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…
Dr. Vo Danh M. Nguyen, a 2009 graduate of the University of Florida College of Dentistry Orthodontic program, won 3rd place in the basic science category of the Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award Competition sponsored by Dentsply GAC at the recent American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) annual meeting in…
Richard Lamont, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Dentistry Department of Oral Biology, recently received a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an honor bestowed on less than 5 percent of NIH-funded investigators. The highly selective NIH MERIT Award (Method to Extend Research in…
Dr. Hardeep Chehal, senior resident Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, recently received the William Shafer Award for securing the highest score on the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Fellowship Examination at the 63rd Annual AAOMP in Montreal, Canada, in May 2009. There were 11 candidates who appeared for…
The UF College of Dentistry recently announced the following organizational and administrative changes: Frank Catalanotto, D.M.D., became chair of the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science effective May 29, 2009. Madhu Nair, D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D., becomes chair of the newly-created Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences effective…
