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Class of 2014 celebrates 100% pass rate

We’re so proud of the members of our DMD Class of 2014! The University of Florida College of Dentistry students achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on their National Board Dental Exam Part I. “This is quite an accomplishment. We are very proud of the students and I…

Promotion and tenure announcements

Congratulations to 15 faculty members at the University of Florida College of Dentistry who were part of recent promotion and tenure announcements effective July 1, 2012. Full-time faculty who received promotions and were awarded tenure are Seunghee Cha and Luciana Shaddox. Full-time faculty who received promotions are Abimola Adewumi, Gail…

Fillingim becomes president of American Pain Society

Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Florida College of Dentistry and the director of the UF Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence began a two-year term as president of the American Pain Society. He succeeds Seddon Savage, MD, in the organization’s top leadership role.

Koutouzis wins international competition

Congratulations to Theofilos Koutouzis, D.D.S., M.S., for winning the Basic Science Research Competition at the Astra World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 12, 2012. Koutouzis, an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Periodontology, received the award for his research project, “Innate Immune Receptor Expression in…

Dentistry senior serves from the heart

Rondre Baluyot, D.M.D. Class of 2012, was honored with the Health/Social Services award during the 40th Annual Work of Heart Volunteer Awards on April 24, 2012, for his record of community service including with the ACORN Dental Clinic. Baluyot, who graduates with his dental degree in May, began volunteering…

Fillingim taking over as president of American Pain Society

Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., a professor in Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, takes the reigns of the American Pain Society (APS) during their annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, in May. Fillingim has been a member of the APS since 1987 and…

Heft selected as UF Faculty Senate Chair-Elect

Congratulations to Marc Heft, D.M.D., Ph.D., who was recently elected by the University of Florida Faculty Senate as the chair-elect. He will serve in that role for a year before assuming the role of senate chair. Through 2013 Heft is serving as the chair of the UF Faculty Senate…

Caudle named 2012 UF Research Foundation Professor

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Robert Caudle, Ph.D., as one of 33 Research Foundation Professors for 2012. Caudle, a professor in the UF College of Dentistry’s oral and maxillofacial surgery department, was selected for his notable record of research and strong research agenda likely to…

2011-12 Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to Donald M. Cohen, D.M.D., M.S., and Peter L. Harrison, D.D.S., B.D.S., who were voted 2011-12 Teachers of the Year for 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…

Guba wins student AADR award

Nina Guba, a D.M.D. student in the class of 2015, won second place in the 2012 Student Research Group DENTSPLY/Caulk competition in the clinical science category during the American Association of Dental Researchers Annual Meeting in Tampa, Fla., March 21 – 24. The competition was held on…