Provost Antman Appoints Two at BUGSDM to Associate Provost Search Committee
Boston University Medical Center Provost Karen Antman has appointed Drs. Carlos Hirschberg and Raul Garcia to serve on the search committee to find the associate provost in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) . The group met for the first time Thursday, May 8. The Chair of BUGSDM’S Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, […]
Graduating Students Celebrate Achievements at OKU Induction
An induction ceremony for the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Lambda Mu Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society (OKU) was held on April 30 at the Castle. The induction was presided over by OKU chapter President Dr. Stephen Polins, OKU chapter Secretary Dr. Sydell Shaw, and Dean ad interim […]
Faculty Council Election Winners Announced
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Professor and Director of Predoctoral Restorative Dentistry Dr. Celeste Kong and Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Ronni Schnell were elected as BUGSDM representatives to the Faculty Council. In this role, their responsibility is to convey to the Faculty Council the views of BUGSDM and to report back to […]
Updates in General Dentistry Conference Focuses on Mentoring
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Dean ad interim Dr. Jeffrey Hutter and Professor and Chair of General Dentistry Dr. Judith Jones welcomed General Dentistry faculty, students, and Applied Professional Experience (APEX) and Extramural Program mentors as they gathered in the 670 Albany Street auditorium on Thursday, April 24 to attend, Updates in […]
Millie Chung DMD 08 Completes 2007-2008 Grand Rounds
Millie Chung DMD 08 presented her Grand Rounds case on April 24 as part of the Updates in General Dentistry Conference, held the same day. Chung completed research for her presentation as part of 10-week externship rotation at United States Coast Guard Craik Medical Clinic in Yorktown, Virginia. She was the fourth and final Grand […]
Loubna Chehab ENDO 08 Receives Top Ten Score at AAE Annual Session
Loubna Chehab ENDO 08 received 7th place in the Resident Oral Research Presentations at the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Annual Session in Vancouver, BC on April 9-12. Chehab’s presentation, titled, Enhanced Fibroblast Apoptosis and Impaired Wound Healing in Type 2 Diabetes is Mediated by TNF Dysregulation, discussed the diabetic complication of impaired wound healing. […]
BUGSDM Alumnus Honored By Marquette University School of Dentistry
James N. Thiel PROS 68, MSD 69 was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus in Dentistry Award from the Marquette University School of Dentistry and the Marquette University Alumni Association in a ceremony on Friday, April 25. Dr. Thiel graduated from Marquette in 1964 with his DDS degree and continued his education at Boston University Goldman […]
Orchard Gardens Students Learn What Being a Dentist is All About
The Orchard Gardens Sealant Program/Field Trip to Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) took place on Friday, April 18. Sixty-five children from four second grade classrooms at Orchard Gardens K-8 School participated. Organizer and Community Health Programs (CHP) Oral Health Promotion Coordinator Kathy Lituri said, "This was the fifth year, and in my […]
BUGSDM Representatives Honored With AADR’s Bloc Travel Grant
Based on scientific excellence of submitted abstracts two representatives from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) were selected to receive travel funds from the AADR’s Bloc Travel Grant for dental students and NIDCR-supported trainees. The travel funds will allow BUGSDM Research Coordinator and doctoral student of oral epidemiology at Harvard University Monik Jimenez […]
Kimberly Haynes DMD 09 Represents Dental Field at Symposium
On March 19, Boston University Student National Dental Association’s Vice President Kimberly Haynes DMD 09 was invited to Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy in New Orleans to speak to high school aged students at four-day Symposium. The theme was “Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities,” and Haynes was the only representative from the […]