Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 11, 2018 -– A mobile app that allows chronic pain sufferers to more accurately assess their pain and communicate about it with their doctors was released to the public today by a University of Michigan start-up co-founded by a professor at the School of Dentistry. The GeoPain app, created by MoxyTech, gives …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 10, 2018 -– Fourth-year students and faculty from the School of Dentistry are featured in a new video and story produced for the university’s Michigan Impact Newsletter, which highlights U-M programs that benefit citizens throughout the state. The “Stories of Our State” video and story focus on students and faculty who spend three weeks each …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 6, 2018 -– Dr. Renée E. Duff has been reappointed to a second five-year term as Assistant Dean for Student Services for the School of Dentistry, effective Sept. 1. The position oversees the Office of Student Services, which focuses on recruiting, retaining and fostering the educational and career development of students in …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 9, 2018 -– School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Jan Hu has been named chair of the school’s Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics. Dean Laurie McCauley announced the appointment, which is effective Sept. 1, 2018. Dr. Hu was selected after an international search by a committee of faculty and alumni. …
Faculty member helps research prescriptions tied to wisdom teeth removal Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 7, 2018 -– School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Romesh Nalliah discusses the nation’s opioid epidemic in a pair of articles posted this week by the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation at the University of Michigan. Nalliah, clinical associate professor and …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 3, 2018 -– Foreign-trained dentists face a variety of challenges when they seek to continue their profession in the U.S. It can take many years to gain entry into a U.S.-based dental school and to acquire the necessary skills to effectively practice dentistry. This fall, a new seminar at the University of …
Ann Arbor, Mich., July 26, 2018 -– Dr. Daniela Mendonça, a faculty member at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, has received an international award for her cellular-level research that has applications for improving dental implant therapy. The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) announced that Mendonça is …
Ann Arbor, Mich., June 28, 2018 -– Two adjunct faculty members in the Dental Hygiene Program received national awards last weekend at the annual conference of the American Dental Hygiene Association. They were the second national awards for each in the last several months. Chris Farrell received the 2018 Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award from the …
Ann Arbor, Mich., June 6, 2018 -– A new School of Dentistry program that immerses graduate students in regenerative dentistry research is accepting applications for its first cohort of students who will enroll this fall. The Dental Postgraduate Program in Regenerative Dentistry is one of only a few in the world for this area of study. …
UMS Grant, Music Students Help Dentistry Professor Research Stress Ann Arbor, Mich., May 22, 2018 -– Can a stringed quartet playing beautiful classical music soothe the stressed-out dental student? Or perhaps even improve student performance on tests and other difficult dentistry procedures? A School of Dentistry faculty member is researching those questions in a campus collaboration …