We were proud to see the Alachua County oral health surveillance program featured on TV20’s health segment Oct. 23. The program is in its fourth year and has been successful due to the leadership of Dr. Scott Tomar, a professor in the University of Florida Department of Community Dentistry…
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…
New Medicaid policy increases the rate of children receiving vital oral health care in Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Children on Medicaid and their parents may have a reason to smile more: A study by University of Florida researchers shows that a change in the state of Florida’s Medicaid policy…
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…
Jimmy Lapnawan, 29, is a first-year resident in the UF College of Dentistry’s pediatric dental program. He was one of two local citizens who helped save a woman’s life on Sept. 2. We’re very proud of him for making a lifesaving difference that day. For the full story in…
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…
The members of the University of Florida College of Dentistry Class of 2018 spent the first week of the first semester of their first year in dental school getting to know one another, and themselves better. Orientation included a activities and seminars geared toward helping the newest D.M.D. students…
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…
Taylor Capasso The University of Florida College of Dentistry proudly congratulates Taylor Capasso and Amanda Francis who were selected from a large pool of applicants by faculty to represent the college at the 2014 Annual Hinman Student Research Symposium in Memphis, Tenn., on October 31 –…
