Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Sophia Saeed (Dental) is the lead investigator, along with two student mentees and a colleague from another university, on a study called “High Depression Prevalence in Dental Students Associated with Lifestyle Characteristics.” Their findings were presented at the Diversity and Inclusion Workshop held by the American Dental…
Ruby Nugent and Aidy Weeks (both Libraries) will be presenting during a webinar, "Tips and Tricks for Successful Onsite Academic Interviews," sponsored by the African American Medical Librarians Alliance Caucus of the Medical Library Association on Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. The free webinar is the second part of a series focused on empowering current…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Edwin Oh (NIPM), Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental), and Arpita Basu (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with Aaron Calvano, '19 BS Kinesiology, published an invited review in Food & Function based on their ongoing collaborations on the role of dietary bioactive compounds in diabetes, insulin resistance, and…
Marie Louisa Heske, Teryn Mendenhall, and Dr. Karl Kingsley (all Dental) recently published their manuscript "HPV-16 and HPV-18 Affects Viability and Proliferation in Normal Breast Tissue Cells" in the International Research Journal of Oncology. Heske and Mendenhall are students mentored by Kingsley.
Pearl Kim, Jay Shen, Hee-Taik Kang, Dong-Hun Han (all Health Care Administration and Policy), Seong-Min Park (Criminal Justice), Georgia Dounis (Dental), Tsigab Bahta, and Ji Won Yoo (both Medicine), along with Sung-Youn Chun, Jinwook Hwang, and Yong-Jae Lee, published an article, "Dissociation Between the Growing Opioid Demands and Drug Policy…
Dr Karl Kingsley (Dental) and Dr. Douglas Bowen, '19 Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, recently published their manuscript, "Screenng for Oral High-Risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) among a Pediatric Patient Population" in the Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research.
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Inhibition of Osteoclastogenesis by Opsonized Porphyromonas Gingivalis,” which investigated pathogenesis of periodontal disease and the role of specific adaptive immune responses, as well as the effects of antibodies on porphyromonas gingivalis-induced osteoclasts differentiation and function. The article…
Dr. Monique "Flora" Phipps and Fiona Britton (both Dental) have been inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon dental honor society, Psi Omega chapter, in the Faculty Member and Honorary Member categories, respectively. Faculty member inductees are full-time or part-time teachers at a dental school who have made outstanding contributions to the art…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) accepted an invitation to speak during the first Bernhard Gottlieb Conference: Periodontal Homeostasis in Disease and Regeneration hosted by Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. He presented findings from his study "The Exposome and Periodontal Homeostasis in Aging," which included contributions from Linh …
Dr. Christina Demopoulos (Dental) accepted an invitation to present an integrated approach for promoting the HPV vaccine in a health care setting during the annual Texas Oral Health Conference in Austin. After the presentation, she received invitations to discuss the same topic during two national webinars. Demopoulos has been researching the…
Dr. Benjamin Barborka and Dr. Ronald Lemon (both Dental) accepted invitations to speak during the Dentsply Sirona’s Endodontic Opinion Leaders Forum, which annually hosts some of the best endodontic educators and clinicians in the world. They were two of six speakers chosen from 25 applicants, and addressed the future of the endodontic specialty.…
Dr. Rachelle Davidowitz (Dental) recently published her manuscript "Salivary Screening for Selenomonas Noxia in the Oral Cavity of Pediatric Patients" with Dr. Katherine Howard and Dr. Karl Kingsley (both Dental) in the inaugural issue of Current Dental Research Journal. Davidowitz is a pediatric dental resident.