Congratulations to first-year University of Florida College of Dentistry student, Amanda Francis, who won the National Students Research Group Award (NSRG) of the American Association for Dental Research during the 20th Annual Hinman Student Research Symposium Oct. 31 – Nov. 2, 2014, in Memphis, Tennessee. Francis’ project examined the…
Kyulim Lee, a second-year dental student at the University of Florida, earned second place in the International Association for Dental Research Unilever Hatton Competition in the Junior Category during the IADR Annual Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, in June 2014. Lee entered the competition after winning first place at…
Peter Harrison, D.D.S., B.D.S., joined the college on July 1, 2010 as a visiting clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology. He earned his Bachelor of Dental Science Degree and his D.D.S. from Trinity College’s Dublin Dental School and Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Where were you born?…
Congratulations to Özlem Yilmaz, D.D.S., Ph.D., associate professor in periodontology and oral biology, who was one of 33 faculty members chosen as UF Research Foundation Professors for 2014-2017. The recognition goes to faculty who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely…
Ann Decker, a member of the University of Florida College of Dentistry D.M.D. class of 2014, won first place in the Student Posters Competition during the 2014 American Association for Dental Research (ADEA) meeting in Charlotte, N.C., in March 2104, for her poster, “Epithelial Cell Function in the Progression…
Kyulim Lee, a first-year dental student at the University of Florida, took home a first place award in the highly competitive Hatton/Johnson&Johnson competition during the American Association for Dental Research meeting in Charlotte, N.C., on March 19, 2104. She competed against nine other national finalists during the meeting and,…
Congratulations to Luciana Shaddox, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., who received a 2014 American Dental Education Association/African American Latina/o Faculty of Color Tuition Scholarship for Professional Development. The award Luciana Shaddox, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. provides a full waiver of the $1,995 tuition for the…
WCJB TV20 recently produced a Your Health segment focusing on the link between periodontal disease and diabetes, focusing on research performed by Shannon Wallet, PhD, a researcher in the University of Florida Department of Periodontology. To read the full story or watch the video, click here.
Shannon Wallet, Ph.D., graduated from North Carolina State University in 1995 with a bachelor’s in medical technology and went on to earned a degree in clinical laboratory science from Duke University. She earned her Ph.D. in oral biology from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2005…
On Nov. 8, a group of donors, alumni, faculty, staff and students of the University of Florida College of Dentistry gathered to officially open the recently renovated space that created a new clinical home for the periodontics and prosthodontics residency programs – UF Health Periodontics & Prosthodontics. The state-of-the-art…
