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…
Samuel Low, D.D.S., M.S. Samuel Low, D.D.S., M.S., Associate Dean and professor in the Department of Periodontology was recently installed as President of the American Academy of Periodontology Board of Trustees during its 95th Annual Meeting in Boston, Mass. Low is also an…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry Student Professionalism and Ethics Club (SPEC) held its first meeting on Aug. 20. The inaugural meeting was well-attended with about 55 students, plus faculty members, on hand to learn more about the new ethics club. Raymond Klein, a senior dental student from…
Madhu Nair, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S. Dr. Madhu Nair, chair of the newly established Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, has been awarded a state-of-the-art, high resolution Cone Beam Volumetric CT scanner in the form of an equipment grant from PracticeWorks Systems…
2009 Student Summer Research ProgramMay 29 through August 3 How did you spend your summer vacation? Do you have memories of the scent of Coppertone and the grit of sand between toes? Not the participants in the 2009 University of Florida College of Dentistry Student Summer…
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…
Crisp white coats, happy D.M.D. students, proud friends and family, and a strong sense of responsibility and the importance of ethics – all marked the University of Florida College of Dentistry 11th Annual White Coat Ceremony on July 11 in Gainesville, Fla.
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,…
Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S. Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S., a clinical assistant professor in the UF College of Dentistry’s Department of Prosthodontics, recently received the Florida Dental Associations Dental Educator Award. Echeto was nominated by student members of the Class…
Adrian Lovell, D.M.D. Adrian Lovell, D.M.D., Class of 2010, has been selected to serve as a Delegate to the 2009 American Dental Association’s (ADA) House of Delegates during the ADA’s annual meeting, Sept. 30 – Oct. 6 in Honolulu. Lovell, chosen from a competitive…
