Kathleen Held First Dental Assistant Appointed to Mass Dental Licensing Board
Kathleen Held Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Kathleen Held to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry (BORID) January 21, 2014. The assignment marks the first time a dental...
View ArticleVolunteers Teach Preschoolers Lifelong Health Lessons
Kenia Rodriguez DMD 14 knows firsthand how impressionable preschoolers are—her earliest memory is from her own experience as a preschooler, where she remembers learning to wash her hands. Rodriguez,...
View ArticleGrand Rounds Kick Off with Complex Case
Zara Nensey DMD 14 The first Grand Rounds of the academic year on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, offered ethical food for thought. Zara Nensey DMD 14 presented the case of a patient she saw at Fenway...
View ArticleScience Day Keynote Highlights Biomaterials in Clinical Trials, Five Winners...
(l-r) Associate Dean for Research Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska, Dr. David J. Mooney, and Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter Biomaterials can be used in clinical trials to serve as cell carriers or attractors of host...
View ArticleGive Kids a Smile Returns in a Big Way
Captain Cavity Fighter with a child This year’s Give Kids a Smile held on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, was a huge success thanks to Global and Population Health (GPH), Oral Health Promotion Director...
View ArticleTown Halls Highlight Complete Team of 18 Group Practice Leaders
Dr. Russell (back row, far left) and the Group Practice Leaders “In all of my career, I have never put together a group like this, and probably couldn’t again,” said Dr. David Russell, Director of the...
View ArticleStudents Explore the Unconventional at Annual AAWD Brunch
(l-r) Drs. Paula K. Friedman, Kristin Zitterell, Adele Schele, and Andrea Frazer On Sunday, March 23, 2014, approximately 30 students of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine...
View ArticleExploring How People Learn at ADEA Annual Session
(l–r) Students Emma Lattouf, Marc Horton, Andrew Soule-Hinds, Matt Mara, and Luri Lee From giving lectures to presenting posters to serving in leadership roles, students and faculty represented the...
View ArticleService Recognition Events Celebrate Our Dedicated Employees
President Brown speaks at the Service Recognition Luncheon Each year, Boston University holds service recognition events to honor employees who have reached milestone markers in their careers at BU....
View ArticleDr. Joseph Calabrese Made Honorary Alpha Omega Member
Dr. Joseph Calabrese with his parents, Angela and Joseph During the organization’s 2014 Senior Brunch Sunday, March 30, the Boston Alumni chapter of the Alpha Omega International Dental Fraternity (AO)...
View ArticleState Medicaid Cuts Mean More Emergency Department Visits, Higher Costs for...
Dr. Judith Jones According to a study released April 17 in the American Journal of Public Health, dental-related Emergency Department (ED) visits increased up to 14 percent following Massachusetts...
View ArticleNine Partake in BU Scholars Day, Yi Zhong Wins
(l–r) Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter, Yi Zhong, and Dr. Eva Helmerhorst Five GSDM students and four faculty judges participated in this year’s Boston University Scholars Day Tuesday, April 15. Scholars Day,...
View ArticleNowruz Means Spring is Here (No Matter How Cold!)
The Haft Seen table The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) celebrated Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, on the evening of Thursday, March 27, 2014, in the School cafeteria....
View ArticleScience Day 2014 Awards Luncheon
Award winners and their mentors The 2014 Science Day Awards Luncheon ceremony took place on April 10, 2014, to honor the winners of the 33rd Science Day, which was held on March 13, 2014. The GSDM...
View ArticleRibbon Cuttings Mark Official Openings for Two New GSDM Department of...
Dean Hutter leads the ribbon cutting for the X-2 laboratory On Tuesday, March 25, 2014, two ribbon cutting ceremonies marked the official opening of two new laboratory spaces for the Department of...
View ArticleTarek Elmajie DPH 14 Honored at 2014 National Oral Health Conference
Tarek Elmajie DPH 14 with his poster and award at the 2014 NOHC Tarek Elmajie DPH 14 received Honorable Mention for the Leverett Graduate Dental Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in...
View ArticleResearchers Worldwide Convene at AADR
(l-r) Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter, Kaveh Bahravand Ahmadi AS 14, and Dr. Leslie Will The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) held its 43rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, in conjunction with...
View ArticleGSDM Patients Get Same-Day Restorations from Pre-doc Dentists
Training on CEREC On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, two patients in the pre-doctoral Patient Treatment Center walked out with same-day ceramic restorations. Pre-doctoral students Grant Murray DMD 2014 and...
View ArticleArt Days Reveals Artistic Side of Medical Campus
Artwork by Roua Al Timimi AS 15 Evidence-based reasoning in the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) community was momentarily set aside on March 31 and April 1, 2014, for the 24th annual BUMC Art...
View ArticleInitiative Offering More Pediatric Experience Benefits Students and Community
Preschoolers practice brushing with Sara Procknik DMD 15 Since October, Global & Population Health (GPH) has been leading an initiative to offer Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental...
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