On March 13, 100 first grade students at Joseph Williams Elementary School in Alachua County enjoyed getting their “Lessons in a Lunchbox,” a program organized by the UF Student National Dental Association members Jean George, Shahd Nawari and ArNelle Wright, and UFCD Staff Member Kelly Raulerson. …
On February 18, four dental students, and faculty supervisor Leda Mugayar, D.D.S., joined the Mother and Infant OHI (World’s Greatest Baby Shower Bash Expo) held at Lincoln Middle School. The team from UFCD explained the importance of oral hygiene to pregnant and new mothers using fun props and puppets…
Three of the 15 nationwide Pugh Achievement Award winners are from the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
Dr. Abi Adewumi, Dr. Monica Fernandez, Dr. Olga Luaces, Dr. Patricia Pereira and Dr. Ana Dias Ribeiro each earned 2017 ADEA/AAL Faculty of Color Tuition Scholarships for 2017 professional development opportunities.
ArNelle Wright, M.S., a member of the Florida DMD class of 2017, earned a $5,000 scholarship from the DTAF.
The HEED award recognizes the extensive focus on diversity in the college that reaches into all aspects of the school including the gender mix and race/ethnicity mix of faculty, staff, students, college leadership and the members of the admissions review committee.
Micaela Gibbs, D.D.S., M.H.A., was recently awarded a five-year Health Resources and Services Administration grant of $1.27 million to fund a special program focused on increasing the delivery of oral health care to underserved individuals in Florida, with an emphasis on care for people with special needs. Gibbs is…
Congratulations to Jaana Gold, D.D.S., M.P.H., C.P.H., Ph.D., an adjunct associate professor in the UF department of community dentistry and behavioral science, who was elected to the Leadership Council of Oral Health Florida and was also elected as section councilor for the American Public Health Association’s Oral Health…
Dental volunteers provide athletes with hygiene education and information about the role nutrition plays in health.
Xi Omicron Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) at the University of Florida College of Dentistry announced their 2016 nominees who will be inducted during the 40th Annual Convocation on May 19, 2016 at the Gateway Grand Hotel in Gainesville. The 10 senior UF dental students who were selected for…
