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...
Philadelphia – Research underway within Penn Dental Medicine and how students can be part of it was spotlighted as the School’s Vernon Brightman Research Society (VBRS) presented its inaugural VBRS Research Expo. The event was held virtually in six sessions, running between Oct. 19 and 27. “Our goal with the Expo was to build awareness...
Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine has plans to launch an innovative postdoctoral training program in general dentistry designed to educate dental residents in primary dental care for vulnerable and underserved patients. The School has been awarded $2.1 million over five years from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in support of this new Advanced...
Philadelphia – In a recently published study analyzing the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles in prosthodontic journals between 1951 and 2019, one by Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Markus Blatz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences, was among the top ten. The study appeared in the May issue of...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine pediatrics resident Catherine Lee (D’18, GD’20) has been honored by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) with its Resident Recognition Award. The AAPD Pediatric Dental Resident Committee developed the Award to recognize pediatric dental residents doing innovative and interesting activities in their training programs. Presented quarterly, winners are chosen...
Philadelphia — The work of two Penn Dental Medicine postgraduate researchers has been recognized by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) with Dr. Aurea Simon-Soro named the recipient of the 2020 IADR Oral Health Research Young Investigators Travel Award and Dr. Yuan Liu (GD’19) honored with the 2020 IADR Women in Science Promising Talent...
