Jimmy Lapnawan, 29, is a first-year resident in the UF College of Dentistry’s pediatric dental program. He was one of two local citizens who helped save a woman’s life on Sept. 2. We’re very proud of him for making a lifesaving difference that day. For the full story in…
Kathleen Neiva, D.D.S., Ph.D., recently received the Endodontic Educator Fellowship Award, one of the most prestigious awards for educators from the Foundation of the American Association of Endodontists. “She is an outstanding educator and truly deserves this honor. We are very fortunate to have her on faculty in our…
Congratulations to Abi Adewumi, B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S. (Eng), M.Ped., DentRSC (Eng), who was recently appointed Residency Program Director for the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Dentistry and received an award from the National Dental Association Foundation. Adewumi, a clinical associate professor, was appointed program director of the pediatric dentistry…
Peter Harrison, D.D.S., B.D.S., joined the college on July 1, 2010 as a visiting clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology. He earned his Bachelor of Dental Science Degree and his D.D.S. from Trinity College’s Dublin Dental School and Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. Where were you born?…
Congratulations to Adam Jones, D.M.D., a third year resident in the graduate prosthodontics program who won a first place award clinical research in prosthodontics at the 2014 International Team for Implantology (ITI) World Symposium, in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2014. Jones was one of four…
Two residents in the University of Florida Department of Endodontics won research awards during the 2014 American Association of Endodontists (AAE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C., April 30 through May 3. Dr. Thomas Currie, left in photo, received a $1,000 award for his oral research presentation, “Presence of Metastatic…
Congratulations to Lindsay Montague, D.M.D., a third-year resident of the University of Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Program. She received the William G. Shafer Award from the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology during their 2014 annual meeting in April in St. Augustine, Florida. The award is given…
More than 300 dental professionals and students participated in the University of Florida College of Dentistry’s Sixth Annual Spring Synergy event on April 4, 2014. Spring Synergy combines continuing education, research and activities with UF American Student Dental Association (ASDA). Held this year at UF’s Emerson Alumni Hall, the event…
Kyulim Lee, a first-year dental student at the University of Florida, took home a first place award in the highly competitive Hatton/Johnson&Johnson competition during the American Association for Dental Research meeting in Charlotte, N.C., on March 19, 2104. She competed against nine other national finalists during the meeting and,…
Jennifer Senge, D.M.D., earned the Richard C. Pugh Achievement Award for scoring in the top 3 percent nationally during the 2013 American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) Qualifying Examination. In May 2013, Senge graduated from the University of Florida Pediatric Dental Residency Program based in Naples, Fla.,…
