In November the local chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), a national dental honor society, installed a new slate of officers to serve for the 2009-10 year during the fall business meeting in Gainesville, Fla. Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P., a professor in the Department of Prosthodontics and director of…
Fong Wong, B.S.D., D.D.S., C.A.G.S., M.S.D. Congratulations to Fong Wong, B.S.D., D.D.S., C.A.G.S., M.S.D., who was elevated to Full Fellow status of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics (AAMP) during their annual meeting in San Diego, Ca., in November. Wong joined…
Sharon Cooper, M.S., M.S.Ed., Ph.D., R.D.H. Congratulations to Sharon Cooper, Ph.D., R.D.H., M.S., M.Ed., for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation in Higher Education Administration, “Dental Faculty Perceptions of Workplace Environment and Career Satisfaction at the University of Florida College of Dentistry.”…
Congratulations to Evan Rosen, Class of 2010, who won Third Place in the student table clinic competition at the 2009 American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) Annual Meeting in San Diego, Ca., in November. Rosen presented his research project “Current Trends in Specialty Training of Dental Students in Prosthodontics at…
Henrietta Logan, Ph.D. 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, was one of 30 UF faculty members who received a UF Research Foundation Professor award. Logan was selected…
Gainesville’s first cool wind of the season brought with it more than 250 of the UF College of Dentistry’s graduates and their family members for the annual Dental Fall Weekend coordinated by the Academy of Alumni and Friends (AAF), Oct. 16 and 17. Dental Fall Weekend coincided with UF’s…
The old adage, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure” proved true once more during a special fundraising event for the College of Dentistry’s 2009 UF Community Campaign on Oct. 7 which raised more than $1,800. Each year the college’s Special Event Planner’s group is tasked to come up…
Glenn Turner, D.M.D., M.S.D. Glenn Turner, D.M.D., M.S.D., Director of the Maxillofacial Prosthetics Service and associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, is currently serving as president of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and…
When it comes to chronic pain, the quest is to find a way to bring quality of life to patients who suffer chronic and often debilitating pain. A group of trainees, faculty and students from the UF College of Dentistry are traveling to the Fourth Annual Pain Summit on…
The UF College of Dentistry announced a strong start to the fiscal year with research grant awards totaling $8 million during the first two months of this fiscal year. During the last fiscal year, total research awards were $17 million. Congratulations to everyone in our research enterprise; their hard work…
