Faculty Development Program Explores Art and Dentistry
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) held its annual December Faculty Development Program on December 16 and 17, 2013. Both days were fully booked, with 30 faculty members in attendance both days. Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of General Dentistry and Director of Pre-doctoral Periodontology Dr. Neal Fleisher and Professor […]
Safety Training Supports a Safe Work Environment
Would you know how to help a coworker who passed out? Do you know where to go in a fire? These were the questions posed when Clinical Affairs hosted three, three-hour safety trainings from December 16–18, 2013, to support a safe work environment at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM). “One […]
Harriman Represents GSDM in New Orleans
Erik Harriman DMD 14 gave a keynote speech at the 2013 American Dental Association (ADA) Annual Session October 31–November 3 in New Orleans as the winner of the ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Program. He presented, “Characterization of Wdr72 Knockout Rats, Causative Gene for Amelogenesis Imperfecta,” completed for GSDM Science Day 2013 under the guidance of […]
Dr. Bradford Towne Completes the 2013 ADEA/AAL Institute for Teaching and Learning
Dr. Bradford Towne, Clinical Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Director of Quality Assurance and Ambulatory Operations for Boston Medical Center, completed the 2013 American Dental Education Association/AAL Institute for Teaching and Learning (ADEA/AAL ITL) in October. The ADEA/AAL ITL is a two-phase, 50-hour program for early career faculty and dentists who […]
Staff Forum Announces Book Club and More
The Staff Forum held its most recent meetings at both 100 East Newton Street and 930 Commonwealth Avenue during the week of December 9, 2013. Staff Forum representatives provided information about a variety of new and ongoing staff resources. In response to staff interest in yoga and fitness activities, the Forum reminded attendees that the […]
Gingerbread Adds Friendly but Keen Competition to Holiday Party
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students, faculty, and staff headed to Hiebert Lounge on the evening of December 12, 2013, to celebrate the holiday season and mark the end of the School’s 50th Anniversary celebration year. The Scarlet Jazz Ensemble from the BU College of Fine Arts treated guests to […]
ADSO’s Holiday Wish for Happy, Healthy Smiles in Chinatown
The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO), in collaboration with Global & Population Health (GPH), sustained a holiday tradition by participating in the Wang YMCA Holiday Party in Chinatown on December 8, 2013. More than 700 members of the community attended the holiday party, which was […]
GSDM Hosts First Ever Research Industry Workshop
On Tuesday, December 3, 2013, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Research held its first ever Industry Workshop in the Wilkins Board Room, E-120. The workshop began with presenter Dr. Joel Berger, Director, New Frontier Science at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. He discussed, “Takeda’s new frontier program and working with big […]
Strong Connection Found Between Number of Teeth and CVD Mortality
Research Associate Professor Dr. Sok-Ja Janket and her team further strengthened the oral health/cardiovascular disease link in the November 12, 2013, Journal of Clinical Periodontology. The paper, “Number of teeth, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen and CVD mortality,” is the first study to mathematically quantify the relationship between tooth count and oral inflammation. Researchers looked at the […]
High-Profile Paper Solves Decades-Old Mystery about Stress Signals
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Professor and Chair of the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology Dr. David Levin’s laboratory published a paper the first week of December in the high-profile journal, Genes & Development. The paper, “MAPK Hog1 closes the S. cerevisiae glycerol channel Fps1 by phosphorylating and displacing […]