Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 14, 2021 – Mary Jo Gray, the Compliance Manager for the School of Dentistry, has been named to a University of Michigan task force that will review and assess the Division of Public Safety and Security. U-M President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins have appointed 20 people to the …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 5, 2020 – Four School of Dentistry faculty and staff members will lead a national webinar on Dec. 10 that focuses on how educators can promote critical thinking during disruptions to the traditional educational process because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar is sponsored by the American Dental Education Association, with …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 4, 2020 – Dr. Carlos González-Cabezas, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, discusses how the School of Dentistry responded immediately and in the continuing aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic in an online interview posted today by Dentistry Today. González-Cabezas explains how faculty, students and staff responded when in-person education and patient treatment …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 20, 2020 – An interview with Mary Jo Gray, the Compliance Manager for the School of Dentistry, is the cover story in the November issue of the magazine of the national Health Care Compliance Association. The lengthy article in Compliance Today, titled “The Pandemic Drill,” is a question-and-answer format with Gray …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 9, 2020 – Over the past two months, the dental school has opened newly renovated clinics that are part of Blue Renew, the four-year renovation and expansion project at the school. Last week, the school opened a new pre-doctoral education clinic, the Victors West (Maize) clinic, in the northwest corner of …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 24, 2020 – A survey of nearly a thousand people who were tested for COVID-19 antibodies at the School of Dentistry this summer examined how the pandemic is affecting the life experiences of essential workers, including dentists. The research project looked at the important role dentistry can play within the broader …
Ann Arbor, Mich., June 11, 2020 – The School of Dentistry has joined a national effort to increase antibody testing related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, the school began testing local front-line healthcare workers, and more recently expanded to a wider community including all faculty, staff, and students of the School of Dentistry as …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, April 17, 2020 – Cheryl Verbruggen has been named Director of Budget and Financial Planning for the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, effective June 1. Verbruggen joins the dental school after nine years as Vice Dean of the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, Mich. She brings …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 26, 2020 – The School of Dentistry presented its annual Ida Gray Awards Tuesday to a student, staff member and an associate professor who have actively contributed to the school’s welcoming and inclusive environment. The awards were the centerpiece of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Day program that called attention to …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 6, 2020 – The annual Research Day tradition at the School of Dentistry continues on Feb. 19 with the presentation of the latest scientific studies by dental and dental hygiene students, graduate students in various specialties, PhD candidates, postdocs, faculty, staff and visiting scholars. Research is thriving at the school with …