COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
April 2008
Sherry Benenhaley to Be Honored at Chancellor’s
Convocation on April 25
Patricia Capps to Be Installed as IDAA President
on April 26
Seok-Jin Kim Receives American Academy of
Periodontology Award
April Is Recognition Month for Administrative
Professionals
1 (Tues.)
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3-5 p.m. in IH 100
1-7 (Tues.-Mon.)
Faculty, staff, and students who are Indiana residents
can REGISTER TO VOTE in the IUSD Student Lounge, daily from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. You must be registered by April 7 in order to vote in Indiana’s May 6
primary election.
2 (Wed.)
AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION annual session,
Dallas, ends today
2-5 (Wed.-Sat.)
Annual sessions of the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL
RESEARCH AND CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR DENTAL RESEARCH, Dallas. The annual
INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY RECEPTION is held in conjunction with
these sessions on Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 in the Plum Blossom room of
the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. Reception hosts are Dean Lawrence
Goldblatt and Dr. Domenick Zero, associate dean for Research and
director of the Oral Health Research Institute. All are welcome.
4 (Fri.)
CE Dental Hygiene Series, Part III: ORAL HEALTH
PRODUCTS FOR HOME USE: WHAT SHOULD I RECOMMEND?, by Karen Baker,
associate professor, Department of Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine at
the University of Iowa’s College of Dentistry and College of Pharmacy’s Division
of Pharmacy Practice; 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Primo ( West) Banquet Hall and
Conference Center, 2353 E. Hadley Road, Plainfield, Ind. To register or for more
details call (888) 373-4873.
8 (Tues.)
Research Day AWARD COMPETITIONS – entries judged
tonight from 5 to 8 at IUSD
9 (Wed.)
Dr. Andréa Ferreira Zandoná, president of the
AADR Indiana Section, and her Organizing Committee welcome you to the 16th
annual RESEARCH DAY, held this afternoon at the dental school. The Wm. Wrigley
Jr. Company is once again serving as Research Day’s Corporate Sponsor, and Delta
Dental as Associate Corporate Sponsor.
The 2008 keynote speaker is newly installed AADR
President Dr. Brian Clarkson, whose presentation is titled "A Cariologist
and/or The Wizard of Oz." Clarkson is the Clifford T. Nelson Professor of
Dentistry at the University of Michigan and a former longtime chair of
Michigan’s Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics.
Research Day gets under way at 1 p.m. in the IUSD
lecture halls, and attendance is required for all faculty, students, and
staff. JagTag registration stations will be located at each
of the lecture halls.
The winners of last night’s competitions will be
announced along with recipients of several other honors. (All competitors:
Please sit in S116.) From 2:30 to 4, 57 posters will be presented by students,
faculty, and staff, and about 20 exhibitors representing a variety of dentally
related companies will be joining us as well.
Of special interest this year are group poster
presentations by faculty, staff, and students who are contributing to the new
Tobacco Cessation and Biobehavioral Center. Four of these posters will be
presented at 2:30, and four more at 3:15 (posters 1-8 in the hallway outside
lecture halls S116 and S117).
Wednesday afternoon classes, clinics, and special
clinic assignments are canceled.
9-12 (Wed.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS annual session,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
11 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research
Subcommittee’s April 25 meeting
12 (Sat.)
CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL (lecture), a
pre-examination preparation course for the Dental Category of Indiana’s
Radiation Health and Safety Examination; presented by Prof. Gail Williamson,
Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology. Course is 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at IUSD.
Call (888) 373-4873.
14-16 (Mon.-Wed.)
A series of IUPUI TAKE BACK THE NIGHT events are being
held on campus Monday-Wednesday to raise awareness of our nation’s growing
problem of sexual violence, particularly among young people, and to provide
sexual assault and violence education. The events will culminate with a rally at
the IUPUI Campus Center at 4 p.m., a march to the campus apartments beginning at
5, and a discussion in Walker 170 at the campus apartments beginning at 6. Watch
for more details that will be posted in public places or check out this Website
for additional events:
www.iupui.edu/~save.
14-18 (Mon.-Fri.)
IUPUI STUDENT EMPLOYMENT APPRECIATION WEEK salutes the
efforts of all undergrad and graduate students who have made valuable
contributions through their part-time employment to departments and units on
campus. To nominate a student for the 2008 IUPUI Student Employee of the Year
award, go to
http://www.career.iupui.edu/employers/NSEAW.asp.
Nominations must be submitted by April 4.
15 (Tues.)
FACULTY ENRICHMENT, 9 a.m.-noon in DS S117. No
classes, labs, and clinics this morning. Followed at 1 p.m. by an IUSD Faculty
Council meeting.
Staff workshop: STRESS MANAGEMENT: MAKE CHOICES THAT
ASSURE YOUR SUCCESS, by Marilyn Bedford of IUPUI Human Resources;
9:30-11:30 a.m. (room TBA). The session is open to all staff. Register by
emailing Elizabeth Hatcher,
ehatcher@iupui.edu.
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3-5 p.m. in IH 100 (subject to
cancellation)
Show Me the Money: Your taxes for 2007 are due
today.
16 (Wed.)
IUPUI annual spring staff seminar: WHEN GENERATIONS
COLLIDE: WHO THEY ARE, WHY THEY CLASH, HOW TO SOLVE THE GENERATIONAL PUZZLE AT
WORK, by David Stillman, co-author of a best-selling book by the same
title; 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Campus Center. Seminar is $45. Register online at
www.hra.iupui.edu/signup.
For more details contact Sandy Stone (sastone@iupui.edu;
274-4438).
17 (Thurs.)
Staff Dental Assistant Lunch and Learn Series presents
FORENSIC DENTISTRY, by Dr. Edwin Parks, Oral Pathology, Medicine, and
Radiology; noon-1 p.m. in DS S116.
IUPUI SPIRIT OF PHILANTHROPY celebration, 11:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Campus Center. By invitation. The luncheon honors
individuals, corporations, and foundations that have supported the campus
through gifts and volunteer service. The 2008 School of Dentistry recipient is
IUSD alumnus R. Stephen Lehman (DDS’73, Cert’76 Prosthodontics), of
Zionsville, Ind. Lehman has been a practicing prosthodontist in Carmel, Ind.,
for 31 years. He is being recognized in part for establishing the Russell
Winfield Lehman, DDS Scholarship, which honors the memory of Steve’s father, a
1927 dental graduate of IU who practiced in Terre Haute, Ind., for nearly 30
years. First awarded in 2003, the legacy scholarship is given to students who
have chosen to pursue prosthodontic studies at IU and who plan to practice the
specialty in Indiana. More recently, Lehman made a planned gift to the IU dental
school to establish an endowed chair in prosthodontics. Through his generosity
Lehman has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment – to IUSD’s students, to the
practice of the prosthodontic specialty in the Hoosier state, and ultimately to
the oral healthcare of Indiana’s citizens.
18 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
Annual campus TOX DROP is today from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The drop-off site for all your recyclables, household hazardous waste, and
electronic waste (including TVs 27 inches and smaller) is the Environmental
Management Facility, parking lot #20 (west of the Union Building). See the flyer
for details:
http://ehs.iupui.edu/ehs/pdfFiles/Toxawayflyer4-18-08.pdf.
19 (Sat.)
Staff member Beth Koester of Cottage Corner
once again leads Team IUSD for the annual Susan G. Komen INDIANPOLIS RACE FOR
THE CURE. Dentistry’s group is one of 830 city teams that will begin the race at
the IUPUI University Library this morning, when they will engage in 5K runs or
walks (or a one-mile family walk) to support the fight against breast cancer.
Donations are also welcome from anyone who wants to support this important
fundraiser but can’t make the race. To learn much more about Race for the Cure,
go to http://race.komenindy.org.
22 (Tues.)
How Green Is Your Valley? (Or Your House? Or Your
Workplace?) Check out the GREENING IUPUI event today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on the 4th floor of the Campus Center:
http://ehs.iupui.edu/ehs/pdfFiles/Greening%20IUPUI.pdf.
Research Day follow-up meeting of the RESEARCH DAY
COORDINATING COMMITTEE, noon in OHRI conference room (110)
23 (Wed.)
Indiana Section of the AADR presents LESSONS LEARNED
AT THE NIH: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, by Dr. Bruce Pihlstrom, professor
emeritus at the University of Minnesota and former acting director of the
Extramural Clinical Research Program at the National Institutes of
Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; noon -1 p.m. in
DS S116. All students, staff, and faculty welcome.
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN’S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon
in DS114
24-26 (Thurs.-Sat.)
INDIANA DENTAL ASSOCIATION and INDIANA DENTAL
ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION annual sessions, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel. We
congratulate the IDA on its 150th anniversary, and also Professor
Patricia Capps, Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, who will be
inducted as president of the Indiana Dental Assistants Association during the
IDAA’s 2008 session. Capps is a clinical associate professor and former director
of IUSD’s Dental Assisting program and and has been a member of the IUSD faculty
since 1997. She currently directs the dental school’s new Distance-Learning
program for dental assisting certificate candidates.
25 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
Two IUSD Continuing Education programs are being held
today in conjunction with the IDA annual session. The Daniel M. Laskin
Professional Ethics Lecture, INTEGRITY AND COMPROMISE IN DENTAL PRACTICE, is
presented by Dr. Gerald Winslow, professor of ethics at Loma Linda
University, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The Indiana Section of the American College of
Dentists’ annual Maynard K. Hine Scholarship Lecture, A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TO
FIXED PROSTHODONTICS, is presented from noon to 4 p.m. by IUSD alumnus and
former faculty member Dr. Charles Goodacre, dean of the Loma Linda
University School of Dentistry. The courses, which are also sponsored by Health
Resources, Inc., are held at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel. Tuition
of $150 covers both programs and lunch. Call (888) 373-4873.
SPRING CLASSES END for dental hygiene, dental
assisting, fourth-year dental, and graduate dental students.
IUSD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 5 p.m. in
the Sante Fe room of the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel
CHANCELLOR’S ACADEMIC HONORS CONVOCATION, 5 p.m. at
University Place Conference Center. Congratulations to Class of 2008 dental
student Sherry Benenhaley, who will be honored at this event as the IU
School of Dentistry’s Outstanding Student. Benenhaley was inducted last month
into Theta Theta Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon dental honor society, and she
was also named OKU’s Outstanding Student for 2008.
26 (Sat.)
CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL (laboratory),
a pre-examination preparation course for the Dental Category of Indiana’s
Radiation Health and Safety Examination; presented by Prof. Gail Williamson.
Course is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at IUSD. Call (888) 373-4873.
DELTA
SIGMA DELTA GOLF OUTING, 1 p.m. at the Saddlebrook Golf Course. All welcome –
$75 for Delts, $85 for others. Proceeds go to Riley Children’s Hospital.
Register during the lunch hour in the basement, preferably by April 11 but no
later than April 16. For more details, contact dental students Joe Platt
(jorplatt@iupui.edu)
or Jessica Scheumann (jscheuma@iupui.edu).
28-30 (Mon.-Wed.)
NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH CONFERENCE, Miami. 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.
28-May 2 (Mon.-Fri.)
ASSESSMENT WEEK for fourth-year dental students and
FINAL EXAMS WEEK for dental hygiene, dental assisting, and graduate students
29-May 4 (Tues.-Sun.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL MEDICINE annual meeting,
Scottsdale, Ariz.
People, Places, and Things
DDS CLASS OF 2007 DRAINS ITS BANK ACCOUNT TO BENEFIT
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAM. Just days after IUSD’s students and
faculty returned to the school from their 2008 spring-break trips to Ecuador,
Guatemala, and Mexico, the school’s International Service-Learning program
received a big boost from the DDS Class of 2007 to help with future trips
abroad. Indianapolis dentist Dr. Robert Gausmann, who served as class
treasurer during his dental student days, presented a check to the school for
about $1,400, with a request from the class officers that the funds be used to
purchase equipment for the International Service-Learning program.
The gift represented the amount of money that remained
after the class had finished paying all its bills. Dr. Timothy Carlson,
head of the service-learning group that annually provides oral healthcare to
persons in need in Ecuador, accepted the check. "I was pleased to accept the
donation on behalf of the school, and assured Rob that the equipment was very
much needed," he said.
The funds will nearly cover the cost of an Adec
portable dental unit that will be obtained from Rota-Dent, a non-profit world
community service program established by the Rotary Clubs of Newberg, Ore., and
Salzburg, Austria. Rota-Dent provides portable low-cost dental equipment to
qualified requesting organizations for use in providing dental care to
underserved populations throughout the world.
AN AAP TEACHING AWARD FOR DR. KIM. Dr. Seok-Jin Kim,
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, received an award in March from the
American Academy of Periodontology for "Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in
Periodontics." Kim is a clinical assistant professor of periodontics.
The award, which annually goes to one teacher at each
of the dental institutions in the U.S. and Canada, is given to educators who
"demonstrate a commitment to excellence in providing education in the full scope
of clinical periodontics and relay that enthusiasm to students."
"Dr. Kim has been instrumental in organizing our new
course on Implant Dentistry and revamping our Recent Advances Literature
Seminar, both for our residents," Dr. Vanchit John, interim chair of
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs, said in announcing the award. John also
noted that Kim has provided outstanding clinical coverage in both the
predoctoral and graduate clinics, served as a PBL tutor, and lectured in the
pre-doctoral program.
STAFF COUNCIL OFFICERS. Congratulations to the
following staff members, who were recently elected as the IUSD Staff Council
officers for 2008: President – Pamela Clark, of Student Affairs;
Vice-President – Vickie Mattox, of Cash Operations; Secretaries –
Kristin Hinton, of the Comprehensive Care Clinics, and Kay Rossok, of
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs; and Treasurers – Jill Allen, of
Faculty Private Practice, and Ginger Rice, of Academic Affairs.
YOU CAN HELP MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CYSTIC FIBROSIS. For the second consecutive year, Vickie Newkirk in
Student Affairs is heading up an effort at IUSD to collect donations and draw
dental school participants to the Cystic Fibrosis "Great Strides Walk." The
Indiana Chapter’s walk begins at 9 a.m. in Military Park on May 17, and if you
donate at least $5 to the cause, you can wear blue jeans to work on Friday, May
9. "The IUSD Pre-Dental Club has formed a sister team, and the enthusiasm of
these young students is amazing," says Newkirk. "They are recruiting and raising
funds all over campus!" If you would like to make a donation, join the IUSD team
of walkers (known as Brayden’s Rangers), or form a team of your own, please
contact Newkirk (DS105; 274-5459;
vnewkirk@iupui.edu). You can
learn more about this charitable organization at
http://www.cff.org/great_strides/whywestride/.
PLUMBING
THE DEPPS OF DILLINGER. A crowd of some 1,000 fans were on hand in Crown Point,
Ind., last week to get a glimpse of Johnny Depp as he taped scenes for
his newest movie role as the infamous 1930s Hoosier gangster John Dillinger
in the film "Public Enemies." (The other Bad Boys referred to in the title are
Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd.) The movie will recreate
Dillinger’s real-life escape in 1934 from Crown Point’s old Lake County jail,
which was spruced up for the shoot. The movie is scheduled to be released in
2009. Judging from the YouTube postings of Depp’s visit to Crown Point, Depp’s
status as an international superstar is due to his enormous talent, not ego. A
zealous Crown Point crowd had waited long hours to see Depp, and the soft-spoken
actor paid them back by taking some extra time to visit with fans, graciously
responding to their comments, posing for photos, and doing his best to shake
every hand that was thrust at him.
Dillinger was raised in Indianapolis and then
Mooresville before embracing a life of crime and rising to his eventual status
as Public Enemy No. 1. Although he made a clean escape (in the sheriff’s new
car) from the Lake County jail, where he was awaiting murder charges, federal
agents caught up with him a few months later in Chicago and filled him full of
bullet holes. Dillinger is buried in section 44, lot 94, in Indy’s Crown Hill
Cemetery. You can read more about Dillinger (who isn’t nearly as good looking,
by the way, as the man who will portray him) at
http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/835:451/1/John_Dillinger.htm.
CHEW ON THIS. Citing statistics from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and Mediamark Research, consumer magazine
Men’s Health recently ranked 100 U.S. cities for their degree of dental
perfection. Rankings were based on such details as number of people who have
annual dental check-ups and number of households with fluoridated tap water.
Madison, Wis., topped the list in the overall "Best Teeth" category, and
Lubbock, Texas, wound up with the rock-bottom designation as the city with the
"Worst Teeth." At #39, Indianapolis earned a grade of B-. We ranked higher than
Ft. Wayne (#44, the only other Hoosier city mentioned) as well as Chicago,
Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Louisville, but lower than the Buckeye towns of
Columbus, Cleveland, and Toledo. The report appeared in the magazine’s April ’08
issue.
End April 2008 Calendar
Send items for May calendar by April 25. Email: smcrum@iupui.edu; fax: (317)
274-7188; Indiana University School of Dentistry, Room B32, 1121 W. Michigan
St., Indianapolis IN 46202-5186