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Logan selected for prestigious NIH institute

Henrietta Logan, Ph.D. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently selected 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, to participate in the NIH Health Advanced Training Institute (ATI)…

35th Annual Commencement

On May 21, 2010, in front of more than a thousand of their family and friends, 81 candidates received their Doctor of Dental Medicine degrees and 12 received their certificates in the Internationally-Educated Dentist Program; 45 dentists received certificates or graduate degrees in Advanced Dental Education. The ceremony, led…

Class of 2010 Senior Banquet

The UF College of Dentistry class of 2010 traded their ubiquitous scrubs for cocktail attire and celebrated their impending graduation during the Annual Senior Banquet.  The banquet, held at UF’s Emerson Alumni Hall on May 15, featured humor, awards, food, a custom-made cake and cotton candy and it all…

Endodontics News

Dr. Kevin Andrus During the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) annual meeting in San Diego, Calif., Dr. Kevin Andrus, postgraduate resident in the department of Endodontics, received a $1,000 award for his research presentation, A Quantitative Analysis of Inflammatory Mediators Utilizing LINCOplex™ on Inflamed…

Burne Appointed Associate Dean for Research

Robert Burne, Ph.D. The UF College of Dentistry announced the appointment of Robert Burne, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Oral Biology, to the position of Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Burne will serve the college in this dual administrative capacity. “This…

Dolan Appointed to State Correctional Medical Authority

Teresa A. Dolan, D.D.S., M.P.H. The Florida State Senate recently confirmed Governor Charlie Crist’s appointment of Teresa A. Dolan, D.D.S., M.H.A., professor and dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, to the State of Florida Correctional Medical Authority (CMA). Dolan…

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.