PerioDash Spotlight: University of Utah

PerioDash Dental school Spotlight: university of utah Dr. david okano, professor (clinical), assistant dean for advanced dental education programs, section head of periodontics What inspired you to bring PerioDash to the University of Utah, a dental school without a periodontics residency program? As a previous board member of the AAP Foundation, I learned the value of PerioDash as a means to promote periodontics and inspire predoctoral dental…

PerioDash Spotlight: Navy Perio

PerioDash Military Spotlight: Navy Perio Dr. Jin Hwang, United States Navy Periodontics program What first motivated your program to take part in PerioDash? I am spearheading the planning for PerioDash in our program as the AAP Foundation Student Ambassador and acting chief resident. I have participated the past two years, and this year I wanted to organize the event for our Navy Perio team to support the Foundation and highlight our specialty…

PerioDash Spotlight: L.A. Team

PerioDash Multi-Program Spotlight: L.A. Team Drs. Flavia Pirih & Beatriz Bezerra of UCLA organizing a city-wide periodash including UCLA, West L.A. VA and USC What first inspired your program to take part in PerioDash? We saw PerioDash as an opportunity to bring our residents, faculty, and friends together while supporting the AAP Foundation. It combines wellness, fun, and advocacy in a way that really resonates with our program. We have…

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Past Award Winners Update

Congratulations to Fatemeh “Flora” Momen-Heravi, DDS, PhD, (2017 Educator Scholar, 2018 Dr. D. Walter Cohen Teaching Award Recipient) assistant professor of dental medicine at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, who was named the 2020 recipient of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Anne D. Haffajee Fellowship. The award provides early-career women researchers in the field of oral biology with financial support for training and research activities that will advance their academic careers. Read more here.

 
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