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A mighty good time!

On Sept. 22, six teams gathered but only one could emerge victorious. They wore their team colors, brought their gear and battled it out in the rain for the championship title at the Annual Mighty Molar Picnic at UF’s Lake Wauburg. More than 200 people attended the event, organized…

Yilmaz receives CTSI award

Congratulations to Özlem Yilmaz, D.D.S., Ph.D., associate professor in periodontology and oral biology, who recently received the Master Certificate for Excellence in Human Subject Research and Protections from the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and was also one of 13 UF faculty members who…

Promotions and tenure announcements

Congratulations to six faculty members at the University of Florida College of Dentistry who were part of recent UF promotion and tenure announcements effective July 1, 2013. Kesavalu Four full-time faculty received promotions or tenure.  Lakshmyya Kesavalu, an associate professor in the department of periodontics was awarded tenure. Uma…

38th Annual Commencement

On Friday, May 17, the Curtis M. Philips Center was bright with promise and the smiles of the 79 graduates of the University of Florida College of Dentistry D.M.D. Class of 2013 as they crossed the stage to accept their degrees. Family, friends, and the college’s faculty and staff…

A lifetime of taste

Supertaster scientist Linda Bartoshuk honored for decades of research UF professor Linda Bartoshuk wants you to taste a better tomato. She wants you to taste the best and most delicious tomato you have ever eaten. And she is working diligently with horticultural sciences professor Harry Klee, Ph.D., to make that…

Chan wins second UF mentoring award

For the second time this year Edward Chan, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Oral Biology, has received a mentoring award. The most recent one is the 2013 UF-HHMI Science for Life Distinguished Mentor Award which honors UF’s most academically talented undergraduates and the faculty…

NDPBRN holds regional annual meeting

The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (NDPBRN) recently held the 2012-2013 South Atlantic Region Annual Meeting at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Gainesville, Fla. The meeting provided a chance for network members to interact with each other and to complete training necessary for in-office research study participation.

State’s dental grade improves from F to D

By Kristine Crane, Gainesville Sun Staff writer   The Pew Children’s Dental Campaign Report released last week gave Florida a slightly better grade than two years ago after the state passed a law allowing children to get sealants from dental hygienists without a dentist exam. The grade improved from…

Karpinia completes inaugural Academy of Research Excellence course

In November 2012, Katherine Karpinia, D.M.D., M.S., an associate professor in the Department of Periodontics, completed the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute (C.T.S.I.) Academy of Research Excellence Course, Excellence in Human Subject Research and Protections. Karpinia was a member of the inaugural class for this course.