ASDA Donations Help Local Patient Community
ASDA recently donated 402 items collected during their annual food drive to the BMC Food Pantry. This is a 20% increase in the amount of non-perishable food items collected by the group over last year. Additionally, this years’ donations were not brought to the Greater Boston Food Bank, but to the BMC Food Pantry, right […]
Scenes from a Mission
If you read Outlook This Week on a regular basis you’ve probably seen a few stories on the amazing experiences that some of our students have had while participating in elective externships. For today’s edition we are happy to bring you something a little different. Recently three fourth-year DMD students, Ali Mahin Arastu, Gulia Muca, […]
Dr. Sahin-Toth Publishes Paradigm-shifting Study in JBC
Professor Dr. Miklos Sahin-Toth and his co-workers Research Associate Dr. Richárd Szmola, and Postdoctoral Fellows Drs. Melinda Bence and Andras Szabo have recently published a new study on what Dr. Sahin-Toth refers to as, “paradigm-shifting in the field of digestive enzyme regulation.” "In this study we demonstrate that full activation of human digestive procarboxypeptidases A1 […]
Fighting Cavities in Teacapan
For three weeks in a row each year the children of Teacapan—a small fishing village in Mexico—receive dental care from Project Stretch volunteers. The other 49 weeks of the year dental care is largely unavailable to them. GSDM volunteers, under the leadership of Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Kathy Held, have participated in a week-long […]
Boston Families Learn the Value of Being Prepared
Preparing children to enter kindergarten is a year-long process in Boston. Through the Countdown to Kindergarten program, parents receive help registering their child for kindergarten at Boston Public Schools and are connected with resources that help children thrive in school. GSDM is one of these resources and, under the leadership of CHP Oral Health Promotion […]
MDS Volunteer Heroes Announced: Four GSDM Alums Among Esteemed Group
The Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) recently announced their 2010 William McKenna Volunteer Heroes in their Winter 2011 issue of the Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society. Four GSDM alums were named to this inspirational group: Deborah Almedia PERIO 87; Deedee Gurin DMD 97; Pat Machalinski DMD 90, AEGD 91, ENDO 93; and Viktoria Talebian DMD […]
Students Can Fend Off Lions, but Not Cavities
GSDM CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri led a team of student volunteers to the Notre Dame Educational Center (NDEC) in South Boston, where they provided outreach to adult learners on February 15. This is the second outreach effort that GSDM has organized at NDEC. Derrick Call DMD 12, whose wife is a former […]
SNDA Supports South Boston Head Start
SNDA members Wyatt Traina DMD 14, Brittney Barrows DMD 14, Lindzy Goodman DMD 14, and Serena Jacob DMD 11, along with CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, brought interactive classroom education to the South Boston Head Start program on February 7. Also accompanying the SNDA members were two pre-dental students Michelle Preito and Sebastian […]
Dental Students Push Boundaries of Dentistry and Adventure in Guatemala
All three said they’d go back in a heartbeat. “I’ve wanted to do something like this ever since I was in undergrad,” said Ty Eriks DMD 11. “The experience was definitely life changing.” Eriks, along with Alex Vasserman DMD 11 and Tadeu Szpoganicz DMD 11 traveled to Poptun, Guatemala, January 6 to January 17, with […]
Yankee Dental Congress 36 Preview
Yankee Dental Congress 36 (YDC) will be held from January 26 to 30 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). The Exhibit Hall will be open January 27 to 29. As in previous years, many members of the GSDM community will be playing an active role at YDC. A complete list of speakers, including […]