DMD 11 Students Share APEX Research During Oral Presentations
Nine Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) DMD 11 students involved in research during their recently completed APEX I rotations presented their findings on Thursday, August 7. BUGSDM faculty, many of whom served as research mentors; staff; and students attended the session. Professor and Associate Dean for Research Dr. Salomon Amar hosted the […]
Prosthodontic Resident Takes First Place
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) resident Mohammed Fahmi PROS 10 received first prize at the annual Remo A. Sinibaldi Table Clinic Competition sponsored by the Massachusetts Section of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) June 18 held at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston. Prosthodontic residents from the three dental schools in […]
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Resident Wins National Award
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) resident Emily Greenbowe OMFS 09 has been announced as the winner of the 2008 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) Straumann Resident Research Award for her research titled, Rigid Fixation of Infected Mandible Fractures. This nationally recognized award is sponsored by Straumann USA, and will […]
BUGSDM Researcher Presents at Oral Biology Research Conference
Sheede Khalil DMD 12, a researcher in the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, presented a poster titled, Planar cell polarity in duct elongation during SMG morphogenesis, at the Rochester Oral Biology Research Conference held at the end of June. The conference focused on cutting edge research […]
BUGSDM Advances Oral Health Worldwide at the IADR General Session
Numerous members of the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) attended the 86th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) in Toronto, ON, Canada from July 2 – 5. The goal of the general session was to advance research and increase knowledge for the improvement of oral health. […]
Dr. Philip Trackman Awarded DOD Grant for Prostate Cancer Research
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology Dr. Philip Trackman was awarded an “Idea Award” grant from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP). The three-year grant, “The Lysyl Oxidase Propeptide as an Inhibitor of Prostate to Bone Metastasis,” began May 1 and totals greater […]
Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska Solicited For Input on NIH Peer Review System
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska was among twenty study section chairs selected to a meet with Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), on May 28 at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The goal of the meeting was to brief and obtain the input of the […]
Student Earns Research Opportunity in Molecular and Cell Biology Lab
Bakr Amin CAS 10 (pre-dental) received a 2008 Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Award. This award, which includes a stipend, research supplies allowance, travel subsidy, and housing, supports summer research training for a ten week period. Amin will be spending his ten weeks in the laboratory of Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska under the direction of Dr. […]
Dr. Hatice Hasturk Awarded by NIDCR
Dr. Hatice Hasturk, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM) Assistant Professor in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology was recently granted a K23 award by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) for her research titled, Treatment of Periodontitis and Inflammatory Changes in Diabetes. This award was approved as of […]
Drs. Miklos Sahin-Toth and Richard Szmola Lecture at Digestive Disease Week
Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Miklos Sahin-Toth, was invited to present a lecture at Digestive Disease Week (DDW), held May 17-22 in San Diego, California. Sahin-Toth’s lecture was titled, Trypsin Inhibitors in Pancreatitis, and focused on his ongoing pancreatic research. Sahin-Toth was accompanied by Research Associate Richard Szmola, whose […]