When Christine Kim DMD 24, returned home after a late night working in the lab recently, she opened her inbox to find some welcome news—that she had won first place in the American Dental Association’s (ADA) Health Literacy Essay Contest. “It was really exciting,” Kim said of the news. “I was having a rough week….and […]
When Uma Meenakshinathan DMD 22 started her externship at the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), she noticed that individuals were arriving after big winter storms with amputated toes and feet. “I met a gentleman who lost both his feet because of diabetes-related complications that started off from frostbite,” she said. “That was just […]
Over a cup of coffee one winter evening in 2020, Mohammed Baseer Ahmed, Nitin Joshi and Ravneet Kaur found themselves discussing ways to give back to the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM). The three students, all of whom are members of the Doctor of Dental Medicine Advanced Standing (DMD AS) […]
From card-writing campaigns to collecting donations, members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) found creative ways to participate in this year’s Global Days of Service despite the limitations created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 69 individuals from Boston University Medical Campus contributed approximately 193 hours of service […]
When Ana-Gabriela Benghiac DMD AS 22 thinks about why she’s drawn to giving back to her community, a quote from English writer John Bunyan comes to mind. “[He] said, you have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you,” Benghiac said. Benghiac has taken the quote to heart, […]
While volunteering in-person is not currently an option, students at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) have still found creative ways to give back to the local community. From October 2020 to February 2021, over 40 students took part in “virtual volunteering” at several Boston-area organizations, doing everything from donating […]
Dr. Meredith Bailey will make history this July when she becomes the youngest president in the history of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) and the first who will serve a two-year term. Bailey, clinical instructor in the Department of General Dentistry and a group practice leader at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of […]
For the first time ever, members of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community celebrated their student leaders and teaching assistants…virtually. Each year, GSDM typically hosts a luncheon to recognize fourth-year DMD students and second-year DMD AS students who have served as teaching assistants (TA) or in leadership positions for student organizations […]
Dr. Raul Garcia, professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research and director of the Northeast Center for Research to Evaluate and Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD) at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), has become the first dentist to be appointed to the Advisory Committee on Minority […]
When Roberta Flynn, dental assistant in the department of Periodontology, was announced as the winner of the 2019 Kristen Donovan Award during the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Faculty and Staff meeting on Thursday, June 13, 2019, she was greeted with a standing ovation—one that made her cry. Her first steps, however, […]