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Honors, Awards & Appointments

Shaddox wins AAP Teaching Fellowship Award

Luciana Shaddox, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. Luciana Shaddox, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., an assistant professor, received the prestigious American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Teaching Fellowship Award during the association’s annual meeting in October. Given by the AAP Foundation, the award recognizes a successful young…

Two students win HDA scholarship awards

Congratulations to Luisa Betancur and Melvin Lopez, class of 2014, who both received a Proctor & Gamble Hispanic Dental Association Scholarship Award of $1,250.  Luisa Betancur Melvin Lopez Betancur and Lopez applied for these scholarships which are…

UF Student National Dental Association wins several honors

Members of the UF SNDA Chapter pose with their award-winning scrapbook. Congratulations to the UF College of Dentistry Chapter of the Student National Dental Association (SNDA) members. The chapter won Chapter of the Year and…

Davis Productivity Award winners honored

From left: Steve Kostewicz, Lamar Brooks, Charles Lesch and Justus Weber. Congratulations to the UF College of Dentistry Clinical Education Model Transition Team members — winners of a 2010 Prudential Davis Productivity Award from UF.

Neubert receives UF award

John Neubert, D.D.S., Ph.D. John Neubert, D.D.S., Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of orthodontics, received a 2010 Excellence Award for Assistant Professors from the UF Office of the Provost. The award focuses on junior faculty and recognizes excellence in research and…

Garvey receives two community service awards

Tim Garvey, D.M.D. Congratulations to Tim Garvey, D.M.D., a clinical assistant professor in the department of pediatric dentistry, who is the deserving recipient of the Florida Dental Health Foundation’s 2010 Humanitarian Award and the 2010 Dr. E. A. Cosby Community Service Award from the…

Dean appoints three department chairs

Dean Teresa A. Dolan announced the appointment of three faculty to department chair positions: Matthew Dennis, D.D.S., will serve as chair of the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery; Marc Gale, D.M.D., an associate professor emeritus, will serve as interim chair for the department of operative dentistry; and…

Dashti wins Waldron Award at AAOMP Meeting

From left: Dr. Indraneel Bhattacharyya, Dr. Hussain Dashti, and Dr. Don Cohen pose with Dr. Dashti’s winning poster. Dr. Hussain Dashti, a pathology resident in the department of oral…

Logan selected for prestigious NIH institute

Henrietta Logan, Ph.D. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently selected Henrietta L. Logan, Ph.D., a professor in the department of community dentistry and behavioral science and director of the Southeast Center for Research to Reduce Disparities in Oral Health, to participate in the NIH Health Advanced Training Institute (ATI)…