Dr. Mitchell has been a member of the faculty within the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology since 2009; her promotion to Professor is effective July 1, 2017.
Dr. Yuan Liu has been selected as the first recipient of the Fellowship. Her research will target the identification of risk biomarkers for early childhood caries.
Dr. Mupparapu, Professor of Oral Medicine, has been on the faculty since 2012. Penn presents eight Lindback awards each year for teaching excellence.
Dr. Hydar Ali, in the Dept. of Pathology, has spent his career discerning mast cells’ unique qualities and honing in on strategies to modulate their activity to improve health.
Penn Dental Medicine is now accepting applications for its first class of prosthodontics residents to begin in July 2017. The application deadline is April 20, 2017.
A new study from the lab of Dr. Henry Daniell gives hope for a therapy to keep hemophilia patients from developing antibodies that cause a rejection of clotting-factor infusions.
Taking a look at drugs to manage dental pain, Consumer Reports talks with Dr. Elliot Hersh on the effectiveness of over-the-counter options vs. prescription opioids.
Dentsply Sirona has established a four-year agreement with Penn Dental Medicine that will provide equipment for student instruction and support the clinical curriculum.
A study led by Dr. Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pathology, has found certain protease inhibitors as key players in causing neuronal damage.
Dr. Elliot Hersh, Professor, Dept. of Oral Surgery/Pharmacology, was interviewed by WHYY’s The Pulse for a story on opioids and their potential for abuse.
Penn Dental’s Dr. Markus Blatz served as Co-Chair of the meeting, bringing together an international panel of experts in the field of prosthodontics.
The fall meeting of the Board took place at the Penn Wharton China Center, Beijing. A forum was also held in conjunction with the meeting on the topic of oral care and dentistry in China.
The program was the first to be presented by Penn Dental through support from Penn’s China Research and Engagement Fund, awarded to the School last year.
The research of third-year student Hassan M. Khan was recognized as a recipient of the AAOMR’s 2016 Charles R. Morris Student Research Award.
The Department of Orthodontics celebrated its 100th Anniversary at this year’s annual Ortho Alumni Day, held October 28 the Union League of Philadelphia. The event drew approximately 240 attendees.
Dr. Blatz, who has worked in materials research for more than 20 years, also presently serves as President of the International Academy of Adhesive Dentistry.
Since isolating unique stem cells from baby teeth, Dr. Shi has been exploring their potential to address everything from treating lupus to growing dental pulp.
Dr. Henry Daniell’s lab has designed a software program that converts any given DNA sequence into the sequence preferred by either lettuce or tobacco plants.
The award recognizes exemplary contributions to expanding interdisciplinary collaboration at Penn. Dr. Hersh and colleagues from medicine and nursing lead an interdisciplinary course on pain science and practice.
Through the Dental Hygiene Research & Innovation Fund, selected dental hygienist scholars will be able to participate in one of the School’s current research projects.
