GSDM Faculty and Staff Honored For Decade of Service at Luncheon
The following members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) were honored at a luncheon on Monday, March 23 for dedicating 10 years of service to Boston University: Manager of Operations for Molecular and Cell Biology Dorothea Abbott; Dental Hygienist Janice Arruda; Dispensary Assistant Cristina Damiani; Clinical Associate Professor of […]
Dr. Xiaoren Tang Awarded NIAID Grant
Research Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology Dr. Xiaoren Tang was awarded a grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for his research titled, "Role of p53 in LITAF-Mediated Inflammatory Process," in February 2009. The grant will fund Dr. Tang’s research […]
Excitement Builds for BUGSDM Science Day
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) will host Science Day on Thursday, March 26 at 670 Albany Street. Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Immunobiology Laboratories at Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Denise Faustman, will describe her controversial approach to curing type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases during her […]
BUGSDM Volunteers Help Locals Understand Link Between Oral Health and Diabetes
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) student volunteers, led by the BUGSDM Division of Community Health Programs (CHP), increased oral health awareness at the American Diabetes Association’s Boston Diabetes EXPO on Saturday, March 14. Volunteers handed out educational material and provided more than 40 free dental screenings to EXPO attendees. This is the […]
BUGSDM Students Bring Dental Care to Rural Mexico
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Assistant Director of APEX & Extramural Programs and Vice President of Project Stretch Kathy Held led a team of four volunteers on a recent dental outreach trip to Teacapan, Mexico. Teacapan is a rural fishing village located on the western coast of Mexico. Volunteers included Kerry Anzenberger […]
BUGSDM Explores Dental Education at ADEA Annual Session
The 2009 American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Annual Session was held in Phoenix, Arizona from March 14 to March 18. Many members of the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) faculty and staff traveled to Phoenix to participate in this meeting. Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Frederick Hains, Professor and Director of the Predoctoral […]
Oral Health & HIV Symposium Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine in conjunction with the New England HIV Education Consortium (NEHEC) and the New England AIDS Education and Training Center (NEAETC) hosted the 25th Oral Health & HIV Anniversary Symposium. Approximately 140 dental professionals participated in the day-long program held on March 13 at the Boston Marriott Newton. […]
Friendly Competition Among Area Dental Schools to Educate About Oral Cancer
Mention cancer and most people think breast, lung, or prostate. But the less talked about oral cancer kills nearly half of all people diagnosed with the disease in five years, largely because patients do not recognize the symptoms. That statistic got Courtney Brady DMD 11 and Dee Gulis DMD 12 thinking about what they could […]
Analytic Chemistry Highlights Saliva Research
An article highlighting the research that is part of a collaboration between Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Professor and Chair of Periodontology and Oral Biology Dr. Frank Oppenheim, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Assistant Professor Dr. Frederic Little, BUGSDM Associate Professor Dr. Eva Helmerhorst, BUGSDM Research Assistant Professor Dr. Walter Siqueira, […]
Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska Chairs NIH Special Emphasis Panel
Professor and Director of the Predoctoral Research Program in Molecular and Cell Biology Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska chaired a Special Emphasis Panel held at the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Rockville, Maryland on February 25 and 26. The goal of the panel was to review continuation applications […]