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Mahesh Sadhnani DMD 12 Receives Preventive Dentistry Scholarship
Mahesh Sadhnani DMD 12 was recently awarded the ADEA Johnson & Johnson Healthcare Products Preventive Dentistry Scholarship. Sadhnani was one of 12 students nationwide selected to receive the annual scholarship, which is given to support pre-doctoral students who have demonstrated academic excellence in preventive dentistry. Sadhnani was nominated for this award... More
Ahmad Almehmadi PERIO 15 Recognized at BU Science & Engineering Research Symposium
Ahmad Almehmadi’s PERIO 15 research was selected as the winner of the GSDM Dean’s Award at the March 21, BU Science & Engineering Research Symposium. His poster was titled, “The Use of VWC2 Protein as a Novel Approach to Induce Bone Formation.” His research mentor was Associate Professor... More
20 Employees Recognized by University for Years of Service
In a luncheon held March 28, in Metcalf Hall at the George Sherman Union, employees from GSDM were recognized for 10 and 25 years of service. Employees eligible to be honored for 10 years of service included: Dr. Corinna Culler, Mr. Daniel Hyacinthe, Ms. Deborah Redden-Tyler, Ms. Dee Devlin, Dr. Gurkan... More
Fourth-year Students Ignite Interest in Global Health
A motivational luncheon presentation was hosted by Extramural Programs on April 6. The luncheon was led by Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Kathy Held and featured testimonials from fourth-year DMD students who have traveled on an international elective externship in the last year. These students visited Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Panama, More
Sharing Dental School Knowledge with CRC Students
More than 300 BU students visited the GSDM booth at this year’s Be Well Health Fair. The fair caters to BU undergraduate students and offers information on all aspects of health. Four GSDM students—Satinder Kaur Pandher DMD 13, Pallavi Chellur DMD12, Manu Sharma DMD 12, and Anya Pukhovitskaya DMD 13—volunteered... More
Students on a Roll
For the third year in a row the student team defeated the faculty and staff team at the Annual SNDA Basketball Game. The final score was extremely close but the students eked out another victory by a margin of only three points. Cheerleaders got in on the action again this year... More
Curriculum Summit II Works to Design a Group Practice Model for GSDM
Members of the Curriculum Summit II, led by Summit Co-Chairs Drs. Carl McManama and Cataldo Leone, met March 29 and 30, at the Hotel Commonwealth, to address the following objectives: Create a patient-centered clinical education construct for faculty-guided, student-provided, high quality care of patients that begins in a centralized diagnostic center... More
Dr. Pushkar Mehra Inducted Into Prestigious Society
Chair of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Dr. Pushkar Mehra was inducted as an active member of the American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons (ASTMJS) at the 2012 annual meeting, held in Naples, Florida in March. Membership in this highly selective organization is by invite-only... More
Students Explore the Possibilities at GSDM Career Fair
Students considering their career path visited the 2nd Annual GSDM Career Fair in Hiebert Lounge on April 5. Student Affairs hosted the fair, which drew 15 vendors, ranging from local large group practices, to state dental associations (as far away as California), to the armed forces. Vendor representatives discussed potential... More
ADSO Teams Up With Harvard to Support Healthy Kids Festival
The BU Chapter of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) teamed up with the Harvard Chapter to provide oral health outreach at the Healthy Kids Festival on March 21. The festival was sponsored by the Children’s Museum and ADSO also worked with CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri to... More