Ann Progulske-Fox, Ph.D., a distinguished professor in the University of Florida Department of Oral Biology, was elected as a fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in October 2014. The AAAS Council elects members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or…
Tarek El-Kerdani, clinical associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, received a University of Florida Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) Award to receive in-depth training in the ED4 Compare system during spring and summer 2015. ED4 is new dental technology that scans prepared teeth and instantly designs a…
In September 2014 Rujuta Katkar, B.D.S., M.D.S., M.S., an assistant professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences and division director of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, was appointed to serve on the Research and Technology Committee of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial…
Congratulations to Madhu Nair, D.M.D., M.S., Lic. Odont., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences was awarded the 2014 Lincoln R. Manson‐Hing Award from the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in recognition of distinguished service for excellence in scientific reviewing in…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Garcia, currently the deputy director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, or NIDCR — a part of the National Institutes of Health — will officially begin her…
The college is proud to announce that Marcelle Nascimento, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, was elected president-elect/councilor for the 2014-15 term of the International Association for Dental Research/American Associate for Dental Research Cariology Group. “I am both honored…
Kathleen Neiva, D.D.S., Ph.D., recently received the Endodontic Educator Fellowship Award, one of the most prestigious awards for educators from the Foundation of the American Association of Endodontists. “She is an outstanding educator and truly deserves this honor. We are very fortunate to have her on faculty in our…
Congratulations to Abi Adewumi, B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S. (Eng), M.Ped., DentRSC (Eng), who was recently appointed Residency Program Director for the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Dentistry and received an award from the National Dental Association Foundation. Adewumi, a clinical associate professor, was appointed program director of the pediatric dentistry…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry welcomes three new faculty members: Alex Delgado, Luiz Gonzaga and Benjamin Schlott. Alex J. Delgado, D.D.S., joined the college on June 16, 2014, as a clinical assistant professor in the Operative Division of the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences. Delgado earned his…
University of Florida College of Dentistry faculty members, Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., and Marcio Guelmann, D.D.S., were promoted by the university effective July 1, 2014, and James Pettigrew, D.M.D., who retires on June 30, 2014, was appointed an associate professor emeritus. Roger Fillingim, who joined the college in 2000, was…
