November 28, 2015 —during Thanksgiving break—Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) student Nick Capezio DMD 17 was in Estelí, a city of about 130,000 people in Nicaragua, with Professor in the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research and Associate Dean for Global & Population Health […]
GSDM Lends a Hand at 2015 Christmas in the City
On Sunday December 20, 2015, a total of 24 members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community volunteered at the 2015 Christmas in the City event, which was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. This is the fourth consecutive year that GSDM community members have volunteered at […]
GSDM Conducts Promising Research on Tumor Inhibitor LOX-PP
Boston University Henry M. Gold man School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) researchers Dr. Manish Bais, Dr. Gokhan Baris Ozdener, and Dr. Philip Trackman recently published a paper, “Determination of cell uptake pathways for tumor inhibitor lysyl oxidase propeptide,” in the January 2016 issue of the journal of Molecular Oncology. Dr. Trackman is a Professor and […]
GSDM ASDA Donates Toys for Tots
On December 18, 2015, members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) donated 54 toys to the Toys for Tots program. The 2015 GSDM Toys for Tots toy drive was organized by our ASDA Chapter at GSDM. The toys were collected during […]
GSDM Hosts Annual Holiday Party
More than 300 students, residents, faculty, and staff of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) filled Hiebert Lounge on Monday, December 14, 2015, for the Annual GSDM Holiday Party, hosted by Dean and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hutter. The festivities were complete with dinner, a dessert bar, live music, a photo booth, […]
GSDM Faculty Member Presents At APHA Annual Meeting
On Sunday, October 30, 2015, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine faculty member Ms. Kathy Lituri spoke about the benefits of community water fluoridation at the Opening General Session of the 2015 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Lituri’s speech carried particular significance, because 2015 […]
GSDM Student and Faculty Volunteers Awarded Certificate for International Volunteer Service
The American Dental Association (ADA) Board of Trustees has awarded its Certificate for International Volunteer Service to four members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community. The GSDM recipients are DMD 15 graduates Dr. Sonal Chhanabhai, Dr. Samita Sandhu, Dr. Amrita Patel, and Dr. Stephanie Leung; as well as […]