Friday, June 20, 2014 2:00-4:00 p.m. Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Tickets are required for admittance into the auditorium, though there is no assigned seating. Tickets may be obtained from the Office of Education, from a student, or 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?…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many people delay and even skip visits to the dentist due to anxiety and fear. Now University of Florida researchers have discovered that difficulty understanding and using health information, a skill known as health literacy, is another key reason they avoid the dentist —…
Congratulations to Adam Jones, D.M.D., a third year resident in the graduate prosthodontics program who won a first place award clinical research in prosthodontics at the 2014 International Team for Implantology (ITI) World Symposium, in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2014. Jones was one of four…
Please join the UF College of Dentistry for the 2nd Annual Oral Cancer Foundation 5K for Awareness on May 31 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville. The First Oral Cancer Awareness 5K broke new ground by raising over $2,500 for the…
Two residents in the University of Florida Department of Endodontics won research awards during the 2014 American Association of Endodontists (AAE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., April 30 through May 3. Dr. Thomas Currie, left in photo, received a $1,000 award for his oral research presentation, “Presence of Metastatic…
Carol Stewart, D.D.S., M.S., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, was selected to serve as president of The American Academy of Oral Medicine 2014-15 during its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, in April. “I am delighted to be working with the…
We hope you’re making plans to join the college and dental professionals from around the state for the 2014 Florida National Dental Convention. The college is hosting three DMD class reunions during the 2014 FNDC as well as a reception for all friends and alumni of the college, plus…
Congratulations to Lindsay Montague, D.M.D., a third-year resident of the University of Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Program. She received the William G. Shafer Award from the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology during their 2014 annual meeting in April in St. Augustine, Florida. The award is given…
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…
