BU ASDA Chapter Achieving on the National Stage

Several members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) have recently been recognized at both the ASDA Annual Session held in Orlando, Florida from February 22 – 25, 2017 and the ADEA Annual Session held in Long Beach, CA; March 18-22, 2017.

First, Molly Conlon DMD 19 was elected as the District 1 Trustee for ASDA. In this position, Ms. Conlon will serve as a member of the ASDA Board of Trustees, which oversees the development and implementation of the Association’s Strategic Plan, approves the annual budget, and will represent the constituents of ASDA District 1 (GSDM, Tufts, Harvard, UCONN, and UNE). Additionally, Ms. Conlon will serve as the chair of the district caucus and appoint national leaders and association award winners.

Also at the ASDA Annual Session, ten GSDM chapter members were elected to the 2017 – 2018 ASDA National District 1 Executive Cabinet and Leadership Board. Congratulations to Lindsey Janof DMD 19, Membership Chair; Bart Knowles DMD 19, Financial Advisor; Lauren Aber DMD 19, Fundraising Vice Chair; Asia Yip DMD 19, Advocacy Chair; Anisha Pandya DMD 20, Advocacy Vice Chair; Shahil Amin DMD 20; Advocacy Committee; Walter Wang DMD 20, Wellness Co-Chair; Katie Quan DMD 19, Events Chair; Anchita Venkatesh AS 18, Events Committee; and Parham Radmanesh DMD 19, Presidential Committee.

During the 2017 ADEA Annual Session, the GSDM ASDA Dental Education Committee won the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) Outstanding Activities Award. The Committee was honored for their achievements over the last academic year, where they doubled the number of events related to dental education and helped build peer learning connections. Members of the committee are Bowen Zhou DMD 19, Molly Conlon DMD 19, Asia Yip DMD 19, and Scott Jegard DMD 18.

ASDA is a national student-run organization that protects and advances the rights, interests and welfare of dental students. It introduces students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry and provides services, information, education, representation and advocacy. Today, ASDA is the largest national organization solely dedicated to dental student concerns. Structured as a network of chapters based at each of the 65 U.S. dental schools, ASDA is uniquely geared to respond to its members at the local, regional and national levels.

“Congratulations to all our ASDA members for the recognition at both the ASDA and ADEA Annual Sessions,” said Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter. “We have a very accomplished and involved chapter at GSDM, and I look forward to their future accomplishments in both our School and the profession.”