COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
April 2007
3 (Tues.)
REFRESHER COURSE ON USE OF I-9 FORMS for anyone who processes these forms for
faculty, staff, and student employees; presented by HRA consultant Alicia
Everhart. Class is 2-4 p.m. in DS114. Please inform Ginger Rice of
your plans to attend (grrice@iupui.edu).
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH 100
5 (Thurs.)
RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon-1 p.m. in DS S421
Support the school's Alternative Spring Break program by buying a PIZZA OR
CHICKEN SANDWICH LUNCH, available in the basement at ~11:30 a.m.
6 (Fri.)
CAMPUS HOLIDAY (classes and clinics as usual)
Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research presents
EFFECT OF INHIBITOR CONCENTRATION ON POLYMERIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF
LIGHT-CURED RESIN COMPOSITES, by PhD candidate Mohammed Alshammari; 10-11
a.m. in DS S116. Everyone welcome.
9 (Mon.)
Indiana Section of the AADR presents REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF ANTIGEN I/II
POLYPEPTIDES IN Streptococcus mutans, by PhD candidate Zhiyun (Cloud)
Chen; noon-1 p.m. in DS S116. Every welcome.
10 (Tues.)
Research Day AWARD COMPETITIONS â€" entries judged tonight from 5 to 8 at IUSD
Lincoln Center Spotlight Shines on IU's Joshua Bell. Congratulations to
internationally renowned violinist, Grammy-award winner, and Bloomington, Ind.,
native Joshua Bell, who accepts the prestigious 2007 AVERY FISHER PRIZE
today in New York City at Lincoln Center. Bell is a 1989 graduate of the IU
School of Music. The $75,000 prize for career achievement is considered one of
the most significant awards an American classical musician can receive. (Bell
hasn't been overlooked outside the classical music community, either: A few
years ago, People magazine named him one of the "50 Most Beautiful People
in the World," and Bell has appeared on such mainstream TV programs as The
Tonight Show). You can read more about Bell at
http://excellence.indiana.edu/bell.
11 (Wed.)
Dr. Judith Chin, president of the AADR Indiana Section, and her
Organizing Committee welcome you to the 15th
annual RESEARCH DAY, held this afternoon at the dental school and sponsored by
IUSD and the AADR Indiana Section. The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is once again
serving as Research Day's Corporate Sponsor, and Delta Dental as Associate
Corporate Sponsor.
Research Day's special guest is national AADR President Marc Heft,
Ph.D., D.M.D., whose presentation is titled "Embracing Individual Differences."
Dr. Heft is interim chair of the University of Florida's Department of Oral &
Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences. He also directs the University of
Florida's Claude Denson Pepper Center for Research in Oral Health in Aging. You
can read more about him at
http://dental.ufl.edu:1180/offices/Oral_Surgery/Faculty_Pages/MHeft.html.
Research Day begins at 1 p.m. in DS S116. The program can also be seen and
heard in lecture halls 114, 115, and S117. In addition to Dr. Heft's talk, 67
posters and table clinics will be presented by faculty, staff, and students. The
winners of last night's competitions will be announced along with recipients of
several other honors during a brief awards program. (All award competitors:
Please sit in S116.) Ample time will also be provided for participants to visit
a wide variety of exhibitors' stations. Wednesday afternoon classes, clinics,
and special clinic assignments have been cancelled so that everyone can
participate in Research Day.
12 (Thurs.)
Support the school's Alternative Spring Break program by buying a PIZZA OR
CHICKEN SANDWICH LUNCH, available in the basement at ~11:30 a.m.
13 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's April 27th
meeting
Dental Hygiene CE Series, Part III: WHAT EVERY HYGIENIST SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
CARPAL TUNNEL, by Alexander Mih, M.D., IU School of Medicine associate
professor of orthopaedic surgery, and Chele Heid, B.S., of St. Vincent
Hospital; 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at The Fountains, 502 E. Carmel Drive, Carmel.
Call 888-373-4873.
14 (Sat.)
NORTH EAST REGIONAL BOARDS for dental hygiene and retakes for dentistry, held
at IUSD
CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL lecture, by Gail Williamson,
professor of dental diagnostic sciences; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at IUSD. Call
888-373-4873.
17 (Tues.)
Special presentation WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND RESPONDING TO AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOR, by Jerry Baker of the IUPUI Police Department; 10 a.m. in
DS114. Program is offered to the staff, with a special focus on those who
provide front-line services. Pre-register with Elizabeth Hatcher
(ehatcher@iupui.edu) or Ginger Rice (grrice@iupui.edu).
FACULTY ENRICHMENT session, 9 a.m. to noon in DS S117. No classes, labs, or
clinics this morning.
Additional April IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL meeting (subject to cancellation),
3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH100
Don't ask me what I want it for, if you don't want to pay some more.*
Time to settle up with Mr. T â€" two days later than usual for Indiana taxpayers
since TAX DAY falls on a Sunday this year and the 16th is Emancipation Day, a
holiday observed in Washington, D.C.
17-21 (Tues.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL MEDICINE annual meeting, San Diego
19 (Thurs.)
Support the school's Alternative Spring Break program by buying a PIZZA OR
CHICKEN SANDWICH LUNCH, available in the basement at ~11:30 a.m.
Lunch and Learn for staff dental assistants and dental assisting students:
ETHICS AND THE LAW followed by a short presentation on EXOTIC ANIMAL DENTISTRY,
by Dr. George Willis, associate dean for clinical affairs; 12:10-1 p.m.
in DS114. One CE credit is awarded.
19-21 (Thurs.-Sat.)
AMERICAN DENTAL SOCIETY FOR ANESTHESIOLOGY annual session, Monterey, Calif.
20 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
21 (Sat.)
Ladies and Gentlemen: Start Your Tennies! It's time to hit the pavement
for the annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's RACE FOR THE CURE,
beginning on the IUPUI campus this morning. (Unless you're taking advantage of
the "Sleep In for the Cure" option, which was offered as a more laid back
approach to supporting the event this year.) Longtime team co-captions Karla
Newman
(knewman@iupui.edu) and Beth Koester (ewyeth@iupui.edu) have once
again worked hard to put together a dynamic team to represent the IU School of
Dentistry at this important fundraiser. To learn more about Race for the Cure,
go to http://race.komenindy.org.
CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL laboratory, by Prof. Gail
Williamson; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at IUSD. Call 888-373-4873.
23 (Mon.)
Tragedy befell the UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB on this day in 1978, when a small
plane en route from Trenton, N.J., to Indianapolis crashed in Indiana's Rush
County during a thunderstorm, killing all 9 aboard, including 8 USAC officials
and the pilot.
On that rainy Sunday evening, Dr. Jack Schaaf was at home finishing up
his graduate thesis. A 1975 dental grad of IU, Jack was working on the school's
part-time faculty while enrolled as a graduate student in the former Department
of Oral Diagnosis-Oral Medicine. He listened to news of the crash on the radio
that night, not knowing he would become involved in the story the following
morning.
In 1978, IU faculty member Dr. Miles Standish, chair of Oral
Diagnosis-Oral Medicine, was Indiana's foremost forensic dentist who three years
earlier had performed landmark work in the Hoosier state involving bite mark
identifications. His services were frequently called upon in times of tragedy,
as they were on Monday, April 24.
When the call came in to Oral Diagnosis-Oral Medicine this time, however, Dr.
Standish was out of town, and would be for an extended period. Before departing,
he had left word with his secretary for his graduate student Jack Schaaf to
handle any requests in Standish's absence.
"My OD-OM classmates Mark Kutcher and James Cottone and I had
worked with Dr. Standish on a number of single ID cases," says Dr. Schaaf,
associate professor of dental diagnostic sciences. "Dr. Standish was probably
the state's first forensic odontologist and, in my opinion, he set the
groundwork and standard for all the work that is being done today. I remember
bringing the specimens to the dental school and thinking, How am I going to be
able to do all of this? But then I remembered that at the time I had at least as
much experience, if not more, than any other dentist in the state, except
for Dr. Standish."
Although Jack worked alone to evaluate the specimens and make the comparisons
to dental records, he found himself in the midst of a supportive team of staff
members in the forensic facility, which was housed in those days on the fifth
floor. "This excellent facility was directed by a very dedicated and helpful
individual, Mrs. Mildred Redford, and her staff was also very helpful and
obtained all of the supplies that were needed," says Jack.
Working between April 24 and May 10 (about 5 of those days were in the
forensic facility and the rest were devoted to compiling and typing the report
in a pre-computer era), Jack identified 8 of the 9 victims with dental records.
"Three of the victims were identified by others through fingerprint records,"
Jack recalls. "Fortunately, the one victim I could not identify was ID'd by
fingerprints."
The most stressful part of this enormous task for a young guy just starting
out his career in dentistry, says Jack, was trying to do the best he could to
make the identifications out of respect and concern for all the families who had
lost their loved ones in the crash.
"I think, more than anything else in my career, this experience demonstrated
to me the importance of patience and organization," he says. "This was obviously
a task that required that an orderly method of procedure be developed and
followed. Also, it just could not be rushed. It appeared that my plan was
effective, as it resulted in the identification of all but one of the victims by
using dental records."
When Dr. Standish returned from his trip Jack was nearly finished with the
report, which was co-signed by the two men. One of Jack's cherished memories of
his mentor, however, was the complete trust and faith Dr. Standish put in Jack's
abilities to do this difficult and stressful work alone, accurately, quickly,
and with a high degree of professionalism and integrity. "I remember standing in
Dr. Standish's office when he returned, looking at a wall full of certificates
noting all his accomplishments in pathology and forensic dentistry," Jack
recalls. "Dr. Standish never interfered with my work on this case, and he never
took any credit. I shall always remember him for this kind gesture. Knowing that
he approved of my work, even if no one else knew it, gave me a lot of confidence
when I submitted the report."
After a long and distinguished career at IUSD, Dr. Standish retired in 1988.
He died in September 2003.
24 (Tues.)
IUSD AWARDS BANQUET for Class of 2007 recipients of graduation awards and
other honors, noon-2 p.m. at University Place Hotel Ballroom. By invitation.
25 (Wed.)
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon-1 p.m. in DS114
25-28 (Wed.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS annual session, Philadelphia
26 (Thurs.)
IUPUI SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPY luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Scottish Rite
Cathedral. By invitation. The program annually recognizes a select group of
individuals, companies, and organizations that have made substantial
contributions to IUPUI through gifts and voluntary service. The IU School of
Dentistry's 2007 honoree, IUSD alumnus Lloyd Hagedorn (DDS'66, M'68 Perio),
of Fort Wayne, is being recognized for his longtime support of IUSD. He
currently chairs a fundraising campaign to raise money for periodontic clinic
renovations in the Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs. The
campaign thus far has generated more than $600,000. Dr. Hagedorn is a past
president of the Indiana Dental Association who has held numerous leadership
positions in the IDA and American Dental Association. His wife, Jan Hagedorn,
was welcomed last year into the IUSD Alumni Association as an honorary member.
And back at 1121 West Michigan at noontime today, don't forget that you can
tap into your own spirit of philanthropy by buying lunch in the basement to
SUPPORT THE SCHOOL'S ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK PROGRAM. This is the final ASB-sponsored
lunch opportunity of the school year.
27 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
SECOND SEMESTER CLASSES END for dental assisting, dental hygiene, 4th-year
dental, and graduate students.
The annual IUPUI CHANCELLOR'S ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION is this evening at
University Place Conference Center. A special word of congratulations goes to
dental student Allison Bergdoll, Class of 2007, who is being recognized
as Dentistry's 2007 recipient of the Chancellor's Scholar Award. The award
honors outstanding graduating students on the IUPUI campus. Allison also
received Omicron Kappa Upsilon's top honor, the Outstanding Student award, when
she was inducted into OKU during ceremonies on March 28. The names of the new
OKU and Sigma Phi Alpha alumni were published in the March calendar.
27, 28 (Fri., Sat.)
CE course PERIODONTAL SURGERY FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER, by Dr. Steven
Blanchard, assistant professor of periodontics, and Dr. Donald Weissman,
of Chicago; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. both days. Call 888-373-4873.
28 (Sat.)
Annual DELTA SIGMA DELTA GOLF OUTING, 1 p.m. at Saddlebrook golf course. Sign
up in the basement during noon hours April 9-25.
30-May 2 (Mon.-Wed.)
NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH CONFERENCE, Denver. Sponsored by the Association of
State & Territorial Dental Directors, American Association of Public Health
Dentistry, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
30-May 4 (Mon.-Fri.)
ASSESSMENT WEEK for DDS Class of 2007 and FINAL EXAM WEEK for dental
assisting, dental hygiene, and graduate students
People, Places, and Things
OUR WOMAN IN WASHINGTON. A prestigious fellowship recently awarded to Dr.
Joan Kowolik by the American Dental Education Association will provide her
with a unique, close-up view of â€" and hands-on experience with â€" the federal
legislative process as it relates to dental education.
During ADEA's annual session in New Orleans last month, Dr. Kowolik, an
assistant professor of pediatric dentistry, was informed that she is the sole
recipient of the 2007 ADEA/Sunstar Americas Inc./Harry W. Bruce, Jr. Legislative
Fellowship. Dr. Kowolik will use the $15,000 fellowship stipend to travel back
and forth from Washington, D.C., where she will work on legislative issues for a
cumulative total of 3 months during the year ahead.
According to ADEA, the fellow functions as an ADEA staff member in the Center
for Public Policy and Advocacy, working on issues on the current legislative
agenda. Responsibilities include a wide range of activities and may involve
drafting policy, bills, position papers, and testimony; educating members of
Congress and the Executive Branch on matters of interest in dental education;
and playing a role on various coalitions.
"I feel very privileged to receive the award and in some ways overawed on
hearing all that the previous fellows have achieved," says Dr. Kowolik.
The issues Dr. Kowolik will become involved with will depend on what is going
on in Congress at the time, but must include work with the Children's Dental
Health Improvement Act (S.739), she says. "I will work on any dental or dental
education issues which are on the books. My particular interest is in children,
especially those who live in the ‘working poor' households â€" people who are
unheard and unnoticed most of the time."
Dr. Kowolik sees her position as a teacher in IUSD's busy pediatric dentistry
clinic as an advantage in her work with legislators. As she explained in her
fellowship application: "I realize that the legislators, both nationally and
locally, do not experience first-hand the situations in which I find myself, and
if anything is to change, it must involve informing the lawmakers."
Dr. Kowolik has held previous positions in ADEA as a Primary Health Care
Policy Fellow in the Department of Health and Human Services and as a Leadership
Institute Fellow.
"I am of course excited about the opportunity to learn more about the methods
of volunteer advocacy, and then to put these skills to use," she says.
DR. ZHOU IS NORTH AMERICAN AWARD FINALIST. Ohio State University recently
named its 12 research finalists in North America for the Volpe Prize, and we are
proud to report that 1st year IU orthodontic student Dr. Jing Zhou,
a 2006 graduate of IU's PhD program, is among the group. The award annually
recognizes the best clinical research in periodontology submitted by
dental/graduate dental students in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
As a finalist, Dr. Zhou receives a $500 grant from the Colgate-Palmolive
Company for travel to Columbus, Ohio, where the finalists will compete for the
top prize of $3,500 in an oral-presentation format on May 4. The award is named
for scientist and scholar Dr. Anthony Volpe, who manages Colgate's
worldwide clinical research program. The research project that caught the
judges' eyes, in Dr. Zhou's case, is titled "Nicotine Increases the Collagen
Degrading Ability of Human Gingival Fibroblasts." Dr. Zhou's research mentor is
Dr. L. Jack Windsor, associate professor of oral biology. Best of
luck to you, Dr. Zhou â€" we'll be rooting for you back in Indy!
TV APPEARANCES FOR PROF. CAPPS. Patricia Capps, clinical associate
professor of dental assisting, recently traveled to West Lafayette and Terre
Haute to appear on local TV news shows, where she discussed IUSD's new
distance-learning program in dental assisting, the first accredited program in
the state of Indiana. Prof. Capps serves as the program's director. You can read
more about this innovative approach to dental assisting education at
http://info.iupui.edu/news/page/normal/3153.html.
IUSD GRAD HOLDS UNIQUE RECORD WITH IADR/AADR. We recently learned that
distinguished IU dental graduate Harold Fullmer (DDS'44) died in January
of this year. Dr. Fullmer was a retired professor of dentistry and pathology at
the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Indiana Alumni Magazine
reported in its March/April 2007 issue that Dr. Fullmer was the first to isolate
in humans an enzyme that decomposes collagen and gelatin. He also holds a unique
record in the annals of the International Association for Dental
Research/American Association for Dental Research: Dr. Fullmer is the only
person to have served simultaneously as president of both the IADR and AADR.
During 1976-77, he was the AADR's 5th president and the IADR's 7th.
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*April 17 Reference:
Taxman, from the Beatles' Revolver album, 1966
End April 2007 Calendar
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