GSDM’s SNDA Hosts First Ever Impressions Day
On Saturday, March 2, 2013, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine’s (GSDM) Student National Dental Association (SNDA), American Student Dental Association (ASDA) and Hispanic Student Dental Association (HSDA) launched the first SNDA Impressions program in the School’s history. Impressions is a flagship event for SNDA chapters nationwide. The program encourages and educates […]
GSDM Has a Night in the Spotlight at Agganis
Students, faculty, staff, and family members of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) enjoyed a night in the spotlight at the February 28, 2013, men’s basketball game between the Boston University Terriers and the Stony Brook University Seawolves. Thanks to coordination between GSDM Student Affairs and BU Athletics, it was BU […]
Celebrating Our Employees
Each year, Boston University holds service recognition events to honor employees who have reached milestone markers in their careers at BU. This year, we have a number of Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine employees who will be celebrating either 10 years or 25 years of service. These employees will be recognized and honored […]
GSDM’s Carina Pina Co-Authors Article
Carina Pina, Clinical & Educational Operations Coordinator at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), is second co-author of an article that has been published in the Pediatric Emergency Care journal’s March 2013 issue. Pina worked with several physicians and staff members from Boston Children’s Hospital and Duke University on the […]
Grand Rounds Provides an Answer: “What do you do if you don’t know what to do?”
On February 27, 2013, for the second in the series of Grand Rounds for the 2012–13 academic year, Patrick Moore DMD 13 presented a case that he took on during his 10-week externship rotation at Dental Health Works in Keene, New Hampshire. His preceptor was Dr. Stephen Hoffman. Professor of General Dentistry Dr. Carl McManama […]
Doctoral Student Works Toward a Potential Treatment for Bone Loss
Someday, we may be able to regrow bone using a protein that is already inside each of us. Ahmad Almehmadi PERIO 15 is studying the effect of VWC2 protein on calvarial (skull) bone formation under the guidance of Associate Professor Dr. Yoshiyuki Mochida. “We are learning how this protein works and how it induces bone […]
GSDM Addresses Teens’ Oral Health Issues at 10th Annual Safe Love Dance and Resource Fair
On Thursday, February 21, 2013, students from the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) volunteered at the 10th Annual Safe Love Dance and Resource Fair. The event was sponsored by the Generation Next Academy (GNA) Teen Center. At GNA, adolescents learn and grow through education and experience. GSDM students joined Oral […]
Two GSDM Students Win ADAF Student Scholarships
The American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) recently awarded scholarships to two Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine students. Benjamin Cooperman DMD 15 is 1 of 31 recipients of the Predoctoral Dental Student Scholarship for this academic year and Matthew Garcia DMD 15 is 1 of 19 to receive the Underrepresented Minority Dental […]
Dr. Kukuruzinska Spurs Salivary Research at Gordon Research Conference
Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska recently returned from Galveston, Texas, where she co-chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Salivary Glands & Exocrine Biology from February 3 to February 8, 2013, with Dr. Indu S. Ambudkar of the National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). A total of 136 senior and junior investigators attended to share their […]
GSDM Collaborates with Mil Milagros “A Thousand Miracles” in Guatemala
To those familiar with Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community outreach programs, it may not come as a surprise that the School recently partnered with an organization whose name translates from Spanish as “a thousand miracles.” In January 2013, GSDM Assistant Director of Extramural Programs Ms. Kathy Held and frequent […]