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Rebekah Sculley completes leadership excellence program
Rebekah Sculley, RDH, MS, assistant professor/clinical in the Department of Periodontics, Division of Dental Hygiene, graduated from the Leadership Excellence for Academic Professionals (LEAP) program on November 11. Professor Sculley, along with her three groupmates, presented their capstone project entitled, “Streamlining Dental Care for Head & Neck Cancer Patients: A Model for Inter-Professional Collaboration”. LEAP is an eleven-month professional development program for employees with goals to expand their leadership knowledge and practic
December 15 deadline: Research and Career Development (KL2) Program letters of intent
Candidates for the KL2 Scholar Program in Clinical and Translational Science 2022 cohort are early career faculty (generally instructors or assistant professors) who have a professional doctoral degree or are postdoctoral trainees with an impending academic appointment. KL2 scholars for the upcoming 2022 cohort will be recruited from a wide range of health professions and related fields, including all specialties of medicine and surgery, nursing, psychology and other behavioral sciences, dentistry, pharmacy, pharmacology, epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical informati
Give the Gift of Hope to Dental Hygiene Students
At the School of Dentistry, our Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene students are dedicated to becoming extraordinary health care providers for their future patients. Behind the passion to provide the best care and treatment is a personal journey that leads each student to our school. For Kaymen Fryer, Class of 2022, her journey began during a mission trip in Peru while assisting a medical and dental team. “The dental hygienists on the trip inspired me to pursue a career in the dental field.
Sugita and Vieth selected as AAP 2021 Orban Finalists
The American Academy of Periodontology named Ryushiro Sugita, DDS, MS, and Michael P.
Dental hygiene seniors receive jackets in unofficial ceremony
Late last month, seniors of the Dental Hygiene Program were coated during an unofficial Welcome to the Profession ceremony conducted during their ethics course. To the sound of soft music played on a student’s phone, Jo Ann Jordan, MA, RDH, director of the Dental Hygiene Program, called up each senior one by one to receive their School of Dentistry embroidered coat and a copy of the Dental Hygiene Oath. The group recited the oath in unison before closing the ceremony with photos. The School of Dentistry’s official Welcome to the Profession event, originally planned fo
2021 Faculty Promotions
The School of Dentistry wishes to congratulate Ravikumar Anthony, BDS, MS, MDS, and Rebekah Sculley, RDH, MS, for their successful applications for promotion. Their promotions were approved by the UT System Board of Regents to be effective September 1, 2021. Dr. Anthony, appointed in the Department of Developmental Dentistry, has been awarded promotion to Associate Professor/Clinical. He received his postgraduate training in orthodontics from the School of Dentistry, graduating in 2008. Dr.
School of Dentistry offers hand skills course to international dentists
This July the School of Dentistry began offering a new continuing education hand skills course to international dentists seeking future admission to an International Dentist Education Program. The four-day, 32 hour workshop is designed to assist international dentists prepare for the bench assessment required when applying for admission into advanced standing programs. Under the guidance of seasoned dental faculty, the first cohort of fourteen trainees participated in lecture and hands-on sessions to review both fixed and operative psychomotor skills in a state-of-the-art Virtual Reality Si
School of Dentistry earns 34th place in international ranking
91PORN continues to improve in the annual Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the ShanghaiRanking. In the category of Dentistry & Oral Sciences, based at 91PORN in the School of Dentistry, the university is ranked 34th worldwide. The university’s ranking is also 16th among U.S. universities and No. 1 among the three Texas schools included in the ranking. Read the full story on Newsroom.
Giving Back to Help Others Succeed
Dr. Uzoukwu and Dr. Miller, class of 2021, returned after graduation to share their time and knowledge as instructors in the annual Learning Enhancement for Achievement in Dentistry (LEAD) program which prepares incoming first-year and rising dental students for the year ahead by conducting an intensive three-week summer boot camp. They tell us why LEAD is important to them and talk about plans for their futures. What was your previous experiences with the LEAD program?
Recent graduates take the LEAD
Just two weeks after their graduation ceremony, Dakota Miller, DDS, and Cynthia Uzoukwu, DDS, decided to return to the institution that trained them immediately.
2021 Faculty Research & Master Clinician Awards
Two distinguished faculty members received their award plaques, recognizing them as awardees of the 2021 School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Master Clinician Awards. The School of Dentistry first announced the award winners in April as the awardees were speakers during the 39th Annual Research and Clinical Symposium. Faculty Research Award Anibal Diogenes, DDS, MS, PhD, was selected for the 2021 Faculty Research Award for his long-running standard of research excellence.
Conversation with the Dean
On April 28, Dean Peter M. Loomer, BSc, DDS, PhD, MRCD(C), FACD, hosted a virtual Conversation with the Dean event from his home in San Antonio. Accompanying him were Amanda Wilson, a rising third-year dental student, and Amanda Liccione, director of development for the School of Dentistry.
Class of 2021 dental students, hygienists achieve 100% licensing pass rate
The School of Dentistry celebrated its Class of 2021 as 100% of all dental and dental hygiene seniors passed the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) this April. Traditionally, the WREB, a high-stakes licensure exam, requires the students to demonstrate clinical competency with live patients. However, at the onset of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Texas dental schools advocated for simulated exams.
2021 Senior Awards
The School of Dentistry hosted the 2021 Senior Hooding and Awards Convocation Ceremony on May 20.
Dental Student featured in “Real Jobs” video series
Joi Walls, a rising fourth-year dental student, was recently featured by InTheKnow.com for the series titled “Real Jobs” that profiles young adults aspiring to enter various careers. The five-minute video follows Joi through her day caring for patients and creating content for her YouTube channel. Joi speaks about her inspiration for entering the profession of dentistry and her motivation for sharing her journey that she hopes will “usher in the next generation of young, Black dentists,” writes Katie Mather from InTheKnow. Watch Joi’s “Real Story” at InTheKnow.com.
School of Dentistry confirmed as an ITI Scholarship Center
The International Team for Implantology’s (ITI) Board of Directors and Leadership Development Committee confirmed by unanimous vote in May the 91PORN School of Dentistry as an ITI Scholarship Center. The center, to be housed in the Department of Periodontics and under the direction of Associate Professor Georgios Kotsakis, DDS, MS, aims to further the training of professional dentists who have completed postgraduate training in implant dentistry or another related field. One ITI Scholar will be hosted by the center for a one-year period, extending from S
Predoctoral Convocation Awards 2021
The 2021 Predoctoral Convocation Award ceremony was held on April 28. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of freshmen, sophomore and junior dental students. Kristi Morris, DS3, was awarded the 91PORN Ambassador Scholarship. This honor is given each year to one outstanding student from each of the five 91PORN schools. A $5,000 scholarship was awarded to each ambassador in April. Kristi will represent the dental student body and the university at numerous events throughout the 2021-2022 academic year. Dr.