Penn Dental Medicine, Woods Services Celebrate Opening of New Community Care Center Serving Persons with Disabilities

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine is continuing to expand its service in the community to persons with disabilities with the opening of its newest community care site—the Penn Dental Medicine at Woods Mikey Faulkner Dental Care Center. The Care Center is a partnership with Woods Services, a Pennsylvania- and New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that serves […]

Registration Open for Penn Dental Medicine’s Oral Cancer Walk & 5K to be held April 16

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine will once again help to raise awareness about oral cancer and the importance of early detection with its annual Oral Cancer Walk & 5K, to be held Sunday, April 16, 2023. Registration is now open for this year’s gathering, which marks the 15th anniversary of this student-organized event. Participants can […]

Penn Dental Medicine Signs MOU with School in South Africa, Adding to Collaboration in Tanzania

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine is continuing to build upon its international engagement with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The signing took place as part of a recent visit by Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean, Dr. Mark S. Wolff, to South Africa and […]

New Fund Created to Support Veterans’ Care

Philadelphia – Veterans coming to Penn Dental Medicine for dental care now have a new resource to help cover the costs of their treatment – the Penn Dental Medicine Veterans Dental Care Fund. This new Veterans Fund was recently established through a $100,000 gift from a Penn Dental Medicine alumnus and his wife with hopes […]

Global Oral Health Forum 2023 to be held March 30-31 in Merida, Mexico

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health (CIGOH) is collaborating with Fundación ADM, Institución de Asistencia Privada to present the Global Oral Health Forum 2023, taking place March 30-31 in Merida, Mexico. The main goal of this two-day gathering is to encourage and facilitate a dialogue between major stakeholders in the […]

Penn Dental Medicine Launches New Coursera Course: Frontiers in Dentistry

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 […]

New Dual Degree Program in Nutritional Science Launched with Penn Nursing

Philadelphia – Adding to the depth  of its dual-degree programs for DMD students, Penn Dental Medicine announces a new dual-degree with Penn Nursing, enabling interested and qualified students to earn a Master of Science in Nutrition Science (MSNS) along with their DMD. This new offering brings the total number of dual-degree options to nine, including […]

Dr. Zhi Ren Awarded the 2022 American Society for Microbiology Best ECS Presentation Award

Philadelphia — Dr. Zhi Ren, a current NIDCR R90 postdoctoral trainee within the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) – Penn Dental Medicine’s collaborative center with Penn Engineering — was awarded the 2022 American Society for Microbiology (ASM)’s Early Career Symposium (ECS) Best Presentation Award. The award was presented as part of the ASM […]

Four Penn Dental Medicine Faculty Issued Patents in FY22

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine faculty members were recognized for their research and innovation as part of the Penn Center for Innovation’s (PCI) 7th annual Celebration of Innovation. This annual event celebrates Penn researchers and innovators who were named as inventors on patents issued to Penn this past fiscal year and highlights significant commercialization achievements. […]

Dr. Michel Koo Named a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo, Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Division of Community Oral Health, Division of Pediatric Dentistry and Co-Founding Director of the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD), has been recognized for the scope and depth of his research — named on the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list from […]

Delta Dental Community Care Foundation Grant Supporting Patient Care

Philadelphia – “For the first time in years, I can smile. I am not embarrassed to face the world,” said one patient. “The grant allowed me to have teeth and eat the foods I love,” said another. “I couldn’t have afforded teeth without this help,” shared a third patient. This is just a sampling of […]

Penn Dental Medicine Students Present Research at Greater New York Dental Meeting

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 […]

Advancing Equitable Oral Care for Persons with Disabilities

Dr. George Hajishengallis Named a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher

Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. George Hajishengallis, Thomas W. Evans Centennial Professor in the Department of Basic & Translational Sciences, has been recognized for the scope and depth of his research — named on the Highly Cited Researchers™ 2022 list from Clarivate in the cross-field category. This is the third year in row that […]

Dr. Michael Glick Joins National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Workshop Discussion on Health Professional Education

Philadelphia – Dr. Michael Glick, Executive Director of Penn Dental Medicine’s Center for Integrative Global Oral Health, was among the speakers invited to participate in a recent workshop of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education (IHPE Forum). The virtual workshop, held November 3, focused on […]

Penn Dental Medicine Delegation Participates in Israel Conference

Philadelphia — A 26-member delegation from Penn Dental Medicine comprised of the Dean, faculty, administrators, alumni, and friends recently travelled to Israel to participate in a two-day conference on the topic of improving oral health care for persons with disabilities. The conference took place in Jerusalem, October 26-27. The visit was in reciprocation of a […]

Penn Dental Medicine Named Apple Distinguished School for 2022-2025

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 […]

In the News: Dr. Michel Koo Shares Perspective on Future Innovations in Dentistry on Trailblazers Podcast

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Michel Koo, Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD), was among a panel of researchers, engineers, and business founders invited to be part of a recent Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson Podcast titled “Dentistry: An Oral History of Disruption.” Dr. Koo shared findings from one […]

Dean Mark Wolff Receives Shils Entrepreneurial Fund Innovation Award

Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine’s Morton Amsterdam Dean, Dr. Mark S. Wolff, has been recognized by the Shils Entrepreneurial Fund, Inc. as one of this year’s recipients of its Innovation Awards. These annual awards recognize individuals, organizations, and programs that have made a significant impact on the oral health community and public health overall. This […]

Dr. Brian Ford Recognized with AAOMS Award for Faculty Development

Philadelphia — Dr. Brian Ford, Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Penn Dental Medicine, was recognized by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) as a recipient of its 2022 Faculty Educator Development Award (FEDA). The award was presented at the 2022 AAOMS Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, La., in […]