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 […]
Students and Alums Contribute to Improving Global Oral Health in Panama
One sign that Melissa Knudsen DMD 13 and Rachel Lukas DMD 13 were on a valuable mission in Panama: their emergency contact phone number while there was the Office of the First Lady. The two Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students, together with a team of dentists and health workers, […]
GSDM Promotes “Healthy Teeth, Healthy Families” at Lawrence Oral Health Fair
On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Clinical Instructor in the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research Dr. Ana Keohane and Dental Assistant for School-Based Programs Joyce Ganas participated in the 2nd Annual Lawrence Oral Health Fair. This year’s “Healthy Teeth, Healthy Families” Fair was organized by the Mayor’s Oral Health Task Force in response […]
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 […]
HIV Dental Work Group a Learning Experience for Students and Dental Professionals
A large group of GSDM students volunteered at the HIV Dental Work Group booth at the Yankee Dental Congress (YDC) 2013 from January 31 to February 2. They joined students from Boston-area dental and dental hygiene schools and staff from our School and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). The HIV Dental Work Group is […]