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The college was awarded for a fifth straight year with a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity, or HEED, Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

Donatelli directs all aspects of orthodontics advanced education including compliance with Commission on Dental Accreditation standards, developing and implementing curriculum, evaluating resident performance and clinical outcomes.

Ottenga rejoined the faculty of the UF College of Dentistry as a clinical professor in the operative division in restorative dental sciences.

Her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms involved in age-related pain perception and modulation in humans.

The college ranks fourth among public institutions and has been ranked in the Top 10 among dental schools in NIH funding since 2006.

Nascimento is responsible for managing the DCRU and will assist colleagues with developing clinical research protocols and preparing IRB applications.

As program director, she is responsible for oversight of the didactic, preclinical and clinical predoctoral curriculum for the endodontics.

Rocha’s primary focus is educating predoctoral students and advanced education residents in dental biomaterials.

Carol Stewart received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis during the AAOM Annual Meeting.

Dr. Pereira will begin her role as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs following the retirement of Venita Sposetti, D.M.D., in fall 2019.