Nereyda Clark, D.M.D., has been asked to serve for MedEdPORTAL’s Faculty Mentor Pilot Program. The pilot MedEdPORTAL Faculty Mentor program aims to increase familiarity with, and use of, the MedEdPORTAL suite of services – Publications, iCollaborative and the CE Directory. Clark was one of 20 faculty…
DentaQuest Institute has recognized NCEF Pediatric Dental Center as a Safety Net Solutions Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence awards honor safety net dental programs around the U.S. that have displayed tremendous leadership and excellence in oral health practice management and have greatly improved the oral health status…
Frank Catalanotto, D.M.D., professor and chair of the University of Florida College of Dentistry Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, recently accepted leadership positions in two oral health advocacy groups. In August 2012 Catalanotto was elected chair of the Leadership Council of Oral Health Florida (OHF). OHF, under…
Health Resources and Services Administration (H.R.S.A.), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded a $2.5 million, five-year grant to the University of Florida College of Dentistry to support faculty development and a D.M.D. curriculum revision. The grant targets faculty teaching in the predoctoral dental…
We’re so proud of the members of our DMD Class of 2014! The University of Florida College of Dentistry students achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on their National Board Dental Exam Part I. “This is quite an accomplishment. We are very proud of the students and I…
Congratulations to 15 faculty members at the University of Florida College of Dentistry who were part of recent promotion and tenure announcements effective July 1, 2012. Full-time faculty who received promotions and were awarded tenure are Seunghee Cha and Luciana Shaddox. Full-time faculty who received promotions are Abimola Adewumi, Gail…
Roger B. Fillingim, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Florida College of Dentistry and the director of the UF Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence began a two-year term as president of the American Pain Society. He succeeds Seddon Savage, MD, in the organization’s top leadership role.
Congratulations to Theofilos Koutouzis, D.D.S., M.S., for winning the Basic Science Research Competition at the Astra World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 12, 2012. Koutouzis, an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Periodontology, received the award for his research project, “Innate Immune Receptor Expression in…
Rondre Baluyot, D.M.D. Class of 2012, was honored with the Health/Social Services award during the 40th Annual Work of Heart Volunteer Awards on April 24, 2012, for his record of community service including with the ACORN Dental Clinic. Baluyot, who graduates with his dental degree in May, began volunteering…
Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., a professor in Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, takes the reigns of the American Pain Society (APS) during their annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, in May. Fillingim has been a member of the APS since 1987 and…
