GSDM Students Provide Dental Care in Nicaragua
From February 9–18, 2015, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) DMD 15 students Michelle DaRocha, Stephanie Leung, and Keely Matheson traveled to Esteli, Nicaragua to bring dental care to low-income families in the area. Surrounded by the forested mountains in the North Central Highlands, the country’s third largest city was the site of […]
Third-Annual SNDA Impressions Program a Success
On Saturday, February 28, 2015, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s (GSDM) Student National Dental Association (SNDA), American Student Dental Association (ASDA) and Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA) took part in the third-annual SNDA Impressions Program—a day-long event designed to expose pre-dental students to the dental school application process, give them details […]
Notre Dame Educational Center Dental Health Fair Welcomes GSDM Volunteers
On Thursday, Feb 26, 2015, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students volunteered at the Notre Dame Educational Center (NDEC) Dental Health Fair. Co-chairs of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) Ingy Alhelawe DMD 15 and Lana Le DMD 16 organized the event in collaboration with Oral Health Promotion Director Ms. Kathy Lituri […]
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 receive promotions mid-way through the […]
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 her work with the unicellular […]
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 from the Oral and Maxillofacial […]
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 by the non-profit organization Liga […]
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 Maxillofacial Surgeons Philip J. Boyne […]
Student Research Group Hosts Journal Club on HPV and Oral Cancer
On Friday, January 30, 2015 the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Student Research Group (SRG) hosted their first Journal Club meeting of the academic year. The meeting discussed a paper entitled “Do high-risk human papillomaviruses cause oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma?” which was published in in the December 2014 issue of […]
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 to rehash the adventures they […]