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Rueda receives FEO award, will treat sleep disorder patients

Luis Rueda, D.D.S., M.S.D., received a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Award (FEO) from the University of Florida during the Fall 2011 award cycle. Rueda, an assistant professor in the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences Division of Prosthodontics, received $25,000 so he could pursue oral appliance therapy training to treat Obstructive…

Aguilar receives NIH grant

Maria Lucia Aguilar, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.S.-C.I., a prosthodontics professor in the department of restorative dental sciences, received a research supplement award of $258,037 from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. The 21-month Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Award supplements the…

Promotions & Awards

Congratulations to four faculty members at the College of Dentistry who received notification of promotions from University of Florida President J. Bernard Machen, and three who were selected as senior faculty at the university and recognized for their contributions to the university. Effective July 1, 2011, Robert Burne, will be…

Ottenga appointed interim director of Operative Dentistry Division

Marc Ottenga, D.D.S., a clinical associate professor, has been appointed to serve as the interim director of the Division of Operative Dentistry, effective July 1, 2011. His responsibilities will include providing leadership to the division faculty and staff during the transition of phasing in the new Department of Restorative…

Sposetti appointed Associate Dean for Education

Venita Sposetti, D.M.D., associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, has been appointed associate dean for education at the University of Florida College of Dentistry effective April 1, 2011. “It is clear to everyone who knows and works with her that she genuinely cares about the college, the students,…

Roulet appointed restorative chair

Jean-François Roulet, D.D.S., was recently appointed the first chair of the University of Florida College of Dentistry new Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, effective October 7, 2011. For the last eight years, Roulet has been director of the Department of Research and Development / Clinical at Ivoclar Vivadent,…

Superior Accomplishment Award Winners

Congratulations to four very special UF College of Dentistry employees who won 2011 Superior Accomplishment Awards for Division 5: Rebekah Bush, Tania Fleming, Marilyn Stewart and Shannon Wallet. The winners will be honored along with those from other HSC colleges during a luncheon in their honor at the Paramount Plaza…

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…

Five dentistry faculty receive FEOs

Five UF College of Dentistry faculty received recent UF Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) awards. Congratulations to Abimbola Adewumi, B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S. (Eng), M.Ped., DentRSC (Eng); Sharon Cooper, M.S., M.S.Ed., Ph.D., R.D.H.; Josephine Esquivel-Upshaw, D.M.D., M.S.; Karl Soderholm, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.; and Timothy Wheeler, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Hauptman, Young selected as new Team Leaders

The UF College of Dentistry announced the selection of two new Team Leaders for the D.M.D. Clinical Education Program: Joel Hauptman, D.D.S., and Henry “Mac” Young, D.D.S. “It gives me great pleasure to announce the new Team Leaders that were selected from an outstanding internal pool of candidates.  I want…