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recognized leaders in biomaterials and tissue engineering, bone and joint diseases, craniofacial birth defects, exocrine gland biology, human behavior, neoplastic diseases of the craniofacial
complex, oral infectious diseases and oro-facial pain.
Tabak remains actively engaged in scientific research. His research group in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases focuses on the functional roles played by
glycoproteins during development. A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he belongs to numerous professional organizations. Tabak also was a National Institutes of Health
Merit Award recipient while he was in the extramural community.
Named for distinguished BCD alumni Dr. Alfred W. Brauman (BCD '38) and Dr. Welden E. Bell
(BCD '34), the lectureship is organized through the college's Faculty Development Committee and the Office of Communications and Development, as well as the Dallas alumni chapter of Alpha Omega International Fraternity. It exists to annually invite a nationally distinguished individual in the area of oral health; medicine as it relates to oral health; dental and craniofacial research; and/or oral health education to address faculty, students, alumni, staff, practicing dental professionals, medical professionals, community members and guests.
In 1992, the Dallas alumni chapter of Alpha Omega International Fraternity presented a significant contribution from Brauman to Baylor College of Dentistry, establishing the lectureship. The
lectureship was endowed in 1997 through two generous gifts to Baylor College of Dentistry from Brauman's daughter, Patricia Brauman Michaelson of Dallas.
Bell was a faculty member in oral and maxillofacial surgery and a continuing education lecturer until his death in 1990. He also was a visiting lecturer to 24 dental schools throughout the
United States and Canada and the author of nine textbooks on orofacial pain and TMJ disorders. Brauman was instrumental in establishing the Dallas Chapter of Alpha Omega fraternity while in dental
school. A practicing dentist in Dallas for more than 50 years and a commercial real estate developer, he was an active community volunteer and philanthropist until his death in 1996. Bell and Brauman
maintained a friendship for 52 years.
To attend the lecture or for more information, contact Lori Dees, administrative assistant in communications and development, at Ext 8214.
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