DMD Student Wins Jong Award
Adrienne Archidiacono DMD 09 was a second place winner of the 3rd Annual Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Pre-Professional Award sponsored by Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The award was presented at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Oral Health Section 2008 held during the 136th APHA Annual Meeting in San Diego, California from October […]
BU Surgeons Lead Team in Repair of Craniofacial Disorders in Ukraine
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Associate Professor and Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Boston Medical Center Dr. Pushkar Mehra visited Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine from September 25 to October 3 as part of the Smiles International Foundation, Smiles of Ukraine program. Accompanying Dr. Mehra on this trip was Dr. Daniel Jeong OMFS […]
Team BMC Seeks Marathon Runners
Boston Medical Center (BMC) is looking for runners from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) to join their 2009 Boston Marathon team. This is Team BMC’s fifth year participating in the event. Last year the team was comprised of 35 runners who raised $175,000, more money per runner than ever before, to support […]
NIDCR Awards 7-Year Grant to CREEDD
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a grant to the Center for Research to Evaluate & Eliminate Dental Disparities (CREEDD). The grant, totaling just over $14.5 million, will fund CREEDD from 2008 to 2015. Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Professor […]
BU Joins Fight Against Silent Killer
Oral cancer kills more than 7,000 Americans each year. When detected early, the disease is treatable with a high success rate. The disease has few symptoms, however, and is often detected too late. On Sunday, September 21, the public received free oral cancer screenings from Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) staff and […]
Oral Health Checkup is Key before Children Start School
As they prepare to send a child to school for the first time, many parents think about the obvious needs, such as backpacks, pencils, and notebooks. At Boston’s annual Countdown to Kindergarten at Boston Children’s Museum August 27, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s (BUGSDM) Division of Community Health Programs made sure parents were […]
Student Groups Get Off to an Impressive Start
The third floor of Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) was buzzing August 25 as both the Boston University Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) and Boston University Hispanic Student Dental Association (BUSHDA) held their first meetings for the 2008-2009 academic year. At the BUVSDA meeting, President Nam Phan told new and returning members […]
Healthy Baby/Healthy Child Picnic Focuses on Oral Health
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) provided oral health education, fun dental activities, oral health screenings, and complimentary toothbrushes as part of the Health Baby/Healthy Child (HB/HC) Summer Camp Picnic on August 19 at Franklin Park. The HB/HC Program of the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is […]
AAWD Hosts Interactive Health Fair at Rosie’s Place
The Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) chapter of American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) held a fun and interactive dental health fair for children at Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless, displaced, and battered women. BUGSDM has worked with Rosie’s Place on many prior occasions, but this event featured one of the […]
With Help of BU Students, Homeless Vets Stand Down
For around 7,000 Massachusetts veterans who have defended their country abroad, the return home is plagued with homelessness and a dire need of supportive services. Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) students and staff hygienists were part of the solution Friday, August 8, as they provided free dental screenings and information to veterans […]