Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 2, 2017 -– Two students in the School of Dentistry’s Dental Hygiene online degree completion program received scholarships Sunday during the 47th annual Center for the Education of Women awards program. Rebecca Merryfield received the Robert Bruce Dunlap Memorial Scholarship and Brandy Zantello received the Jane and Bill Bloom Scholarship. CEW is …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 29, 2017 -– Dr. Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch was installed Wednesday as the inaugural Dr. Walter H. Swartz Professor of Integrated Special Care Dentistry. The professorship was established with a major gift from Ann Arbor residents Timothy and Laurie Wadhams in honor of Laurie’s late father, who was a School of Dentistry alum …
Dr. Margherita Fontana will lead researchers from U-M, other universities Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 22, 2017 -– Two grants totaling $18.3 million from the National Institutes of Health will allow a School of Dentistry professor to expand research into predicting caries risk in young children and assessing the efficacy of a new treatment. Dr. Margherita Fontana, …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 20, 2017 -– School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Hom-Lay Wang has received two of the top awards presented annually by the American Academy of Periodontology. Wang was presented with the Distinguished Scientist Award and the Outstanding Periodontal Educator Award during the academy’s annual conference earlier this month in Boston, Mass. The …
Legislative assistants for members of Congress focus on research Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 21, 2017 -– Legislative staffers for several members of Michigan’s Congressional delegation toured the high-tech lab of a School of Dentistry faculty member this week to learn more about his pain research and improvements in telemedicine. The University Research Corridor organized the three-day …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 15, 2017 -– A program that provided free dental care for low-income Michigan residents in exchange for volunteer work received good reviews, according to a study by Dental Hygiene faculty member. Most of the people in the study reported that their oral health had improved after participating in the Care Free Pay …
Ann Arbor, MI — January 31, 2014 — Even though he retired seven years ago, Dr. Jack Gobetti wants his teaching and patient care experiences to benefit students well into the future. That’s why he is allowing Dr. Theodora Danciu to use some of the clinical oral pathology images he captured with a camera during …
Ann Arbor, MI — January 20, 2014 — Dr. Bonita Neighbors (DDS 1986), director of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry – Community Dental Center, has been honored for her service to the community. She received the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Servant Leadership in Building a Beloved Community from the Church of the Good …
Ann Arbor, MI — January 20, 2014 — It’s a complex spectrum of disorders that affects as many as 10 million Americans. Its exact causes, however, are unknown. Researchers, dentists and other health care professionals have been searching for decades for clues that may offer insights into what causes temporomandibular joint disorders and orofacial pain …
Ann Arbor, MI — November 25, 2013 — Dr. Peter Ma, the Richard Kingery Endowed Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was among 388 scientists nationwide to …