AAWD Hosts Interactive Health Fair at Rosie’s Place
The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) chapter of American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) held a fun and interactive dental health fair for children at Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless, displaced, and battered women. BUGSDM has worked with Rosie’s Place on many prior occasions, but this event featured one of the […]
40-Year Employee of BU Given a Piece of Family History From Dental Health Center
Long-time Boston University employee, Assistant Director of Support Services Molly Ship, has been receiving dental care at the BU Dental Health Center since it opened it’s doors in 1991. She looks forward to visiting the dentist, not only because of the close relationship she has with her hygienist Anne Jensen, but also because of the […]
Program White Coat Invites Past Students to Celebrate the Holiday Season
Faculty, students, and children who have participated in Program White Coat in the last three years gathered at BUGSDM from 5 to 6:30 PM Friday, December 14, to celebrate the holiday season and their interest in dental medicine. Program White Coat is a weeklong program that takes place in the summer for children ranging in […]
Yearbook Update
Preparation of the yearbook will begin in earnest after intersession. This year members of the BUGSDM community, led by Yearbook Committee Chair James Rochefort DMD 08, will take a more active role in the preparation of the yearbook. Under the direction of Dean ad interim Jeffrey Hutter, this is the first year the Office of […]
Yankee Dental Congress 33
Yankee Dental Congress 33 is coming soon! The event will take place from January 31 to February 2 at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) in South Boston. Exhibiting from BUGSDM will be Alumni Relations, the Dental Career Network, and the Division of Continuing Education. This year the event is expanding to a larger […]
New Susceptibility Gene Discovered for Chronic Pancreatitis
Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth of Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine has named CTRC a susceptibility gene for three common forms of chronic pancreatitis, including alcoholic pancreatitis, which accounts for the majority of all cases in the and Europe; tropical pancreatitis, a common form found in ; and idiopathic pancreatitis, in which the cause is […]
Provost Antman Announces Complete Dean’s Search Committee
Medical Campus Provost Karen Antman has announced the final members of the advisory committee to select the next BUGSDM dean. Antman appointed Dr. Daniel Remick, BUSM Chair and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, as chair of the committee. Joining Remick are: SPH Associate Dean of Public Health Practice Harold Cox BUSM Professor and Chair […]
Robbins Symposium Celebrates 45 Years of Grant Funding
Boston University Medical Campus and national leaders in research met in Keefer Auditorium November 9 to celebrate an impressive accomplishment. Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Dr. Phil Robbins has received funding for his grant "Glycosylation and Glycosidases – Cell and Molecular Biology" for the 45th consecutive year. The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology […]
Grand Rounds Begin With All-Inclusive Case
Neela Thirugnanam DMD 08 presented a case that spanned all areas of dentistry at the first Grand Rounds of the academic year November 14. In her presentation, "The restoration of functional posterior occlusion considering endodontic, orthodontic and prosthodontic prognoses, " she presented ideal and alternative treatment plans for a patient she saw while on externship […]
NIH Grant Lets Dr. Judith Jones Study Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Oral conditions impact more than a child’s health; they affect the quality of life of both the child and his or her family. Department of General Dentistry Professor and Chair Dr. Judith Jones will study to what extent oral conditions impact quality of life as the recipient of a five-year, Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient […]