Samuel F. Dworkin,
DDS, PhD, DSci (Hon) and Professor Emeritus, UW School of Dentistry,
has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Malmö University in
Sweden, for “(his) great achievements in the field of TMD and
pain and particularly for (his) support over the years to the Department
for Stomatognathic Physiology at Malmö University.”
Dr. Dworkin became a part of the first multi-disciplinary
pain clinic in the worldhere at the University of Washington in 1972.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Dworkin on this remarkable
achievement.
Ken T. Izutsu, PhD and Chair, Department of Oral
Biology, and his research collaborators have been recognized for their
“significant contributions to the ion channel research and RNA
interference fields.” The research collaborators include
Dr. Sahba Fatherazi and Dr. Richard Presland who guided Dr. Shiwei
Cai through his PhD thesis work that utilized the RNA interference
technique to demonstrate that TRPC channels are required for keratinocyte
differentiation. The team’s work is being entered into
the newly formed ion channel and RNA interference research labs registry
in Montreal. More information is available online:
http://www.si-rna.com/showlab.php?surname=Izutsu&initials=KT
Wendy E. Mouradian,
MD, MS and Director, Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE),
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Dentistry, Dental Public
Health Sciences and Health Services (Public Health) was accepted to
ELAM, or the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM).
Sponsored by the Office of the Dean and Dr. Joel Berg, Department
of Pediatric Dentistry, ELAM’s year-long program develops the
professional and personal skills required to lead and manage successfully
in today’s complex healthcare environment, with special attention
to the unique challenges facing women in leadership positions.
No other School of Dentistry faculty member has been (accepted into
this program) to date. More information is available online:
http://www.drexelmed.edu/elam/home.html
Kyle K. Schmidt,
Graduate Prosthodontics, has been chosen to receive the David H. Wands
Fellowship in Prosthodontics. Kyle is the second recipient of
this prestigious and unique fellowship. Kyle was also selected
for the American College of Prosthodontics Education Foundation Scholarship. Congratulations,
Kyle!
Shiwei Cai,
a Graduate Student in the Advanced Program in Endodontics, won first
place honors in the Graduate Student Research Poster Competition at
the Annual Session of the American Association of Endodontists in
Honolulu, Hawaii (March 29 - April 1). Dr. Cai's research poster
presentation was entitled "Mineralization and phosphate related
gene expression in differentiating human dental pulp stem cells".
The competition is sponsored by Dentsply, Inc. Faculty member
Dr. Nestor Cohenca also presented on Replacement root resorption.
MARCH
Thomas H. Morton, Jr., Departments of Oral Biology
and Oral Medicine and Martha H. Fales, Department
of Dental Public Health Sciences, were recognized by the National
Association of Medical Minority Educators (NAMME) (March 3).
Dr. Morton and Dr. Fales were two of only sixteen individuals honored
with NAMME's 2006 Diversity Trailblazer Award, which "acknowledged
the legacy of those individuals whose persistent vigilance and continuous
effort working on behalf of students of color has helped to create
a more equitable and diverse environment in the health sciences.”
Beverly Dale-Crunk was elected as a Member-at-Large
of the Section Committee of the Section on Dentistry and Oral Health
Science for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS).
Ching-Yi Wu,
a Ph.D. student in Oral Biology, was selected to receive the 2006
Magnuson Award for the School of Dentistry. The purpose of this
program is to recognize graduate students with outstanding potential
for research in the health sciences. The program and award is
funded by a $2M endowment from the Warren G. Magnuson Institute for
Biomedical Research and Health Professions Training. Dr. Wu
joined the Oral Biology Graduate Program in 2003 and is pursuing her
Ph.D. under the direction of Dr. Eileen Watson. Her current
research involves the signaling pathways regulating salivary protein
secretion.
Fourth-year student Zach
Lowe was one of seven students chosen to compete in the Clinical
Caulk-Dentsply competition out of those that submitted posters.
Each student gave a ten minute oral presentation of his or her research
poster, which was followed by five minutes of Questions and Answers
from the judges. Zach’s project, “Soft Tissue Changes
Associated with Maxillary Le Fort I Surgery” was done with
collaboration with Dr. Dale Bloomquist and his mentor was Dr. Rafael
Alcalde, both from the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
FEBRUARY
Fourth-year student Ryan Kidman attend the
2006 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Prosthodontic
Society in Chicago (February 22-26) to receive a scholarship awarded
by the organization.
JANUARY
Rebecca Slayton, DDS, PhD became graduate program
director for the Department of Pediatric Dentistry (January 1).
Previously Dr. Slayton served as director of the Early Childhood Oral
Health (ECOH) program in the department and as research director.
Beverly Dale-Crunk,
PhD, Professor, Oral Biology was elected as a Member-at-Large
of the Section Committee of the Section on Dentistry and Oral Health
Sciences (R) for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AASS) (January 10).
The D.G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award was given to Dental
Public Health faculty member Karl Kaiyala and his
colleagues for their paper, "Intraventricular insulin and leptin
reverse place preference conditioned with high-fat diet in rats."
The award is given each year to recognize the best paper in Behavioral
Neuroscience and is chosen by the journal's Editor and Consulting
Editors.
E. Ricardo Schwedhelm, DDS, MSD has been selected as the
Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) Charles Craig Award. The Award recognizes
the accomplishments and dedication of a junior faculty members “who
have demonstrated new and innovative teaching techniques in teaching
the art, science and literature of dentistry.” The award
will be presented at the OKU Annual Meeting in Orlando (March 8).
Congratulations to the Class
of 2007 who achieved the ranking of 12th out of 56 other
institutions on the National Board Dental Examinations Part I.
