Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Jyoti Mago (Dental) has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, which recognizes her outstanding leadership, ethics, professionalism, education, research, and service to oral healthcare and society. Founded in 1920, the American College of Dentists is the oldest major honorary organization for this profession. Dentists…
Faculty Jessica Immonen (Dental), Steven Saxe (Dental), and Jason Ciccotelli (Integrated Health Sciences) coauthored an article with DMD student John Regis titled "The Lateral Recovery Position in Medical vs Dental Emergencies." This article was published in The Journal of Integrative Physiology as a cadaveric case study and clinical anatomy…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) presented a talk titled, “From Classroom to Community: Experiential Learning as an Advocacy and Workforce Pipeline Strategy” at the 2026 SOPHE Advocacy Summit, held in Washington DC, from October 17-19, 2026. The 30-minute talk presented the results of a mixed-…
Dr. Sonal Shah and fourth-year student Quinton Steere (both Dental) recently had an article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association titled "Immunotherapy with Concomitant Antibiotic Treatment: A Cautionary Case Report of a Potential Adverse Effect.” The article focuses on a 38-year-old male patient referred for an unusual…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) published a policy perspective article with the title, “Federal Policy and the Emerging U.S. Public Health Workforce: Implications for Students and Early-Career Professionals” in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health. This policy…
Asma Awan and Christina Demopoulos (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) published a book chapter titled, “Co-creation of pedagogical models in higher education: Gaps and innovations in combined models of behavioral and educational theories" in the book Research in Educational Sciences-II. The chapter…
Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) has accepted appointments to two national committees. First, the American Dental Education Association’s Advisory Council, which directly reports to the board of directors about dental educational trends and CE programming. Second, the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology’s Strategic Planning Committee,…
Dr. Ken Reed (Dental) accepted a two-year appointment to the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Bylaws committee, which begins Oct. 20 at the close of the House of Delegates session. Established in 1905, the American Society of Anesthesiologists serves to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve…
Alumni Benjamin Bingham and Suchunya Rose Bumrung, together with faculty members Hassan Ziada and Neamat Hassan (all Dental), published an article in Dentistry Journal titled “Effects of STAMP Techniques and Conventional Carving on Marginal Adaptation of Class I Composite Resin Restorations: An In Vitro Study. ”The study compared the marginal…
Asma Awan (Dental) and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health, Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Theoretical Paradigms Implied in Social Media Use and Mental Health Outcomes: A Narrative Review” in the journal Advances in Medicine, Psychology, and Public Health. The review explained thirteen theoretical paradigms which were…
John Gallob (Dental Medicine) was part of a team that published an article titled "Anhydrous stannous fluoride toothpaste in dentin hypersensitivity: clinician-assessed and patient-reported outcomes from two controlled trials" in the July 2026 issue of Clinical Oral Investigations. In this article they investigated the clinical improvements and…
Jessica Immonen (Dental) course directed a dissection-based head and neck anatomy Continuing Education (CE) course for dentists at the Annual Academy for General Dentistry (AGD) Conference held in Las Vegas in the month of June. The course was filled by 30 licensed dentists participating in the dissection of 10 fresh frozen donors. All…