Two GSDM Students Win ADAF Student Scholarships

The American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) recently awarded scholarships to two Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine students. Benjamin Cooperman DMD 15 is 1 of 31 recipients of the Predoctoral Dental Student Scholarship for this academic year and Matthew Garcia DMD 15 is 1 of 19 to receive the Underrepresented Minority Dental […]

Dr. Kukuruzinska Spurs Salivary Research at Gordon Research Conference

Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska recently returned from Galveston, Texas, where she co-chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Salivary Glands & Exocrine Biology from February 3 to February 8, 2013, with Dr. Indu S. Ambudkar of the National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). A total of 136 senior and junior investigators attended to share their […]

GSDM Collaborates with Mil Milagros “A Thousand Miracles” in Guatemala

To those familiar with Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community outreach programs, it may not come as a surprise that the School recently partnered with an organization whose name translates from Spanish as “a thousand miracles.” In January 2013, GSDM Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Ms. Kathy Held and frequent […]

Layeeq Ahmed AS 13 Presents in Prestigious Science Competition

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held its 2013 Annual Meeting in Boston February 14-18. Layeeq Ahmed AS 13 presented in the AAAS Student Poster Competition on February 16, 2013, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The competition recognizes the individual efforts of students actively working toward an undergraduate, graduate, or […]

Teaching the Importance of Oral Health in Honduras

If given a choice, most people would choose not to see the dentist. That’s the problem students and staff encountered on their mission to Buena Vista, Honduras. Upon arriving at the school where Global Brigades had set up a pharmacy and medical and dental clinic, residents of the small coffee-growing community checked off a form […]

GSDM Student Awarded ADCFP Fellowship

Marc Horton DMD 14 was recently selected for the 2013 ADEAGies/AADR Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP). Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research Dr. Raul Garcia and Associate Dean for Global & Population Health Dr. Michelle Henshaw will serve as his Mentors. The ADCFP Fellowship Program provides dental and allied […]

50th Birthday Celebration Kicks Off at Yankee

The 2013 Yankee Dental Congress (YDC) was especially celebratory for the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM). Our School celebrated its 50th anniversary, welcomed back alumni, and saw Nadia Malik DMD 13 honored by the American College of Dentists. At the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, alums reconnected at the GSDM […]