Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S. Congratulations to Luisa Echeto, D.D.S., M.S., who was selected for 2013-14 class of the University of Florida Leadership Academy. A clinical associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, she joined the university in 2003. The…
Supertaster scientist Linda Bartoshuk honored for decades of research UF professor Linda Bartoshuk wants you to taste a better tomato. She wants you to taste the best and most delicious tomato you have ever eaten. And she is working diligently with horticultural sciences professor Harry Klee, Ph.D., to make that…
Submitted by: Dr. Ronald Watson The Xi Omicron Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon at the University of Florida College of Dentistry announced the new nominees for membership at the American Student Dental Association banquet on April 6, 2013. Omicron Kappa Upsilon was founded in 1914 by Dean G.V. Black…
Congratulations to Luisa Echeto and Karl Soderholm, voted 2012-13 Teachers of the Year at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Each year the sophomore, junior and senior students vote to select a teacher of the year in the basic sciences and clinical sciences categories. The winners are selected for…
Congratulations to Fong Wong, D.D.S., M.S., B.S.D., C.A.G.S., an associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, Prosthodontics Division, who recently earned board certification from the American Board of Prosthodontics. She is also a Full Fellow of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics. Wong joined the University of Florida…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry recently appointed M. Franklin Dolwick, D.M.D., Ph.D., as the College of Dentistry Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Endowed Professor for a three-year term in recognition of his international reputation as an outstanding educator, scientist and clinician and his pioneering work in the development…
Rosalia Rey, D.D.S., recently received the Enid A. Neidle Scholar-in Residence Award from the American Dental Education Association and Johnson & Johnson Healthcare. “She is the first member of the University of Florida College of Dentistry to receive this honor and we are very proud to have her as a…
Congratulations to Patricia Xirau-Probert, Ph.D., and Eric Weber, both winners of the 2013 HSC Superior Accomplishment Awards for the University of Florida College of Dentistry. They were among the honorees at the Annual Superior Awards Luncheon on March 15, 2013. Each winner received a $200 award and is entered to…
Nereyda Clark, D.M.D., has been asked to serve for MedEdPORTAL’s Faculty Mentor Pilot Program. The pilot MedEdPORTAL Faculty Mentor program aims to increase familiarity with, and use of, the MedEdPORTAL suite of services – Publications, iCollaborative and the CE Directory. Clark was one of 20 faculty invited…
DentaQuest Institute has recognized NCEF Pediatric Dental Center as a Safety Net Solutions Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence awards honor safety net dental programs around the U.S. that have displayed tremendous leadership and excellence in oral health practice management and have greatly improved the oral health status…
