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Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine faculty explore some of the latest advances in the field of dental medicine in a new course that has launched on Coursera, the global online learning platform. The course, Frontiers in Dentistry, focuses on five distinct areas that have gone through significant transformation recently and the therapeutic and scientific innovations...
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 postdoctoral student Dr. Dennis Sourvanos, (GD’23, DScD’23) was awarded the 2022 American Society for Photobiology (ASP) Frederick Urbach Student Travel Award, enabling him to present his research at the ASP Biennial Meeting, held in Albuquerque, NM, this fall. The award, officially presented at the meeting, supports ASP associate members (students...
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- Penn Dental Medicine recently hosted three senior (sixth-year) dental students from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein Kerem Campus for a two-week dental immersion program. The three students – Yuval Shalit, Eva Cohen Solal, and Raphaelle Emram – observed within various clinical care centers, including the general restorative, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, pediatrics, oral...
Philadelphia – Dr. Nipul Tanna (D’90, GD’92, GD’10, GD’11), Associate Professor of Clinical Orthodontics at Penn Dental Medicine, has been named Associate Chair of the School’s Department of Orthodontics. His appointment to this new leadership post was effective June 1. “Dr. Tanna brings a long history with the School and our Department of Orthodontics to...
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 — The Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society will honor the accomplishments and dedication of alumni with its annual awards, to be presented as part of Alumni Weekend 2022. A special reception celebrating the awardees will be held May 13, 4 p.m., in the School’s Fonseca Courtyard. The 2022 Alumni Award recipients include the following....
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...
