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Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine student research was well represented at the recent Greater New York Dental Meeting with seven student researchers making poster presentations on their projects. They presented their work as part of the Meeting’s Scientific Poster Session, held Sunday, November 27 at the Javits Center in New York. “Presentations at professional meetings...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2022-2025 – the second time receiving this designation for its innovative use of learning technologies, having also been an Apple Distinguished School for 2019-2022. Apple Distinguished Schools are centers of innovation, leadership, and educational excellence that use Apple technology to inspire...
Philadelphia – Dr. Marshall Padilla, a current NIDCR T90 postdoctoral fellow within the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) – Penn Dental Medicine’s collaborative center with Penn Engineering — has been selected to be part of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR)’s Mentoring an Inclusive Network for a Diverse Workforce...
Philadelphia — A recently launched clinical trial at Penn will evaluate a unique chewing gum designed by Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Henry Daniell to trap SARS-CoV-2 in the saliva, potentially blocking transmission of COVID-19 from one person to another. The trial will recruit participants from a pool of Penn Medicine employees whose responses to the...
Philadelphia – The Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) recently held its inaugural symposium, bringing together dentists, scientists, and engineers to share their work and identify new opportunities to advance oral health innovation at the intersection of dental medicine and engineering. The event was held June 2 at Penn Dental Medicine as well as...
Philadelphia – In honor of Memorial Day, Penn Dental Medicine’s Dean, Dr. Mark S. Wolff, will join Deans and Vice Deans from Penn’s other health schools and the Director of Philadelphia’s Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in a dialogue on Joining Forces at Penn, a program to support Veterans and their families. The...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine will present two days of programming highlighting faculty and student research across disciplines as well as initiatives in clinical care and education with Advances in Clinical Care (ACCE) Day and Research Day, May 12 and 13, respectively. Both days will feature guest speakers, faculty presentations, and poster sessions by students...
Philadelphia — This past December, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its Oral Health in America: Advances and Challenges report, exploring the nation’s oral health over the last 20 years and presenting a road map on how to improve oral health in America going forward. This wide-ranging report is a follow-up to the seminal...
