Arnold S. Bleiweis, Ph.D. Arnold S. Bleiweis, Ph.D., graduate research professor emeritus, who retired in 2003 after serving the University of Florida for 35 years, passed away on Dec. 16, following a brief illness. He was one of UF’s most outstanding and successful…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry welcomed eight new faculty members to the college between July 1 and August 24 in the endodontics, operative dentistry, oral biology, orthodontics and periodontology departments. Kathleen Neiva, D.D.S., Ph.D. Department of Endodontics Kathleen Neiva, D.D.S., Ph.D., joined the Department of Endodontics…
Robert Burne, Ph.D. The UF College of Dentistry announced the appointment of Robert Burne, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology, to the position of Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Burne will serve the college in this dual administrative capacity. “This…
Clay Walker, Ph.D. Lorie Primosch, MEd The students have spoken and the 2009-10 winners of the UF College of Dentistry Teachers of the Year are Lorie Primosch, MEd, an associate in the Department of Periodontics, and…
Congratulations to the College of Dentistry’s Superior Accomplishment Award winners. Joyce Hudson Christina Haskins The following Division 5 winners will be honored at a luncheon on March 3, 2010, at the Paramount Plaza Hotel. In addition, each winner…
Jacob Burks, M.B.A., coordinator of research programs and services and assistant director of the Center for Molecular Microbiology in the Department of Oral Biology, was recently recognized for completing the UF Academy, a year-long program that provides training and leadership tools for emerging leaders at the university. Burks first…
Promotions & Tenure Announced Indraneel Bhattacharyya, D.D.S., M.S.D. Indraneel Bhattacharyya, D.D.S., M.S.D. Bhattacharyya was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences. He earned his B.D.S. in India, his D.D.S. from the University of Nebraska,…
Richard Lamont, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Dentistry Department of Oral Biology, recently received a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an honor bestowed on less than 5 percent of NIH-funded investigators. The highly selective NIH MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in…
Jeannine Brady, Ph.D. Jeannine Brady, Ph.D., an associate professor of oral biology at the UF College of Dentistry, was one of four recipients of the 2008-2009 Doctoral Mentoring Award given at the Convocation of the University of Florida Colleges of Medicine & Dentistry Interdisciplinary…
Four UF College of Dentistry faculty received UF Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) awards for Summer and Fall of 2009: Thomas A. Brown, Ph.D.; Frank Catalanotto, D.M.D.; Lexie Holliday, Ph.D.; and Mary Stavropoulos, D.D.S. Thomas A. Brown, Ph.D. Thomas A. Brown, Ph.D.,…
