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Home // Archives for 2013

In the News: Lettuce, the New Secret Weapon for Making Vaccines?

December 13, 2013

Dr. Henry Daniell discusses his novel platform for producing and delivering drugs through plants on NPR’s The Pulse with Maiken Scott.


Penn Dental Medicine Building International Ties in Krakow

December 10, 2013

Penn Dental Medicine presented the Global Penn Endo-Perio Symposium, Dec. 6-7, in Krakow and signed a memorandum of understanding with a university there as well.


Study Delivers Proteins Across Blood-Brain Barrier, Degrading Plaques in the Alzheimer’s Brain

December 6, 2013

The lab of Dr. Henry Daniell has successfully paired a receptor that targets neurons with a molecule that degrades the main component of Alzheimer’s plaques,


Penn Dental Medicine Team Identifies Molecule Critical to Healing Wounds

November 15, 2013

A study in the lab of Dr. Dana Graves, Professor, Dept. of Periodontics, has shown the molecule FOX01 integral to wound healing.


Alfred L. Spencer, Jr. Named to Board of Overseers

November 13, 2013

Spencer is a Manager for DuPont, working on productivity processes across the North American manufacturing and the global Safety, Health, and Environmental organization.


PennSmiles Has Area Children Grinning Ear to Ear

October 10, 2013

PennSmiles marked 10 years on providing dental care aboard its mobile dental clinic in 2013. Penn News highlights this vital service learning program.


New Recruit Taking Aim at Biofilms, Dental Caries

October 7, 2013

Dr. Hyun Koo recently joined the School as Professor, Department of Orthodontics, coming here from the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry.


Delivering Drugs With Plants, Dr. Henry Daniell Aims to Save Lives

September 4, 2013

Recently joining the school as Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology, he is pioneering a new way to produce and deliver biopharmaceuticals through plants.


White Coat Ceremony Welcomes Class of 2017

August 27, 2013

This annual tradition holds symbolic significance for the incoming class as they declare their commitment to assume the responsibilities and obligations of the dental profession.


Collaboration on Bisphosphonate Biomarkers Trial

August 5, 2013

Dr David Stanton of the Dept of Oral Surgery attempting to identify genetic biomarkers that may play a role in how individuals digest bisphosphonates.


Penn Dental Medicine Presents Inaugural Periodontal Conference

July 1, 2013

Held June 23-28, the Conference featured presentations by internationally respected researchers on the latest research in periodontology.


Adhesive Congress Brings Together Experts from Around the Globe to Penn Dental Medicine

June 20, 2013

More than 550 attendees representing 20 countries attended the 5th International Congress on Adhesive Dentistry (IAD), hosted by Penn Dental Medicine June 14 -15.


Penn Dental Medicine Builds on Global Initiatives in Taiwan, China, Thailand

June 10, 2013

In June, Penn Dental Medicine presented symposia in both Taiwan and Beijing and signed a new memorandum of understanding with a dental school in Thailand.


Student Research Day 2013

May 14, 2013

Student Research Day, May 9, turned the spotlight on student research, community service, and the honors programs as students presented posters on their work.


Graduating Class Presents 2013 Teaching Awards

May 9, 2013

Penn Dental Medicine faculty members were honored by students for excellence in teaching at the school’s Senior Farewell, held May 7.


Penn Dental Student Elected Vice President of the AADR’s National Student Research Group

May 7, 2013

Matthew Oishi will serve as an officer through 2014-2015. The National Student Research Group is a student-run group that fosters student research in schools nationwide.


Penn Dental Student Joins Discussion with Lawmakers on Oral Health Issues

May 3, 2013

Fourth-year student Sara Shah was one of 10 students nationwide to participate in the Academy of General Dentistry 2013 Government Relations Conference.


Students Raise over $15K for Oral Cancer Foundation through Philly Oral Cancer Walk and 5K

April 11, 2013

This was the fifth year that students in Penn Dental Medicine’s Oral Cancer Society organized the event to build awareness of oral cancer.


Dr. Eric T. Stoopler Receives Penn’s 2013 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching

April 9, 2013

The University of Pennsylvania presents eight Lindback awards each year. Award winners are determined by nominations and recommendations made by faculty and students.


Dr. Margrit Maggio Selected for ADEA Leadership Institute

April 4, 2013

The ADEA Leadership Institute is a year-long program to develop the nation’s most promising dental educators to become leaders in dental and higher education.


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