Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 8, 2021 – Dental students, residents, and oral surgeons from around the country and world will take part in the third Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Leadership Symposium on March 6. Held virtually this year, the symposium is presented by the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s Department of Oral …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 6, 2021 – The cover story of the December issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association features a study led by School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Hatfield. Hatfield is a clinical lecturer focused on Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Hospital Dentistry. …
New Faculty Updates are published in January and July each year to introduce full-time faculty who have joined the School of Dentistry in the previous six months. Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 6, 2021 – The three newest full-time faculty members at the School of Dentistry have extensive teaching experience and expertise in general dentistry, oral …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 6, 2021 – School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Marcia Campos is one of nine fellows who have been named to the University of Michigan Interprofessional Leadership Program for 2021-22. Educators and practitioners entering this 18-month program, now in its sixth year, participate in a campus-based interprofessional learning community facilitated by …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 7, 2020 – School of Dentistry faculty member Renny Franceschi, the Marcus L. Ward Collegiate Professor of Dentistry, has been elected a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Franceschi was cited for distinguished contributions to the fields of transcriptional control mechanisms of bone formation, signaling and extracellular matrix …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 9, 2020 – The research of School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Alexandre DaSilva was the subject of a recent podcast conducted by the director of the University of Michigan’s Extended Reality (XR) Initiative. Jeremy Nelson interviewed DaSilva about his research as director of the Headache and Orofacial Pain Effort Lab, …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 9, 2020 – Dr. Justine Moe, a faculty member in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS), has received a national award for initiating a national virtual curriculum early this year when the COVID-19 pandemic limited resident training programs around the country. The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 9, 2020 – Two faculty members from the School of Dentistry’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are featured in a story and video produced by Michigan Medicine about a particularly difficult case involving a pregnant woman who needed treatment for a cancerous spot on her tongue. Drs. Brent Ward and …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 21, 2020 – Dr. Renée Duff has been promoted to Associate Dean of Students at the School of Dentistry. Dean Laurie McCauley announced the appointment, which was supported by the school’s Executive Committee and approved by the University of Michigan Board of Regents at its meeting last week. The five-year appointment was …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 10, 2020 – The School of Dentistry will continue to have a prominent role in the leading academic journal for dental education as one faculty member replaces another as the publication’s associate editor. Dr. Romesh Nalliah, a clinical professor and Associate Dean for Patient Services, began as associate editor of the …