Department News

Accessible Care for All at New Care Center for Persons with Disabilities

Growing Community Presence Increasing Access, Student Experiences

Research Grant Programs Launched to Advance Innovation in Oral and Craniofacial Health

Philadelphia – Two new research grant programs have been launched in partnership with the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) to help advance innovative breakthroughs in dental medicine, with Penn Health-Tech and the Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation incorporating these funding opportunities into their annual call for proposals for medical devices and...

$5M Gift to Fund Endowed Professorship, Support Establishment of Center for Integrative Global Oral Health

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has received a major gift that will provide the resources to help build the School’s leadership role in global oral (public) health. A $5 million gift from Penn Dental Medicine alumnus Dr. Garry Rayant (GD’77) and his wife, Dr. Kathy Fields, will create a new endowed professorship at the School...

Penn Dental, Penn Engineering Unite to Form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry

Philadelphia – With the shared vision to transform the future of oral health care, Penn Dental Medicine and Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have united to form the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD). The new Center marked its official launch on January 22 with a virtual program celebrating the goals and...

Dr. Marc Henschel to Lead a New Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program at Penn Dental

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has named Dr. Marc Henschel to lead its new Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program. Dr. Henschel’s appointment as AEGD Program Director and Associate Professor of Clinical Community Oral Health was effective January 1. “Dr. Henschel brings a passion for working with students as an experienced educator and devoted...

Penn Dental Medicine Names Leaders of New Care Center for Persons with Disabilities

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine is pleased to announce the successful recruitment of leadership for the School’s new Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, naming Dr. Miriam R. Robbins as Director and Dr. Alicia Risner-Bauman as Associate Director. Their appointments to these new posts are effective in February and January, respectively. “We are thrilled to...

Expanding Accessibility with Care Center for Persons with Disabilities

Dr. Michel Koo Named Emerging Inventor of the Year by Penn Center for Innovation

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo, Professor of Orthodontics and Pediatrics/Community Oral Health, has been named Emerging Inventor of the Year by the Penn Center for Innovation (PCI), recognized for his groundbreaking work on developing novel approaches to eradicate biofilms. Dr. Koo’s work on biofilms led to a U.S. patent awarded early...

Penn Dental Medicine Expands Community Presence at Spectrum Community Health Center

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine and Spectrum Health Services, Inc. have established a partnership that is enhancing oral health care services for community members in West Philadelphia. Launched this summer, dental school faculty and students are now providing comprehensive dental care to patients within Spectrum Community Health Center at 5201 Haverford Ave. “We are so...