Education

Student Profile Q&A: Shawn Hallett is nearing the end of his 7-year DDS/PhD dual degree program, but his journey of scientific understanding is just getting started

March 25, 2025

____________________________ This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni and students. ____________________________ Shawn Hallett’s quest to become a dentist-scientist has produced a lengthy CV with incredible breadth and depth in complex scientific research and extensive collaboration with leading researchers around the country. Over the last seven years at the University …

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Dental school faculty member Elizabeth Van Tubergen is new director of Oral Health Sciences MS program

January 29, 2025

Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 29, 2025 – School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Elizabeth Van Tubergen has been appointed Director of the school’s Oral Health Sciences Master’s Degree Program. Van Tubergen is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics. Her appointment, announced by Associate Dean for Research Vesa Kaartinen, …

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Alumni Profile Q&A: Dr. Gregg Lurcott (DDS 1998)

January 27, 2025

Dr. Gregg Lurcott credits his parents and growing up in Buffalo, New York, with generating the lifelong work ethic that today keeps him on track in his career as a busy Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with three offices in the Denver, Colorado, metro area. Work ethic is necessary if you are a newspaper delivery boy …

Alumni Profile Q&A:  Dr. Mindy (Greenblatt) Streem, DMD, MS (orthodontics), ABO

November 25, 2024

Mindy Streem’s credentials as a lifelong high-achiever are undeniable. After graduating from high school in three years in her hometown of Toledo, Ohio, she enrolled at age 17 at the University of Michigan. In a dual, 5-year program, she earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Musical Arts in voice performance. …

Alumni Profile Q&A:  Dr. Timothy Bizga, DDS (2006), FAGD

October 16, 2024

Dr. Timothy Bizga is a general dentist practicing in Cleveland, Ohio, with special interests in implants, cosmetics and facial aesthetics. He earned his DDS in 2006 from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, where he received the Francis B. Vedder award for excellence in prosthodontics. After graduation, he joined the practice of his father, Dr. Chester …

Faculty member Sarah Tomaka named to lead dental school’s external rotation program at clinics around Michigan

September 19, 2024

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2024 – School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Sarah Tomaka has been promoted from Associate Director to Assistant Dean for the Community-Based Collaborative Care and Education (CBCE) program, which is the school’s expansive external rotation program for dental students. Dean Jacques Nör announced the appointment, effective Sept. 1. In her …

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