Ovalles Awarded for Serving Hispanic Community
Fransheska Ovalles DMD 13 has received a $5,000 scholarship from the National Hispanic Health Foundation for her volunteerism in the Hispanic community. She received the award at a presentation in New York on November 29, 2012. The Foundation awarded 20 scholarships—16 of them for $5,000—to dental, medical, nursing, public health, pharmacy, and health policy analysis […]
Kukuruzinska Lab Publishes on Potential Cancer-Causing Gene DPAGT1
A manuscript published online November 23, 2012, in the Journal of Cell Science presents new insights into the mechanisms that control epithelial cell behavior as discovered by Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska’s laboratory in the GSDM Department of Molecular & Cell Biology. The research identifies the DPAGT1 gene as a regulator of canonical Wnt signaling and E-cadherin […]
New Faculty Member Dr. Mamoru Tanaka Recognized as Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics
A new member of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine faculty, Clinical Assistant Professor of General Dentistry Dr. Mamoru Tanaka was certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics in March 2012. In recognition of his Board Certification, Dr. Tanaka was presented with a certificate and a diplomate pin […]
GSDM Continues Support at Women to Women Event
The Boston University Student Chapter of American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) returned to Rosie’s Place for the monthly “Women to Women” event on Friday, October 12, 2012. This initiative is a collaboration of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) and the Wellness Clinic […]
GSDM Students Participate in “Fall into Wellness” Health and Wellness Fair
On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, seven students from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri volunteered at the “Fall into Wellness” Health and Wellness Fair. The Fair was sponsored by Vinfen, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH), Bay Cove Human Services, North Suffolk Mental […]
Jawbreakers Win Intramural Hockey Championship
The GSDM intramural ice hockey team, the Jawbreakers, defeated Saucy and Frothy (3-2) to win the 2012 Boston University Intramural Championship Game on Wednesday, November 7. Team members included GSDM students: Julian Camastra, Rob Cauley, Christopher Chan, Adrian De Vincenzo, Richard “Trip” Egan, Tony Faraco-Hadlock, Kyle Ivy, Alan Jue, Tom Keeling, Sara Mandell, Dan Moynihan, […]
Students Accept Externship Challenge and Achieve Success in San Marcos
The Hollywood-style Coca-Cola sign that Ilya Garibyan DMD 13 and Anya Pukhovitskaya DMD 13 saw in the hills near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at the start of their dental mission with Cape Cares Central American Relief Efforts foreshadowed the poor state of oral health they would encounter in their work there from October 19 to October 28, […]
Nothing Personal Wins Flag Football Intramurals and Places Fifth in Regional Championship
The men’s intramural flag football team, Nothing Personal, and its Co-Rec team won the 2012 intramurals this past weekend, claiming the top spot in both the Men’s AA Championship and the Co-Rec Championship on Sunday, November 11, 2012. Nothing Personal team members included DMD students: Andrew Brattain, Eamon Chory, Christopher Connell (co-captain), David Garazi (co-captain), […]
ADSO Shares Growth Plans at First Meeting of School Year
On Wednesday, November 7, 2012, the first general meeting of the GSDM chapter of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) was held for the 2012-2013 school year. The organization is relatively new to GSDM, with this being its second year on campus. The mission of the ADSO is to promote collegiality and collaboration among dental […]
Challenges Become Opportunities on Mexico Mission
As you might imagine, coordinating an international externship is a feat when unexpected challenges happen. That was the case when Erik Engelbrektson, Patrick Moore, and Josephine Verde, all DMD 13, set out for San Blas, Mexico from October 4 to October 15, 2012, with LIGA International. Mission supervisor Dr. Fred Kalinoff was forced to cancel […]