Dr. Robert Ricciardi,Chair of Microbiology, is developing promising therapies for viral diseases. Through the Penn Center for Innovation, his company, ViRAZE, is first taking aim at a skin condition that affects millions of children.
PHILADELPHIA – Penn Dental Medicine students with a passion for serving vulnerable patients will now have a new resource to support their interests and goals thanks to a $1 million scholarship grant from the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation, the philanthropic branch of Delta Dental of Pennsylvania. Delta Dental’s Oral Health Education grant will endow […]
A successful Phase 1 clinical trial in China, co-led by Penn Dental’s Dr. Songtao Shi, paves the way for more widespread investigation into the utility of dental stem cells.
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine welcomed Pennsylvania State Senators to its high-tech research greenhouse as part of a recent visit by the PA Senate Appropriations Committee members to Pennovation Works, Penn’s hub for innovation, designed to bridge the intellectual and entrepreneurial initiatives for advancing knowledge and generating economic development. The research greenhouse of Dr. Henry […]
Philadelphia — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that on average 115 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Yet, when an overdose emergency does occur, prompt action can save lives. That was the message to Penn Dental Medicine students at the first of a series of lectures on the only FDA-approved […]
Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine welcomed the Class of 2022 DMD students to the study of dental medicine at its annual White Coat Ceremony, held August 13 at Penn’s Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. This annual tradition holds symbolic significance for members of the incoming class as they are presented with a white coat […]
The recently established award recognizes the many contributions Dr. Ricardo Teles made to the field of clinical periodontal research.
Penn Dental Medicine has been hosting area high school students as part of Penn’s Provost Summer Mentorship Program.
Twice-daily rinses of FDA-approved nanoparticles broke apart oral biofilms and prevented tooth decay in a study from the lab of Dr. Michel Koo, published this week in Nature Communications.
Dr. Koo received the 2018 William H. Bowen Research in Dental Caries Award at the opening ceremonies of the IADR General Session being held in London.
This summer has brought new facilities with the opening of the Schattner Pavilion and new leadership with the arrival of Dean Mark Wolff to Penn Dental Medicine.
The fellowship will support programming within the Dept. of Oral Medicine for veterinary dentists or oral medicine fellows with an interest in veterinary oral medicine.
Penn’s One Health blog talks to Penn Dental’s Dr. Yota Stathopoulou on what tooth sensitivity to ice cream and other cold summertime treats could signal.
On July 2, the Penn Dental Medicine community welcomed Dr. Mark Wolff as he began his leadership post as the school’s Morton Amsterdam Dean. Dr. Wolff becomes the 12th dean since the School’s founding.
Dr. Dana Graves has been serving as Interim Dean of Penn Dental Medicine since January. As his time in this role concludes June 30, he shares a message with the Penn Dental Medicine community.
Dr. Stoopler has been a member of the School’s Oral Medicine faculty since 2002 and presently also serves as Director of the School’s Oral Medicine Residency Program.
Penn’s Netter Center has recognized Dr. Joan Gluch with the 2018 Faculty-Community Partnership Award along with one of her community partners, Philadelphia FIGHT.
A study from Drs. Jeon and Graves found cells that form the outer layer of skin and mucosa stimulate blood-vessel formation through the protein, Foxo1.
Thirty-four undergraduate students from more than 20 colleges and universities came to learn about Penn Dental Medicine and opportunities within the dental field.
The latest exhibit from the Evans Collections runs through July 27, 2018 in the main reading room of the School’s library, located on the second floor of the Evans Building.
