News from Penn Dental Medicine on the academic, outreach, patient care, and research activities of the school’s faculty, students, and staff.
Philadelphia – Adding to the depth of the School’s research enterprise, Penn Dental Medicine welcomes Dr. Yu Zhang as Professor in the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences. Dr. Zhang, a leading authority in dental biomaterials, officially joined the School in July, coming to Penn Dental Medicine from New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD)....
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has introduced a reorganization and expansion of faculty within its Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences, welcoming new faculty to the School and announcing new roles for some existing faculty to lead the clinical instruction groups within the School’s restorative care centers and community care sites. The changes, being implemented...
Philadelphia- Dr. Esra Sahingur (DDS, MS, PhD), Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Student Research at Penn Dental Medicine, has been selected as a 2020-2021 fellow in the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM®) program. ELAM, which advocates for women occupying influential leadership roles in academic health centers, accepts 60 candidates each...
Philadelphia — Dr. Marie-Elena Cronin (D’20, GD’22), a 2020 graduate of Penn Dental Medicine’s DMD program, has been recognized by the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation as a recipient of its 2020 Student Leadership Award. The Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Delta Dental of California, recently announced this year’s recipients of this annual award, which...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Dana Graves, Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Vice Dean for Research & Scholarship, has been recognized for his research as the recipient of the 2020 International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Periodontal Research Group (PRG) Award in Regenerative Periodontal Medicine. This annual award, sponsored by REGEDENT AG,...
Philadelphia – In a recently published study analyzing the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles in prosthodontic journals between 1951 and 2019, one by Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Markus Blatz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences, was among the top ten. The study appeared in the May issue of...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine pediatrics resident Catherine Lee (D’18, GD’20) has been honored by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) with its Resident Recognition Award. The AAPD Pediatric Dental Resident Committee developed the Award to recognize pediatric dental residents doing innovative and interesting activities in their training programs. Presented quarterly, winners are chosen...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine faculty members have been honored for excellence in teaching by the Class of 2020. Each academic year, the graduating class recognizes members of the faculty who have had a significant impact of their educational experience; this year’s awards and recipients included the following: The Basic Science Award – presented for...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine Dean Mark S. Wolff has been recognized for his research by the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) as a recipient of the 2020 IADR/AADR William J. Gies Award for clinical research. The Gies Awards are presented annually in three categories (biological research,...
