Dr. Linda Bartoshuk, a professor in the University of Florida Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, is one of a group of UF researchers working to create a tastier tomato. Their research is profiled in an article in The Gainesville Sun.
They sat on the stage in the Curtis M. Phillips Center, promising to floss, be honest and take care of their patients. For the 84 graduates of the University of Florida College of Dentistry’s Doctor of Dental Medicine program, May 18 was a milestone, the long-awaited end of four…
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…
Congratulations to Pearl Ann Harris, RDH, BASDH, CCRP, education and training coordinator II for the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network, in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, for her recent success in becoming a Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) through the Society of Clinical Research Associates. This certification requires…
Madhu Nair, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S. Madhu K. Nair, D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D., was recently elected to serve a three-year term on the Academic Freedom, Tenure, Professional Relations & Standards Committee for the University of Florida Faculty Senate. Nair, a professor and chair…
NCEF trustee John Scot Mueller, Teresa Dolan, D.D.S., M.P.H., professor and dean at University of Florida College of Dentistry and…
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…
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…
Julie Walker Boyd Robinson, D.D.S. This year the Orange, Blue and You Campaign for the College of Dentistry will be led by two co-chairs. Boyd Robinson, D.D.S., associate dean for clinical affairs, is serving as…
