Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 29, 2019 – A team of educators that includes two School of Dentistry faculty members has received a Community Engagement Grant from the Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education and the Ginsberg Center. Drs. Diane Chang and Stephanie Munz are part of a team that received the grant for a project at …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 28, 2019 – A clinical trial researching childhood caries, led by Dr. Margherita Fontana at the School of Dentistry, is featured in a video presented with this month’s Michigan Research electronic newsletter. The University of Michigan Office of Research distributes its monthly e-newsletter, which showcases a variety of campus research projects, …
“I knew I wanted to eventually expand my career in dental hygiene beyond clinical practice and U-M was the best choice to accomplish this goal.” Jamie LipiecRDH, BSDH, Class of 2010 In her new role, Jamie teaches students from four high schools who are interested in a career in dentistry. Jamie created and is refining …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 15, 2019 – The online degree completion program for Dental Hygiene at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry recently celebrated a decade of success in providing an alternative for off-campus dental hygienists who want to expand their career options. When the Dental Hygiene Degree Completion E-Learning Program was established 10 …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 13, 2019 – Hands-on demonstrations of some of the latest technology for dental hygienists were among the Continuing Education presentations at the 2019 Dental Hygiene Symposium held at the School of Dentistry earlier this month. The symposium, in its first year, drew about 70 dental hygienists and dentists from around Michigan …
School’s IADR/AADR awards include faculty, students, research fellow Ann Arbor, Mich., July 18, 2019 — School of Dentistry faculty, students and a postdoc received several awards and honors at the joint annual conferences of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, last month. …
“I see my dental hygiene career as a ladder, and my education in the E-Learning program helped me continue my climb.” Elizabeth ChisleaRDH, BSDH, MA, Degree Completion, Class of 2015 Beth earned her associate degree in 1997 where she was a student member of American Dental Hygienists’ Association. After graduating, she practiced clinically for 16 …
“You can pursue your degree at any and every age.” Becky DomagalskiRDH, BSDH, Degree Completion, Class of 2016 Becky earned an associate degree in 1997 and worked for 20 years in clinical practice. However, Becky’s long-term career goal was to work in a corporate environment. In order to achieve that goal, she knew she would …
Ann Arbor, Mich., March 15, 2019 -– A national initiative to encourage more women to become oral and maxillofacial surgeons brought speakers and participants from around the country to a symposium at the University of Michigan last week. The second annual Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Symposium was sponsored by the U-M Department of Oral …
An educational journey from South Korea has lasted much longer than planned This profile, originally printed in the Fall 2018 Dentalum alumni magazine, is one in a series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors, faculty and students. Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 1, 2018 — Tae-Ju Oh was a young dentist in Seoul, South Korea, in 1996 …