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Public Health Sciences department receives Presidential Award for Excellence
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Community Outreach was awarded to the TAMHSC-Baylor College of Dentistry Department of Public Health Sciences during the Texas A&M Health Science Center academic convocation Friday, January 20th. The award recognizes those who exemplify the mission and vision of the TAMHSC and contribute to the health and well being of underserved and/or rural populations or communities.
In an announcement sent to the entire college, Dean Lawrence Wolinsky said of the honor, "We are proud to have this high level of recognition bestowed upon one of our own."
Gadgets and Gizmos pave way for grants
The periodontics research team is halfway into an SBIR-funded study, and so far, the results are even better than expected
It was during a recent meeting with the four-person periodontics
department research team that an interesting trend was revealed. The
group gathered in Dr. Francisco Rivera-Hidalgo’s office to share the
current results of their two-year, $800,000 National Institutes of
Health Small Business Innovation Research grant.
Nearly a year and 15 bone regenerative surgeries into the study, the
team has gotten very positive feedback. Their work involves testing the
benefits of using a new technology developed by Dr. Stephen Harrel ’72,
clinical professor in periodontics, during minimally invasive surgery.
They’re hoping results for the next 15 patients mirror the trend.
UTD Pre-Dental and TAMHSC-BCD team up in Miles for Smiles runathon
The University of Texas at Dallas Pre-Dental Association, in partnership with Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, held its third annual Miles for Smiles runathon event, April 22 at the university’s track.
Contributions to the annual event go towards the Baylor College of Dentistry Social Services Dental Care Fund. The fund is used to provide disadvantaged citizens of the Greater Dallas community with an interest-free loan to pay for dental care they previously would not be able to afford.
D4 student profiled in 2011 ADEA Official Guide to Dental Schools
Aja Thompson, fourth-year dental student at Baylor College of Dentistry, is profiled in the 2011 ADEA Offical Guide to Dental Schools.
As the voice of dental education, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) has annually released the Official Guide to Dental Schools for nearly 50 years. It offers the most comprehensive and authoritative information on dental education in North America.
The ADEA Guide is used primarily by those interested in exploring a career in dentistry and those in a position to advise them.
BCD alum inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
DALLAS—August 11, 2010— Fifty years ago, the U.S. Olympic basketball
team brought home the gold medal from the 1960 Olympics in Rome. This
remarkable team—all amateurs—posted such unequalled statistics that its
members were inducted recently into the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame.
Equally intriguing: Two of the 12 team members went on to become orthodontists. One of these is Dr. Jay Arnette, who graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1971 and its orthodontic graduate program in 1973. Now retired, he practiced in Austin, Texas, for more than 30 years.
- Read all about it in the July/August 2010 issue of the Baylor Dental Record Online ...
- Read the news release in the HSC news ...
The votes are in and the HSC wins: BCD topic one of top three finalists
Fri 14 May 2010 5:05 pm
A topic submitted from BCD has been selected as one of the 3
finalists in the HSC accreditation process known as the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP).
Preparations for the Texas A&M Health Science Center accreditation have begun, and QEP represents an opportunity presented by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) for the entire HSC community to be involved.
After submission of topics by faculty, and a survey of faculty, staff and students throughout the HSC, it was announced that a topic submitted by faculty at BCD has been selected as one of the three finalists for this project.
Dental school students hold local Oral Cancer Walk
The
Student National Dental Association chapter at Texas A&M Health
Science
Center Baylor College of Dentistry led Dallas’ second annual Oral
Cancer
Walk on May 1 to raise awareness of a disease that kills more than 7,000
Americans each year. The walk was held at Concord Baptist Church.
Free oral cancer screenings and sealants (protective tooth coating) for children will be available at sites along the walk route.
The first 20 registered walkers received free Oral Cancer Walk T-shirts.
BCD record for diversity in enrollment is topic of ADEA spotlight
The practice of looking beyond the numbers to try and predict whether a potential student has what it takes to succeed in the profession of Dentistry is among the practices that have earned BCD a nod from the American Dental Education Association's Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education.
Click the ADEA logo, or the link to read the full article on the ADEA Website. Read more ...
Cheng receives grant to explore saliva test for oral cancer
Dr.
Yi-Shing Lisa Cheng, associate professor in diagnostic sciences at
Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, has
received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore
using saliva as an early detection method in a high-risk group for oral
cancer.Her grant project, titled “Salivary biomarkers for oral cancer in lichen planus patients,” will receive more than $380,000 during the next two years from the NIH’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. The funding is available from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the economic stimulus package passed by congress in February.
- Read the full story in the Baylor Dental Record Online.
