COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
April 2009
Dental Student Tony Kight Selected as ASDA Rep for ADA
Conference
Prof. Melinda Meadows Is One of IUPUI’s Outstanding
Women Leaders
April Is Recognition Month for Administrative
Professionals
IUSD Welcomes AADR President Grayson Marshall
and Visiting Student Poster Competitors to Research
Day ’09
The IUSD Staff Council is once again selling flowers this
month to celebrate PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANTS DAY – watch for more details coming
soon from Kay Rossok.
1-4 (Wed.-Sat.)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH/AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH general sessions, Miami. An IUSD reception will
be held on Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Loews Miami Beach
Hotel, room LH Cowrie I.
Speaking of the American Association of Dental Research, Dr.
David Mitchell, who chaired IU’s former Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine
department in the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, holds the distinction of being the
only person to be elected president of the AADR without actually serving in the
role. Mitchell died in 1975, shortly before he was set to take office as the
organization’s 4th president. (The 3rd president, Dr. Howard
Myers, served out Mitchell’s term.) Mitchell was an extraordinary fellow
whose many accomplishments included 6 years as editor of the prestigious Journal
of Dental Education. Lesser known facts about Dr. Mitchell, such as his
early research on dental problems afflicting aviators (he was the first dental
officer assigned to the School of Aviation Medicine in San Antonio) are
highlighted in a recent biographical piece that Dr. Arden Christen, an
Oral Biology emeritus faculty member and former graduate student in Mitchell’s
program, wrote with Joan Christen for the national Journal of the
History of Dentistry (Vol. 56, No. 3, Winter 2008). The Christens’ article,
“David Farrar Mitchell: Dental Researcher and Educator,” is available in the
IUSD Library.
2 (Thurs.)
Brown Bag Session: CONE BEAM VOLUMETRIC IMAGING: AN
OVERVIEW AND PATIENT SERVICES AVAILABLE AT IUSD, led by Dr. Margot Van Dis,
Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology; noon-1 p.m. in DS S117. Open to all
faculty, students, and staff. Session will offer one CE credit.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING FUNDRAISER: CHICKEN
SANDWICHES AND PIZZA in the basement from 11:30 a.m.
3 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research
Subcommittee’s April 17 meeting
CE course LOCAL ANESTHESIA FOR THE DENTAL HYGIENIST, by
Dr. Stanley Malamed; 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Primo West, 2353 E. Perry
Road, Plainfield, Ind. Last in the 2008-2009 Dental Hygiene series. For more
details and registration information, see the brochure: 2008 - 2009 Dental Hygiene Series.
7 (Tues.)
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3-5 p.m. in Campus Center 409
IUPUI SHOWCASE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the
University Place Hotel Ballroom. This Center for Service and Learning event is
free and open to everyone, but a quick online pre-registration is required: http://csl.iupui.edu/Events/eventsRegistration.asp?id=1533.
9 (Thurs.)
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING FUNDRAISER: CHICKEN
SANDWICHES AND PIZZA in the basement from 11:30 a.m.
LAUGH, AND THE WHOLE WORLD LAUGHS AT YOU? We Hoosiers might
want to grow a few extra layers of epidermis before tonight, when NBC launches
a new TV show that puts Indiana directly in the line of comedic fire, with
former Saturday Night Live player Amy Poehler (famous for her hilarious Hillary
Clinton sketches) in the starring role. Parks and Recreation
revolves around Leslie Knope, a city parks deputy director in the fictional
Indiana town of Pawnee, which is supposedly 90 miles from Indy. The city of
Lafayette’s own Parks and Recreation department and others in the state
furnished the producers with photos and other paraphernalia to help them polish
their look for the mockumentary, which airs at 8:30/7:30c. They’ve even created
a spot-on Website for the totally fabricated city of Pawnee (and there’s
nothing on the site to tell you it’s a fake, except for the odd-ball statements
appearing here and there in the text): http://www.pawneeindiana.com
. You can read more about the sitcom at this NBC site: http://www.nbc.com/parks-and-recreation.
10 (Fri.)
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS for open IUSD Faculty Council
At-Large Committee and officer positions. Nominations go to Dr. Laura Romito,
Oral Biology.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS to Dental Illustrations
for printing of posters for the dental school’s upcoming Research Day. The cost
is $25 per poster if you submit by April 10. After that, the price jumps to $50
(April 11-17), $100 (April 18-21), and $200 (April 22, 23). Deadline and prices
are firm. An account number must be provided before printing can begin.
Templates for poster layouts are available on the Common l Drive under
ILLUS>External>Poster Templates. For more information about poster
services, contact Mark Dirlam, Dental Illustrations supervisor (mdirlam@iupui.edu).
14 (Tues.)
FACULTY ENRICHMENT, 9 a.m.-noon in DS S117. No classes,
labs, and clinics this morning.
STAFF TOWN HALL, 9-11:30 a.m. in DS S116. Today’s meeting
includes input from Dean Lawrence Goldblatt; Executive Associate Dean Jeffrey
Dean; Deborah Ferguson, chief financial officer; and Adam Smith,
director of Auxiliary Services. After the meeting Elizabeth Hatcher,
director of Human Resources, will answer questions about staff policies and
practices at an open forum. Questions of all sorts are welcome, with possible
topics including attendance policies and records, Family and Medical Leave Act,
flex schedules, training, transfers, and advancement.
DEBT MANAGEMENT SESSION for 4th year dental
students, 9 a.m. in DS114
FACULTY COUNCIL, 1 p.m. (room TBA)
15 (Wed.)
Weathering Taxing
Times:
2008 Tax Bills Due Today
RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon in DS S421
Faculty and Adviser Training Series: SEXUAL HARASSMENT,
1:30-2:30 p.m. in DS S116. Presented by Marguerite Watkins of the IUPUI
Office of Equal Opportunity. Faculty are strongly encouraged to attend.
Register by emailing Elizabeth Hatcher, ehatcher@iupui.edu.
16 (Thurs.)
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING FUNDRAISER: CHICKEN
SANDWICHES AND PIZZA in the basement from 11:30 a.m.
IUSD Staff Dental Assistant Lunch and Learn Series
features SPANISH TERMINOLOGY FOR DENTISTRY, by Dr. Ana Gossweiler,
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs; noon-1 p.m. in DS117
17 (Fri.)
A POX ON TOX – BRING ALL YOUR HARSH CHEMICALS AND OTHER “NASTIES”
TO CAMPUS TODAY. IUPUI holds its 5th annual TOXAWAY DAY, 7 a.m.-1
p.m. at the Environmental Management Facility located west of the Union
Building in parking lot #20. You can rid yourself of everything from rat bait
to small TVs at this site, providing the items originated from your household
and not a business. Check out all the details at http://www.cfs.iupui.edu/recycle/toxaway.php
, and don’t forget to download and fill out the brief certification form at
this link.
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 7:30 a.m. in DS B29
Dr. Daniel Laskin Professional Ethics Lecture ISSUES IN
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: ORAL HEALTH, by Dr. Caswell Evans Jr., associate
dean for Prevention and Public Health Sciences at the University of Illinois at
Chicago; 9-11:30 a.m. Followed by the annual Maynard K. Hine Scholarship
Lecture: KNOWLEDGE SAVES LIVES: CURRENT TOPICS AND CONTROVERSIES IN ORAL
PATHOLOGY, by Dr. Charles Tomich, private practitioner and IU professor
emeritus of oral pathology, and Dr. Don-John Summerlin, private
practitioner, former IUSD oral pathology faculty member and currently an
adjunct professor with the IU School of Medicine; 1-4:30 p.m. Both programs are
held at University Place Hotel and Conference Center. For more details, see
brochure Laskin
Lectureship and Hine Scholarship - Dr. Caswell Evans, Dr. Charles Tomich &
Dr. Don-John Summerlin.
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9:30 a.m. in DS S421
CHANCELLOR’S ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION, 5 p.m. at
University Place Conference Center. Congratulations to Class of 2009 dental
student Matthew Davis, who will be honored at this event as the IU
School of Dentistry’s Outstanding Student. In 2008, David received Omicron
Kappa Upsilon’s William S. Kramer Award as IUSD’s Outstanding 3rd
Year Student. He was inducted last month into OKU’s Theta Theta Chapter, and he
was also named OKU’s Outstanding Student for 2009. This summer, Matthew will
enter IU’s residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Congratulations,
Matthew!
18 (Sat.)
Susan G. Komen INDIANPOLIS RACE FOR THE CURE, this
morning beginning on the IUPUI campus. Best of luck to Team IUSD, led by Beth
Koester, Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry!
20-22
(Mon.-Wed.)
NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH CONFERENCE, Portland, Ore. Sponsored
by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, Association of State
and Territorial Dental Directors, Health Resources and Services Administration,
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
22 (Wed.)
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN’S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon in
DS114
IUPUI SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPY celebration, 11:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m. at the IUPUI Campus Center. By invitation. The luncheon honors
individuals, corporations, and foundations that have supported the campus
through gifts and volunteer service. In recognition of IUPUI’s 40th
anniversary, the 2009 program focuses on those who have made the greatest
impact on IUPUI since 1969. The School of Dentistry has proudly named the Indiana
Dental Association as its honoree. The IDA’s long history of generosity and
support of the dental school extends much further back than 40 years. It has
served as IUSD’s closest partner, with a shared commitment to excellence in
dentistry and dental education, since the school’s inception as the Indiana
Dental College in 1879.
23 (Thurs.)
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING FUNDRAISER: CHICKEN
SANDWICHES AND PIZZA in the basement from 11:30 a.m.
Research Day AWARD COMPETITIONS – entries judged tonight
from 5 to 8 at the IUPUI Campus Center, 4th floor
23-25
(Thurs.-Sat.)
AMERICAN DENTAL SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY annual session,
Chicago
24 (Fri.)
RESEARCH DAY: A NEW LOCATION AND A NEW TIME. The 17th
annual Research Day, a collaboration between the IU School of Dentistry and the
Indiana Section of the AADR, is this morning from 9 till noon on the 4th
floor of the IUPUI Campus Center. Keynote speaker is newly installed AADR
President Dr. Grayson Marshall, whose presentation is titled “Toward
Functional Remineralization of Carious Dentin.” Marshall has devoted more than
two decades of his distinguished career to the dental faculty of the University
of California, San Francisco. He holds several key positions at the UCSF School
of Dentistry, including chair of the Division of Biomaterials and
Bioengineering and vice-chair of the Department of Preventive and Restorative
Dental Sciences.
Research Day will also include an awards program,
presentations of more than 70 posters, table clinics, and clinical case
reports, and an exhibition hall for dental companies and others. Attendance is
mandatory.
This year, in addition to Marshall we welcome 12 young
scholars from Scottsburg Middle School in Scottsburg, Ind. They are presenting research
posters they worked on this academic year under the mentorship of Pamela
Clark, assistant director of Admissions in Student Affairs.
For the first time in Research Day’s 17-year history, our
awards competition was open to students from neighboring dental schools. We welcome
Robert Reti, Ryan Reese, and Jacob Witer of Case Western Reserve
University and Jason Au-Yeung, Edwin Kwon, and Dwetta Santos of
the University of Detroit Mercy. (The interschool poster competition takes
place at 7:30 this morning.)
Wednesday morning classes, clinics, and special clinic
assignments are canceled. Watch for more details from Dr. Burak Taskonak,
president of the AADR Indiana Section.
If your schedule permits, be sure to check out IUPUI’s
first-ever Research Day, which is taking place all day today. Dentistry is
finishing up its event in time for you to hear Nobel Laureate Dr. Leon
Lederman (1988 Physics) present “Knowing How Science Works for Scientists
and Citizens,” 1 p.m. in the IUPUI Lecture Hall building, room 101. For more
details about IUPUI’s event go to: http://research.iupui.edu/events/researchday2009
.
24, 25 (Fri.,
Sat.)
2009’s “LITTLE 500” RACES are Friday (women’s
competition) and Saturday (men’s) on the IU Bloomington campus. Thirty years
ago, British director Peter Yates immortalized IU’s popular annual bike
race with his terrific movie Breaking Away, the story of 4 young local Bloomington
guys who are at loose ends after high school. They aren’t interested in
advancing their education, and they constantly find themselves at odds with the
arrogant frat boys on campus. It was written by Steve Tesich, a 1965 IU
grad (Slavic Languages and Literature) and former winner of the Little 500. This
movie is fascinating to watch for anyone who has spent much time in Bloomington
because it’s filmed all around the town, the limestone quarries, and the
university. (And there’s a sort of perverse pleasure in watching a familiar place
like the ordinarily orderly Commons at the Union being trashed during a fistfight
that escalates into a brawl.) Dennis Quaid plays one of the “townies,”
but the lesser known actor Dennis Christopher has the role of a lifetime
as Dave Stoller, the sweet, eccentric son of a stone cutter who drives his
father nuts by pretending to be Italian and who dreams of competing on his bike
against a team of Italian hotshot cyclists. Movie critic Roger Ebert called
this film a treasure. “Movies like this are hardly ever made at all,” he wrote
in his 4-star review. “When they’re made this well, they’re precious cinematic
miracles.” You can catch a glimpse of the widely acclaimed film in this New
York Times movie clip: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/7009/Breaking-Away/trailers,
and read Ebert’s Chicago Sun-Times review at: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19790101/REVIEWS/901010308/1023.
25 (Sat.)
TOBACCO CESSATION IN THE DENTAL PRACTICE: A TEAM
APPROACH, by Drs. Arden Christen, Laura Romito, and Jack Windsor,
all of Oral Biology, and Prof. Lorinda Coan, of Periodontics and Allied
Dental Programs; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Grille on the IU South Bend campus. The
presenters are all associated with IUSD’s Tobacco Cessation and Biobehavioral
Center (TCBC). The course is the 4th in a series sponsored by a
grant from the Indiana Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Agency that was awarded
to the Indiana Dental Hygienists’ Association. The IDHA has been collaborating
with the TCBC throughout the academic year, bringing courses on tobacco to
various parts of the state. The course is free and worth 7 CE credits. To
register, contact Melinda Meadows, (317) 274-5143, melmeado@iupui.edu.
27-May 1
(Mon.-Fri.)
ASSESSMENT WEEK FOR 4TH YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS;
FINAL EXAMS FOR DENTAL HYGIENE, DENTAL ASSISTING, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS (Spring
Semester ends on May 1 for each of these classes.)
28-May 2
(Tues.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL MEDICINE annual meeting, Miami
29-May 2
(Wed.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS annual session,
Orlando, Fla.
30 (Thurs.)
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING FUNDRAISER: CHICKEN
SANDWICHES AND PIZZA in the basement from 11:30 a.m.
People, Places, and Things
IU DENTAL STUDENT TO PLAY ROLE IN NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Third-year IU dental student Tony Kight has been chosen by the American
Student Dental Association (ASDA) to represent the organization at the American
Dental Association’s Future of Dental Laboratory Technology Conference, set for
Aug. 7, 2009, at ADA headquarters in Chicago. The ADA will use information
gathered at this meeting to prepare a report for the ADA’s 2009 House of
Delegates. The meeting will cover such timely topics as adequacy of
undergraduate dental school training and examination in prosthetic dental
laboratory techniques and the scope and impact of off-shore dental laboratory
outsourcing. The report will include recommended actions and activities to
address the profession’s present and future needs for prosthetic services and
dental laboratory technician support.
Kight is exceedingly well prepared for his role as the
ASDA representative at this conference. He has a 25-year history as a dental
laboratory technician, both in military and civilian settings, and he’s also
well versed in business management and administration education as a graduate
of Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. Kight and his wife own and
operate three dental laboratories, two back home in Idaho and one in Indiana.
During his deployment to Iraq in 2004, Kight served as a Brigade Engineer/Engineer
Planner.
After he graduates with his dental degree in 2010, Kight
plans to pursue a specialty area of study in which his vast technical skills
will be highly valued: He’s been accepted into the Oral and Maxillofacial
Prosthodontics program here at IU.
“This is quite an honor for Tony and for IUSD,” says Dr.
Robert Kasberg, assistant dean for Student Affairs.
WAY TO GO, MIN! PROFSSOR MEADOWS IS HONORED BY IUPUI. To
celebrate Women’s History Month, IUPUI honored 13 faculty, staff, and students
during its recent Outstanding Women Leaders program, including Dentistry’s Melinda
Meadows. Meadows, a clinical assistant professor of pediatric dentistry,
was recognized for her role as an invaluable part-time faculty member at the IU
dental school. She was nominated by colleague Dr. Judith Chin. In
addition to her excellent record as an educator, Meadows is one of the dental
school’s strongest leaders of the service-learning program. Her name is
synonymous with volunteerism, as she has strived tirelessly to contribute to
wide-ranging community programs on behalf of our school’s students and the
citizens of Indiana. As a member of the Indiana Dental Hygienists’ Association,
she has recently been involved with a new series of courses being offered to
dental professionals around the state by the Tobacco Cessation and Biobehavioral
Center though a grant the IDHA received. The annual women’s leadership program
is sponsored by the IUPUI Office for Women and Campus & Community Life, and
the 2009 awards were presented at the Campus Center on March 25.
PROSTHODONTIC AWARDS PRESENTED IN CHI-TOWN.
Congratulations to the following graduate prosthodontic students, who were
recently honored in Chicago during the annual meeting and dinner of the John F.
Johnston Society for Advanced Prosthodontics:
Third-year student Dr. Hashem Ridha was recognized
for his outstanding service as the Prosthodontic program’s first chief
resident, and 7 awards were bestowed, accordingly:
I. Lester Furnas Awards, to Drs. Ming Sun, Sary
Borzangy, and Maher Hajjaj, all 1st year
Ida and Carl Andres Award, to Dr. Elaine Reina,
3rd year
John F. Johnston Scholarship: Dr. Kellie Schaub,
3rd year
John F. Johnston Performance Awards: Drs. Graciela
Shimizu and Manrat Amornporncharoen, 2nd year
DR. WAHAIDI TO VIE FOR THE VOLPE PRIZE IN MAY. PhD
candidate Dr. Vivian Wahaidi is one of only 12 student finalists in
North America who have been invited to compete for Ohio State University’s
Volpe Prize for the best clinical research in periodontology. She will use her
travel award to present her research project at the May 15 competition in
Columbus, Ohio. The winner will take home $3,500 in prize money through an
awards program sponsored by the Colgate-Palmolive Company. Wahaidi’s Volpe
entry is titled “The Systemic Inflammatory Response to Dental Plaque
Accumulation.” Her research mentor is Dr. Michael Kowolik, Periodontics
and Allied Dental Programs. Best of luck, Dr. Wahaidi!
IF YOU TRY TO FATTEN THE GEESE, YOU MIGHT COOK YOUR OWN
GOOSE IN THE PROCESS. If IUPUI were a forest instead of a campus, you wouldn’t
try to feed the bears. IUPUI is now reminding us that our fine-feathered
friends from the North have a bearish side to their personalities as well.
Campus Facility Services says: DO NOT Feed the Geese. Although they often
stroll about IUPUI as confidently and nonchalantly as any college student,
geese can abruptly show us their wild side when they have a mind to. While it’s
almost impossible not to be drawn to these enchanting creatures, geese will
aggressively attack if they feel threatened, using both their beaks and their
wings to propel unsuspecting admirers into a world of hurt. You should take
care to appreciate them from afar – and you shouldn’t feed them under any
circumstances since human food is good for neither goose nor gander. If you are
injured by or encounter any problems with geese while on the campus grounds,
you should call the CFS Trouble Line at 278-1900.
SEAL INDIANA “STARS” IN NEW IU VIDEO. Congratulations to
our talented Seal Indiana team, which is featured in both a news article and
video published in March by IU Home Pages. Dr. Karen Yoder was
interviewed for the article, titled “An Ethos of Service Ingrained in IU
Medical Professionals in Training,” and Dr. Armando Soto and dental
student Luciana Kano-Wilson were interviewed for the video during a
recent Seal Indiana visit to an elementary school in Crawfordsville. You can
take a look at both at: http://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/10056.html.
The Calnali, Mexico, dental
group on a stopover at the breathtaking Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan,
back row from left:
dental students Aaron Stump, Paul Porter, Braden Robbins, David Gallup, and
Matthew Heck. Front: periodontic
graduate student Enrique Cruz-Marroquin, dental student Lauren
Misamore, faculty
mentor Dr. Armando Soto (in front of Misamore), and dental students Cara
Schriner,
Katie Nichols, Bradley
Tew, Naomi Dalton, Kira McCoy (behind Dalton), and Annalisa Somers.
CALNALI VOLUNTEERS TREAT HUNDREDS OF KIDS. Dr. Armando
Soto, Preventive and Community Dentistry, reports that the group of 13 IU
dental and graduate students he accompanied to Calnali, Mexico, during the 2009
International Service-Learning Program in March had a highly productive visit
that brought much-needed oral healthcare to hundreds of youngsters in rural
Mexico. “We provided treatment to 351 children in the villages of Papatlatla,
Pezmatlan, and Coamitla,” says Soto. “The level of decay was very high at all
sites.”
This year’s group of dental volunteers was the 9th
to participate in the annual Calnali spring-break program, which originated as
the IU medical school’s Calnali Medical Mission in 1999. The dental portion of
the program is coordinated by Dr. Angeles Martínez-Mier, Preventive and
Community Dentistry.
Wide-ranging services provided to the children included
extractions, amalgam and resin restorations, atraumatic restorative techniques
(ART) using glass ionomers, preventive treatments such as sealants and fluoride
varnish applications, and oral health instruction. The dental volunteers also
distributed toothbrushes and pastes.
IUSD’s International Service-Learning Program has grown
substantially in recent years, with students and faculty providing treatment in
6 nations in 2009.
Reference:
Phone Rings in Lafayette
as NBC Ponders Pawnee. The Lafayette Journal & Courier, posted
online March 21, 2009
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