Wellness Fair Raises Awareness of Oral Health Issues
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Division of Community Health Programs promoted oral health at the annual Wellness Fair held on Thursday, January 31 at the Fitness and Recreation Center on the Charles River Campus. The goal of the Wellness Fair is to target the specific needs and trends of the undergraduate student […]
BUSNDA Commemorates Black History Month
The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) chapter of the Student National Dental Association (SNDA) relaunched at the beginning of this school year and has grown to 25 members of many different ethnicities and backgrounds. The four executive board members include President Joseph Ayitey-Adjin DMD 09, Vice President Kimberly Haynes DMD 09, Secretary […]
Oral Health Disparities Revealed at State House Briefing
Disparities in the oral health of Massachusetts children were revealed in a special session held January 24 at the Massachusetts State House. The findings were the result of the first statewide survey of this magnitude and focus since 1979. The survey was sponsored by Delta Dental and conducted in part by Boston University Goldman School […]
Looking Forward to Yankee Dental Congress 33
Yankee Dental Congress 33 takes place next week at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The exhibit halls are open Thursday, January 31 from 10:00 am – 5:30 pm, Friday, February 1 from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, and Saturday, February 2 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. BUGSDM will be sponsoring two lounges and one […]
Recent Awards Focus of CHP’s 2008 Grant Funded Programs
The Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) recently received four grants. These four comprise the majority of the grant funded programs that CHP will focus on in 2008. The grants include the following: National Institutes of HealthPublic Health Nurses as Oral Health Advocates: A Feasibility StudyThis grant will explore the feasibility of public health nurses […]
Program White Coat Invites Past Students to Celebrate the Holiday Season
Faculty, students, and children who have participated in Program White Coat in the last three years gathered at BUGSDM from 5 to 6:30 PM Friday, December 14, to celebrate the holiday season and their interest in dental medicine. Program White Coat is a weeklong program that takes place in the summer for children ranging in […]
Dr. Gregory Stoute and BUVSDA Students Put Their Skills to Work on the MAC Van
Director of Minority Affairs Dr. Gregory Stoute, and Boston University Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) members, Cindy Tran DMD 11, Lucas Patrick DMD 11 and Linh Nguyen DMD 10, all took time out of their busy schedules to volunteer on the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS) Foundation’s Mobile Access to Care (MAC) Van November 30. The […]
Student Group Spreads Thanksgiving Spirit
Thanksgiving may be a few weeks away, but Boston University Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) is already showing a giving spirit. The group delivered its first bundle of clothing this week to Rosie’s Place, a shelter for poor and homeless women in Boston. BUVSDA has organized the drive for the past three years. This year, in just […]
Spread the Dental Health Wealth with the Outreach Van Project
BUGSDM students are accustomed to providing dental care anywhere–whether in the treatment center, in a remote Central American village, or, as is now the case, on a street corner in East Boston. This month, a group of enterprising dental students took on this unlikely treatment spot as members of BUMC’s Outreach Van Project. The project visits […]
School Concerned With Men’s Oral Health
Men are less likely to seek preventive dental care and more likely to develop oral cancer and gum disease than women, according the the Academy of General Dentistry. These perils of being male encouraged seven BUGSDM student volunteers and the Division of Community Health Programs to participate in Boston Medical Center’s Partnership for Men’s Health […]