The Class of 2013 was invited to a “lunch and learn” on July 26 hosted by the faculty and staff of the University of Florida College of Dentistry National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN). The goal was to educate the 30 D.M.D. students who attended about the NDPBRN…
Scott Harden has been selected as the first candidate to enter the University of Florida College of Dentistry integrated D.M.D./Ph.D. program. Harden, who just completed his third year of the D.M.D. program, will focus for the next four to five years on an ambitious course of study and research,…
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…
On May 31 during the college’s break week, while some of his classmates were enjoying not thinking about dentistry, D.M.D. student Frank Berdos was meeting with the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arnie Duncan in Washington, D.C., to talk about the importance of involving college students in pre-professional health…
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.
UF is one of seven institutions awarded a portion of a $67 million, seven-year grant from the institute. The grant will be used to create a national research network of dentists and dental hygienists. Dr. Valeria Gordan, UF principal investigator for the project, said the UF College of Dentistry…
From left: Dr. Frank Dolwick, Dr. Kim, and Dr. Teresa A. Dolan. The UF College of Dentistry is pleased to welcome a friend back to the college. Myung-Rae Kim, D.D.S., M.S.D., Ph.D., a former fellow…
