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Philadelphia – Following a national search, Penn Dental Medicine has named new leadership within its Office of Admissions, recruiting Mark Mitchell as Assistant Dean of Admissions and Brian Hahn as Director of Admissions, effective November 1 and October 1, respectively. Both bring extensive experience in dental school admissions to their new posts. “We are eager...
Philadelphia –The strength and depth of Penn Dental Medicine’s student research was on display at this year’s American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR)/International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) General Session. Over 30 student researchers were included in the scientific program with their faculty mentors, showcasing a diversity...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine faculty members Drs. Yuan Liu and Chensuang Li and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Zhi Ren have been recognized for their excellence in research, recently receiving top awards from the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) and the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). The awards were presented as...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine and Penn Engineering, which teamed earlier this year to launch the Center for Innovation and Precision Dentistry (CiPD), recently awarded the Center’s first IDEA (Innovation in Dental Medicine and Engineering to Advance Oral Health) Prize. Dr. Henry Daniell, W.B. Miller Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Basic &...
Philadelphia – With the goal of developing new oral health care technologies and devices, the inaugural Advancing Oral & Craniofacial Health Award was recently awarded to Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Eugene Ko, Assistant Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine, for a project titled “Baby Seal: Promoting Intrinsic Sucking in Cleft Palate Infant Bottle Feeding.” Dr. Ko...
Philadelphia — Helping to advance the science and practice of periodontics, Penn Dental Medicine periodontics resident and DScD candidate Dr. Dennis Sourvanos (GD’23) has been recognized for his research – receiving the 2021 AADR William B. Clark Fellowship Award in Clinical Periodontal Research and selected to participate in the Perelman School of Medicine Institute for...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has named a new Chair of its Board of Advisors and welcomes two new Board members as well. Taking on the leadership role as Chair is Dr. David Shen (D’79, GD’81) and joining the Board is Ruchi Goel and Dr. Allen Finkelstein. All three appointments were officially approved by the...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has named Dr. Michael Glick to lead its new Center of Integrative Global Oral Health. He has joined the School as Executive Director of the Center and Professor of Clinical Restorative Dentistry in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences effective July 1. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Glick...
