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For almost a decade, Dr. Julie Holloway has been the head of the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and she will be retiring on May 3. In addition to leadership of her department, she has also served as president of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics and Carl O. Boucher Prosthodontic Conference and been a model of excellence in research and in educating and mentoring advanced prosthodontics students. Read more about Dr. Holloway’s accomplishments on the College of Dentistry website.
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The American Association of Orthodontists Foundation awarded Dr. Shankar Rengasamy Venugopalan, associate professor in orthodontics, and Dr. Huojun Cao, assistant professor in Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, a $30K grant for their project, “The Analyses and Validation of Super-enhancers in Craniofacial Microsomia Associated Genomic Region.” The project is aimed at understanding the genetic causes of craniofacial microsomia. Read more about the project on the College of Dentistry website.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2021 on their upcoming graduation and their recent commitment to organized dentistry during the IDA National Signing Day event last week! To date, 80 percent of the class has participated in this year's annual event. Of those students:
- Nearly one fourth will be entering residency programs.
- More than one third plan to practice out of state - as far as Alaska and Hawaii.
- 40 percent will stake their roots in Iowa.
A photo album from National Signing Day is available on the IDA Facebook page. If you are a D4 who has not yet completed the online form, please do so now to help your class earn $500!
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Dr. Erica Teixeira, associate professor and chair in the Department of Operative Dentistry, was named as fellow for the 2021-2022 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program. In a highly competitive year for applications, Dr. Teixeira was selected because she was among the very best and brightest of today’s and tomorrow’s women leaders in academic medicine, dentistry, public health as indicated in her nomination, letters of recommendation from her colleagues, and her institutional support. Read more about the program here.
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Faculty Promotions
The College of Dentistry congratulates the following faculty who received promotions, effective July 1.
Promoted to rank of Professor with Tenure: Azeez Butali
Promoted to rank of Clinical Professor: Marcela Hernandez, Kecia Leary
Promoted to rank of Associate Professor with Tenure: Xi Chen, Hongli Sun, Erica Teixeira
Promoted to rank of Clinical Associate Professor: Sindhura Anamali, Doug Kendrick
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Sundes Elfagih passed her MS Defense on 4/16/21. The title of the thesis was “Dentin Bond Strength of a Dental Adhesive System Containing Proanthocyanidin-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles," and her mentor was Dr. Cristina De Mattos Pimenta Vidal, assistant professor in operative dentistry.
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Sheba M, Comnick C, Elkerdani T, Ashida S, Zeng E, Marchini L. Students' perceptions and attitudes about digital dental technology is associated with their intention to use it. J Dent Educ. 2021 Apr 16. doi: 10.1002/jdd.12610. PMID: 33864265.
Hudieb M, Haddad A, Bakeer M, Alkhazaaleh A, AlKhader M, Taani D, Kasugai S. Influence of Age on Calvarial Critical Size Defect Dimensions: A Radiographic and Histological Study. J Craniofac Surg. 2021 Apr 15. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000007690. PMID: 33867513.
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April 22, Basic Life Support Recertification, In-person at the College of Dentistry, 5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
April 27, Noon Seminar: Dr. Michel Koo, “The Spatial Organization of Oral Biofilm Communities in Disease,” via Zoom, Zoom ID: 939 4555 5005, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
April 28, Webinar: In Solidarity with Asians and Pacific Islanders in America, via Zoom, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. (register: bit.ly/3ah3xoN)
May 22, White Coat Ceremony, Streaming Live from Galagan Auditoria, 11:00 a.m.
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