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Home // Archives for 2016 // Page 2

Dr. Manju Benakanakere Selected for National Research Mentoring Program

August 9, 2016

This year-long program offers grant writing and professional development training. Dr. Benakanakere is one of 10 fellows selected nationwide.


Penn Dental Team Uses Nanoparticles to Break Up Plaque and Prevent Cavities

July 27, 2016

Dr. Michel Koo’s lab has used nanoparticles to activate hydrogen peroxide, producing free radicals that were able to degrade the biofilm matrix and kill the bacteria within.


Penn Dental-Led Team Develops Plant-based Polio Booster Vaccine

July 22, 2016

Dr. Henry Daniell’s lab has developed an oral polio vaccine booster by manipulating plants to express a protein found in the polio virus.


Penn Dental Medicine Appoints New Members to its Board of Overseers

July 21, 2016

Dr. Anne Koch (D’77, GD’93) and Dr. Anne Klamar have been appointed to the Penn Dental Medicine Board of Overseers.


DScD Student Awarded IADR Periodontal Research Group Travel Award

As the award recipient, Dr. Hyeran Helen Jeon, a Penn Dental Medicine DScD candidate, presented her research on wound healing at the IADR General Session in Korea.


Dr. Shuying Yang Joins Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology

July 18, 2016

Dr. Yang’s research interests focus on exploring the mechanism of craniofacial and bone development and bone remodeling as well as gene/stem cell therapy of bone diseases.


In the News: Fox 29 Talks with Drs. Sollecito and Stoopler on Oral, Systemic Health Connection

June 30, 2016

Drs. Tom Sollecito and Eric Stoopler of the School’s Dept. of Oral Medicine explain how one’s mouth can hold lifesaving clues to other conditions.


George Hajishengallis Receives NIH MERIT Award

June 10, 2016

The highly selective MERIT Awards are designed to give stable, long-term support to scientists. Less than 5 percent of NIH-funded researchers across all disciplines are selected to receive them.


Dr. Chun-Hsi Chung Installed as ABO President-Elect

June 3, 2016

During his tenure as an American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) director, Dr. Chung has represented the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists. ABO directors establish policy for the board certification of specialists in orthodontics.


Periodontics-DScD Resident a Henry M. Thornton/SCADA Fellowship Recipient

May 27, 2016

Dr. Kang Ko (D’15, GD’18), a Periodontics-DScD candidate, has been selected to receive a fellowship from Student Clinician Research Program of the ADA.


In the News: Philly Inquirer Talks with Dr. Elliot Hersh on Opioid Prescribing

Dr. Elliot Hersh, Professor of Pharmacology, discusses the issue of opioids and how dental students are instructed on the dangers of overprescribing pain killers.


Penn Dental Faculty Recognized by Students with Annual Teaching Awards

May 13, 2016

Each academic year, the graduating class recognizes members of the faculty with teaching awards, presented at the annual Senior Farewell.


Dr. Thomas Sollecito Honored by American Academy of Oral Medicine

May 2, 2016

The Samuel Charles Miller Lecture Award is among one of the highest honors bestowed by the AAOM and is given for outstanding contributions to the field of oral medicine.


Dr. Dana Graves Recognized with Wound Healing Research Scholarship

April 26, 2016

The Wound Healing Society recognized Dr. Graves’ work that has shown the critical role the FOX01 molecule plays in the response to wounds.


Gender Bias and the Leaking Biomedical Pipeline

April 18, 2016

An April 8 symposium co-chaired by Dr. Anh Le, Chair of Oral Surgery, and produced with Penn Medicine, examined gender bias in scientific publishing.


Introduction to Dental Medicine MOOC Starts May 2

April 15, 2016

The free course runs May 2-June 26 through Penn’s Online Learning Initiative and covers a full range of dental topics, starting from basic concepts and proceeding to review trends in current dental research and technology.


Building Interest in a Dental Career

Penn Dental Medicine students shared their passion for the field of dental medicine, encouraging high school and undergraduate students to consider following their path to a career in dentistry at day-long event April 9.


Dr. Robert Ricciardi Receives Penn’s Distinguished Teaching Award

April 11, 2016

Dr. Ricciardi, Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, is one of 8 recognized with Penn’s 2016 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.


Students Raise $29K for Oral Cancer Foundation

April 6, 2016

Held April 2, this was the eighth year that students at Penn Dental Medicine organized the Philadelphia Oral Cancer Walk and 5K to bring attention to the disease and the importance of early detection.


Penn Dental to Co-Host Symposium on Gender Bias in Scientific Publishing

April 4, 2016

To be held April 8 and the Smilow Center for Translational Research, the Symposium will address strategies to achieve gender parity in academic biomedical careers.


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