BUSDM Faculty Present at New York Academy of Sciences Meeting
The New York Academy of Sciences welcomed Dr. Frank Oppenheim, chair of the Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology; Dr. Eva Helmerhorst, assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology; and Dr. Walter Siqueira, postdoctoral fellow, to present at the meeting Oral-based Diagnostics October 10-13 at Emerald Pointe Resort in Georgia. Dr. Oppenheim […]
HRSA Extends Dental Public Health Residency Training Grant
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced it will continue to fund the Dental Public Health Residency Training Grant for an additional three years. "Our curriculum will continue to be expanded to support training that addresses key twenty-first century health issues in the U.S.," says Dr. […]
Drs. Miyamoto and Nunn to Participate in First Asian World Dental Symposium
Dr. Takanari Miyamoto, assistant professor in the Department of General Dentistry, and Dr. Martha Nunn, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Health Services Research will participate in the first Asian World Dental Symposium, entitled "New Challenges in Periodontics in the 21st Century," January 20-21, 2007, at Yomiuri Hall in Tokyo. The conference […]
PROS Residents Win Top Honors at ACP Meeting
BUSDM swept away the competition at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Natick October 13 as prosthodontics residents Drs. Mohammed Bahanshal and Nawaf Al-Dousari earned top honors in the Steven R. Gordon Memorial Essay Contest hosted by the Massachusetts section of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP). A panel of judges, which heard presentations on a […]
Dr. Hirschberg to Present at NIDCR
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), has invited Dr. Carlos B. Hirschberg, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, to present a lecture to the NIH community at the organization’s headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, February 7. In his discussion "Novel Regulation of Posttranslational […]
Janket Grant to Investigate Saliva as Mortality Predictor in Heart Disease
The American Heart Association (AHA) has awarded Dr. Sok-Ja Janket a Scientist Development Grant to study salivary lysozyme as a predictor for cardiovascular mortality. The award of $221,100, to be disbursed over four years, is part of an AHA program to support promising beginning scientists in their progress toward becoming successful independent investigators. Three hundred […]
Ortho Resident Wins 2d Prize in National Research Competition
Jean-David Sebaoun ORTHO 07 won second prize in a national research competition among orthodontic residents from 42 advanced orthodontic training programs in the U.S. and Canada. The competition was judged during the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) annual meeting in Las Vegas May 5-9. Sebaoun conduced his research, titled "Trabecular Modeling and RAP Following Selective […]
BUSDM Receives $34k Grant for Evidence-Based Dentistry Research
The American Dental Association (ADA) Foundation has awarded BUSDM $34,000 to determine how effective dental prophylaxis is in preventing periodontitis in people with and without known risk factors. Among the 14 proposals, BUSDM’s was 1 of just 3 selected for funding. A key feature of the school’s proposal includes literature reviews of studies not only […]
Periodontology & Oral Biology Publications Highlighted by NIDCR
The NIDCR has highlighted two papers by periodontology and oral biology faculty Drs. Dana Graves, Salomon Amar, and Cataldo Leone. One, " Immunization enhances inflammation and tissue destruction in response to Porphyromonas gingivalis," was published in the April issue of Infection and Immunity. The other, in the March issue of American Journal of Pathology, is […]
Amar Discovers New Gene Linked to Inflammation
In a paper featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), Dr. Salomon Amar, professor of periodontology and oral biology, reports the discovery of a new gene, STAT6(B), that helps regulate production of the potentially deadly tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) cytokine. TNF-alpha is involved in inflammatory disorders such as Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid […]