Countdown to Kindergarten Reaches 79 Boston Children with Oral Health Education
BUGSDM student, staff, and faculty volunteers provided free dental screenings and oral health education to an impressive 79 Boston children entering kindergarten this fall and their families August 28 at Countdown to Kindergarten. The annual event, presented by Boston Public Schools at Boston Children’s Museum, celebrates Boston children’s transition to kindergarten and gives their families […]
Operation Stand Down Brings Dental Care to Veterans
BUGSDM volunteers joined Operation Stand Down August 10. The two-day event, presented by Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse, offers homeless veterans in Boston resources such as haircuts, clothing, housing advice, and health screenings. The school provided dental screenings, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and referrals to 75 veterans. This is the first time BUGSDM has participated and also the first time […]
Science News Seeks Opinion of Dr. Dana Graves
Dr. Dana T. Graves, professor of periodontology and oral biology, discusses recent discoveries regarding the influence of bone cells on energy metabolism leading to type 2 diabetes in this week’s issue of Science News."The fact that bone cells regulate energy metabolism, and that they do it through osteocalcin, is a major finding," he says in […]
Program White Coat Turns Boston Children into Tomorrow’s Dentists
Boston University School of Dental Medicine welcomed 17 Boston-area children ages 9 to 11 during the week of July 23 to 27 for the third annual Program White Coat, the school’s career exploration day program introducing children to dentistry and other health professions. The program is one of BUSDM’s pipeline programs, which encourage underrepresented minorities and […]
BUSDM Volunteers Promote Careers in Dentistry
Boston University School of Dental Medicine returned to the Boston Public Health Commission’s Boston Area Health Education Center (BAHEC) Health Career Expo for area high school students July 13 to teach teens about careers in dentistry. Nearly 100 students, who are part of the Youth to Health Careers (Y2HC) Summer Enrichment Program stopped by the […]
BUSDM Volunteers Deliver Special Smiles
Massachusetts Special Olympians are smiling wider this week thanks to BUSDM volunteers who provided 250 free dental screenings during the Special Olympics Massachusetts games at Harvard Stadium June 16. BUSDM’s largest-attended volunteer event, the games consistently draw about 120 student, staff, and faculty volunteers each year. The on-site screenings are part of the Healthy Athletes® […]
Blackstone School Makes Seventh Annual Trip to BUSDM
“What’s better for you: soda or water?” asked the Division of Community Health Programs’ (CHP) Sheree Norquist of 84 third-grade students visiting BUSDM June 12. “Water!” they shouted. Nine-year-olds from Blackstone School in the South End became “dental students for a day” as they joined the annual Blackstone School Field Trip to BUSDM Tuesday. Students […]
Dr. Steve Colchamiro Honored for Promoting Oral Health
The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers will present its 2007 Founder’s Award to Dr. Stephen Colchamiro today for his efforts to promote access to oral health care for all the state’s residents. Colchamiro has hosted BUSDM externship students at Jamaica Plain’s Brookside Community Health Center, where he is the dental director, since the externship […]
Dr. Ana Karina Mascarenhas Nominated “Woman of the Year”
Dr. Ana Karina Mascarenhas, director of BUSDM’s Division of Dental Public Health, is one of just 20 finalists in the 2007 Woman of the Year competition. The event, sponsored by local newspaper India New England, honors New England woman of South Asian descent who are successful in business or social work and contribute to the […]
Jedediah Horwitt Awarded for Oral Health Outreach Project
Jedediah Horwitt, program coordinator in the Division of Community Health Programs and MPH candidate at Boston University School of Public Health’s Department of International Health, recently won first place for "Best Poster Content" at the school’s Public Health Practicum Poster Session. Horwitt’s poster, “Integrating Oral Health into a Medical Outreach Program to Rural Dominican Republic,” […]