By Ann Griswold Millions of Americans make the New Years resolution to stop smoking, but far too many break ranks before Jan. 2. Their dismal success rate has health officials scrambling to come up with easier ways to quit, and many have toyed with the idea that smokeless tobacco…
Roger D. Wray, D.D.S. Roger D. Wray, D.D.S., a clinical associate professor of community dentistry and behavioral science, is appointed program director of the University of Florida College of Dentistry Faculty Practice. Wray previously served as residency program director for the college’s clinical…
Carol Haggerty, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H., a clinical assistant professor of community dentistry and behavioral science, earned her Master of Public Health from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in August, and was inducted this April into UNC’s Theta Chapter of Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health. Her induction…
K. David Stillwell, D.D.S., a clinical associate professor of operative dentistry, is president-elect of the Florida Academy of General Dentistry. The Florida Academy of General Dentistry is the state’s largest general dentist constituent group and consists of more than 1800 members. The academy serves the state’s general dentists through advocacy…
Scott L. Tomar, D.M.D., Dr.P.H., has been elected vice president of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry during the association’s May annual meeting held in Denver. Tomar will automatically be named the organization’s president in 2009. The association is the world’s largest multidisciplinary professional organization focused on improving…
Barbara Hastie, Ph.D., a research assistant professor of community dentistry and behavioral science, received a five-year, $805,194 National Institutes of Health grant to study ethnic differences and genetic factors in acute postoperative pain and analgesic response. In addition, Hastie is the recipient of the 2006 “Future Leaders in Pain…
Joseph Riley, Ph.D., M.S. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Rural residents are nearly twice as likely as their urban counterparts to postpone timely trips to the dentist, seeking help only after they develop a problem and oral pain is severe, University of Florida researchers report.
