Posted in

News

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)…

35th Annual Commencement

On May 21, 2010, in front of more than a thousand of their family and friends, 81 candidates received their Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees and 12 received their certificates in the Internationally-Educated Dentist Program; 45 dentists received certificates or graduate degrees in Advanced Dental Education. The ceremony, led…

Class of 2010 Senior Banquet

The UF College of Dentistry class of 2010 traded their ubiquitous scrubs for cocktail attire and celebrated their impending graduation during the Annual Senior Banquet.  The banquet, held at UF’s Emerson Alumni Hall on May 15, featured humor, awards, food, a custom-made cake and cotton candy and it all…

Endodontics News

Dr. Kevin Andrus During the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) annual meeting in San Diego, Calif., Dr. Kevin Andrus, postgraduate resident in the department of Endodontics, received a $1,000 award for his research presentation, A Quantitative Analysis of Inflammatory Mediators Utilizing LINCOplex™ on Inflamed…