Breaking the Ice About Oral Health
The Division of Community Health Programs (CHP), with the help of Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, teamed up with the student chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) and other GSDM student volunteers on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at the annual Rosie’s Place Wellness Fair. The Wellness Fair is the biggest of […]
Applied Strategic Plan Implementation Quarterly Meeting
On Thursday, August 9, 2012, the Applied Strategic Plan Implementation Team met to continue the work begun in May 2012, at the semiannual meeting of the Applied Strategic Planning Committee Thirty-five representatives of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) faculty, staff, students, residents, and administration participated in the daylong session. […]
$1.25M Grant Supports Transcriptional Attenuation Research, Could Impact Therapeutic Gene Silencing
Dr. David E. Levin, professor and chair of the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, has received a four-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant of $1.25 million for Control of Transcriptional Attenuation of Stress-Induced Genes in Yeast. The grant runs from July 23, 2012, […]
New Students and Other Volunteers Make Operation Stand Down a Dental Success
The 2012 Massachusetts Operation Stand Down was held on August 24 and 25, 2012, at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 103 in Dorchester for the second consecutive year. GSDM students volunteered under the direction of Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, providing dental screenings to 91 participants. There was an impressive volunteer turnout. […]
Dr. Pushkar Mehra Nominated to ABOMS Examination Committee
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Chair and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Dr. Pushkar Mehra has been appointed to the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) Examination Committee for an eight-year term, commencing in 2013. ABOMS is the certifying board for the specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery in the United States […]
AAWD and CHP Return to Rosie’s Place
The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) and BU Chapter of the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD) returned to Rosie’s Place on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, to participate in the Childworks Program. Rosie’s Place is a sanctuary for poor and homeless women located in Boston’s […]