COMING UP

Indiana University School of Dentistry

Calendar of Events

February 2002

National Children's Dental Health Month

Recognition Month

 for IUSD's Administrative Staff

PIZZA WITH EVERYTHING--INCLUDING PHILANTHROPY. As 19 of our students look forward to caring for underprivileged patients in rural Mexico and Haiti over spring break in March, you can help them fund this important outreach program by buying your lunch from them four times this month. Alternative Spring Break, an annual service-learning initiative now in its second year at our school, relies on grants and donations for its funding, and each student volunteer helps raise money to cover expenses. As part of their fundraising efforts, the students are selling pizza in the dental school basement once a week in February. Tax-deductible donations are also welcome (Indiana gives a tax credit)--write a check to the IU Foundation (with the memo "Service Learning Account 38-D008-54-6") and give it to Pamela Lovejoy in the Office of Development, DS110.

Volunteering their services in Mexico this year are 4^th year dental students David Allen, Aaron Altschul, Jamie Grider, Valerie Lake, and Sara Viernes; 3^rd year dental student Sean Cook; 2^nd year dental student Caroline Derrow; and dental hygiene students Kelley Edwards, lst year, and Adrienne Redmon, 2^nd year. Faculty mentors for the Mexico group are Dr. Angeles Martinez Mier, assistant professor of preventive and community dentistry; and Dr. Ana Gossweiler, associate instructor in the Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs.

Ten dental students will be serving in Haiti, including Benjamin Adams, Joshua Garver, Robert Ghering, Mark Kesler, Kimberly Koch, Gina Meylan, and Jason Sims, 4^th year; and John Brewster, Doug Huynh, and Sarah Laux, 3^rd year. Faculty mentors are Dr. Timothy Carlson, professor of operative dentistry; and Dr. Samuel Campbell, associate professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Anyone with questions about Alternative Spring Break or with recommendations regarding others in the community who may want to help fund the program or donate materials should get in touch with Dr. Carlson, Dr. Martinez Mier, or Dr. Karen Yoder, director of the Division of Community Dentistry.

1 (Fri)

CE course COUNSELING PATIENTS ABOUT MICRO-NUTRIENTS: Do We Need Supplements? Where Do Eating and Flossing Intersect?, by Dr. Sharon Akabas and Maudene Nelson, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at The Marten House, 1801 W. 86^th St.

2 (Sat)

CE course CPR: BASIC LIFE SUPPORT FOR DENTISTS AND ALLIED DENTAL PROFESSIONALS, led by CPR teaching coordinator Kathy Drake; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Walker Plaza. Call 615-0002.

CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL (lecture), by Gail Williamson, professor of dental diagnostic sciences; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Walker Plaza. Call 615-0002.

4 (Mon)

PIZZA SALE, a fundraiser to support IUSD's student volunteers going to Haiti and Mexico; noon in the basement hallway

6 (Wed)

Legal Compliance Training for IUSD supervisors: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYâ€"AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, 9-10:30 a.m. in DS S117. Register no later than noon on Feb. 1 (an electronic version of the registration form is on the common drive in Academic Affairs' external folder). Send registration to Katherine English by mail, DS 102, or e-mail. For more information contact Elizabeth Hatcher, director of Staff Development and Support, by e-mail or phone (274-8220).

7 (Thurs)

IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in DS115

8 (Fri)

CE course COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO DENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT, by Dr. Laurance Jerrold, director of postgraduate orthodontics, New York University; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Walker Plaza. Call 615-0002.

9 (Sat)

FEAST DAY FOR APOLLONIA, Patron Saint of Dentistry. "Having refused to renounce her faith, Apollonia was martyred by having her teeth extracted," says local dental historian Dr. Arden Christen. "She was canonized a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church in 249 A.D."

February 9, 2002, has also been proclaimed DONATED DENTAL SERVICES DAY by Gov. Frank O'Bannon. By donating "their time, talents, and care," 547 dentists and 91 dental laboratories in the state of Indiana have provided more than $2 million in donated services to elderly and disabled persons since the program's inception in 1991.

CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL (laboratory), by Prof. Gail Williamson; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in DS S131 (Screening Clinic). Call 615-0002.

12 (Tues)

STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon in DS115

ORIENTATION FOR VOLUNTEERS who will participate in the Shelter Sealant Program on Feb. 19. Tonight's meeting is 5:30-6:30 p.m. in DS S116. About a dozen students and staff and three faculty are needed as volunteers. Faculty member Melinda Meadows, program coordinator, needs to know how many will attend the orientation so she can order pizza--please preregister with her, 278-1435.

13 (Wed)

PIZZA SALE, a fundraiser to support IUSD's student volunteers going to Haiti and Mexico; noon in the basement hallway

14 (Thurs)

Sure, you can always hand a bunch to your honey, stick some in a vase, or pin one on a lapel. But if you stretch your imagination, you'll find many more uses for the beautiful carnations available to us once again this year through the STAFF COUNCIL FLOWER SALE. Some examples:

1) Bundle a few with a ribbon for your children to give to their bus driver.
2) Bestow one upon your favorite IUSD student, staff member, or teacher.
3) Do you have some routine stops on the way home tonight? Surprise your dry cleaner, your child's daycare provider, your pharmacist, your neighborhood grocer. Everybody likes to be remembered on Feb. 14.
4) Tickle a nose--or maybe some toes!
5) Use one for inspiration as you compose a poem. A carnation, is a carnation, is a carnation....
6) Tip-toe into your children's rooms with some flowers during the night so that they open their eyes to a bountiful bouquet in the morning.
7) Buy a dozen for a person who adores flowers but can't spare the money right now.
8) Leave one as an anonymous gift on a staff member's desk, a professor's lectern, or in a student's mail slot.
9) Present a flower to the one person in your life who would least be expecting it from you.
10) And, if you're lucky enough to still have her in your life, don't forget grandma.

You undoubtedly can think of many other ways the Staff Council's carnations can brighten your life--and they'll barely make a dent in your wallet (still just a dollar apiece). Think red, white, pink, and peppermint--those are the rich hues available this year. Event coordinator Amanda Marlett is accepting pre-orders for 10 or more flowers by phone (274-7281) or by e-mail from Feb. 7 until 4 p.m. on Feb. 13. The flower sale begins today at 7:30 a.m. in the school's main lobby. Please support our hardworking Staff Council on this annual project--let's keep buying till nary a petal is left without a good home. Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

15 (Fri)

CE course NEW GUIDELINES: DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ASSESS YOUR PATIENTS' FLUORIDE NEEDS?, by Dr. Karen Yoder and Dr. Domenick Zero, chair of the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Walker Plaza. Call 615-0002.

RESEARCH DAY COMMITTEE, noon in DS245

Dental Illustrations' DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING MATERIALS FOR POSTERS to be presented at the upcoming American Association for Dental Research/American Dental Education Association meetings in San Diego, Calif. The division's services and supplies are free to those presenting posters at these meetings, but today's deadline must be observed. Service will NOT be provided on posters submitted after today (no exceptions). For more information about Dental Illustrations' poster services, contact Mark Dirlam, division supervisor, by e-mail.

16 (Sat)

CE course RADIOLOGY FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL, a second chance this month to take the laboratory portion of this course by Prof. Gail Williamson; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in DS S131 (Screening Clinic). Call 615-0002.

IUSD ANNUAL VALENTINE'S DANCE, 7:30 p.m.-midnight at The Riverwalk, 6729 Westfield Boulevard. Tickets for this semi-formal event are $20 per person and are on sale through Feb. 8. All faculty, staff, and students welcome.

19 (Tues)

SHELTER SEALANT PROGRAM for volunteer students, staff, and faculty; 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Coburn Place, a shelter for victims of domestic violence

20 (Wed)

CE course EARLY RECOGNITION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF PRE-MALIGNANT AND CANCEROUS LESIONS, by Dr. Heidi Crow, assistant professor of hospital dentistry; 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Walker Plaza. Call 615-0002.

Legal Compliance Training for IUSD supervisors: SEXUAL HARASSMENT, 9:30-10:30 a.m. in DS S117. Register no later than noon on Feb. 15 (an electronic version of the registration form is on the common drive in Academic Affairs' external folder). Send registration to Katherine English by mail, DS 102, or e-mail. For more information contact Elizabeth Hatcher.

STAFF COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, noon in DS250F

PIZZA SALE, a fundraiser to support IUSD's student volunteers going to Haiti and Mexico; noon in the basement hallway

21-24 (Thurs-Sun)

137^th annual Chicago Dental Society MIDWINTER MEETING, McCormick Place Complex, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill.

22 (Fri)

American Dental Association seminar for 3rd and 4^th year dental students: STARTING YOUR DENTAL PRACTICE, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. in DS S116. Clinics are closed today and there are no special clinic assignments. Attendance at the seminar is required. Students who have already scheduled an activity that conflicts with the seminar should see Dr. Margot Van Dis, associate dean for Student Affairs, before today.

IUSD ALUMNI RECEPTION co-sponsored by Dean Lawrence Goldblatt, the IU School of Dentistry, and the IUSD Alumni Association, 5-6:30 p.m. in room E451B (East Building) of McCormick Place Complex. Held in conjunction with the Chicago Midwinter Meeting. Everyone welcome. RSVP to Karen Deery, 274-8959.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421

26 (Tues)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421

27 (Wed)

STAFF COUNCIL, noon in DS115

PIZZA SALE, a fundraiser to support IUSD's student volunteers going to Haiti and Mexico; noon in the basement hallway

DENTAL ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE, 1:30 p.m. in DS115

28-March 2 (Thurs-Sat)

CE course REGAINING PLEASURE AND SUCCESS WITH COMPLETE DENTURES, a lecture and patient demonstration course on the Earl Pound Technique. Presented by Dr. Jack Turbyfill, West Columbia, S.C.; 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday at Walker Plaza. Call 615-0002.

People, Places, and Things

MICROSOFT CERTIFICATION. As we reported a few months ago, several of IUSD's staff members have been sitting for a series of arduous exams, each with the ultimate goal of obtaining full certification as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). We are delighted to report that Brian Lich, network administrator and systems coordinator in Technology Services, has taken and passed the last of these examinations and has now earned his certification. "The MCSE is the information technology ‘gold standard' for measuring professional competence and ability in designing, implementing, and administering Microsoft-based network solutions," says John Gosney, Technology Services director. "To achieve this ranking is to be instantly recognized as an industry professional, so we are very fortunate to have someone of Brian's experience and obvious technical skill (not to mention lively sense of humor!) on our staff.

HELPING YOUR PATIENTS LAY DOWN THEIR SMOKES. Mark your calendars for a smoking cessation workshop coming up on Friday, March 22: "State-of-the-Art Smoking Cessation Interventions," 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at University Place Conference Center. The course is designed to educate health professionals about managing care of the highly dependent tobacco user. Presenters are Drs. Arden Christen and Stephen Jay, co-directors of IU's Nicotine Dependence Program; the program's coordinator, Deborah Hudson; and Dr. Richard Feldman, Indiana's state health commissioner. For information about registration and fees, contact the medical school's Division of Continuing Medical Education, 274-8353.

And while we're on the subject of Drs. Christen and Jay, they learned a few days ago that their Nicotine Dependence Program will receive a portion of funds recently awarded to the Marion County Health Department (MCHD) by the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Agency. The MCHD will receive $654,900 annually to support its efforts to control tobacco use in Marion County, and the Nicotine Dependence Program is one of eight local agencies that will contribute to the program as a key partner. The IU group will use its funding to teach healthcare providers how to assess patients' readiness to quit tobacco use and then how to assist patients in the actual process of quitting.

SPELLING LESSONS. Our apologies to faculty member Teresa Macauley, whose name is incorrectly spelled in the school's new academic catalog. Please make a note of the correct spelling. Ms. Macauley joined our faculty as a dental assisting instructor in August of 2001. The school's Research Day Committee is pleased to report that she recently accepted an appointment as the group's representative for the division of Dental Assisting.

STAFF EXCELLENCE. When it comes to complimenting a staff member's efforts on the job, there's probably no finer statement than a concise one we found in a letter nominating Donna Bumgardner for the Staff Council's Staff Excellence Award: "I couldn't do what I do without her." A close runner-up, however, would have to be a statement from yet another nominator who reports that, in his 48 years in the work force, he hasn't met another co-worker with greater team spirit or a greater genuine desire to be helpful than Donna. And so, with comments such as these and many others packed tightly into Donna's nomination letters, it's clear that the Staff Council has once again chosen one of the "best and the brightest" for its quarterly award. Donna is employed as a senior administrative secretary through the Department of Oral Facial Development, and she works in the dental division at Riley Hospital. Donna began her career at Riley in 1990 in the Child Life Department, where she worked for five years before accepting a promotion in the Hospital Administration division. In 1996 Donna accepted a job off campus, but when her youngest son, Joshua, enrolled at IU Bloomington, she decided to return to IUPUI to help with tuition expenses. She found her current position in Dec. 1997. "I was delighted when Dr. (David) Avery contacted me about a position in Riley Hospital," she says. "And I am very grateful for the fee courtesy benefit." Donna's nominators say she often serves in the role of a much-appreciated adviser to faculty and students alike. She has shown herself to be capable of managing any type of project or challenge that is handed to her, such as the enormous responsibility of helping the director of graduate pediatric dentistry assemble a grant proposal, which led to the awarding of a half-million dollar training grant that Donna now helps administer.

NATIONAL PRIZE GOES TO IUSD STUDENT. Congratulations to Dr. Riyad Al-Qawasmi, who has been informed by the American Association of Orthodontists that he is the 2002 recipient of the Harry Sicher First Research Essay Award. Dr. Al-Qawasmi is a PhD candidate whose research is being undertaken in the oral facial genetics laboratory. He plans to enter IU's orthodontic residency program this summer. Dr. Al-Qawasmi will present his award-winning paper at the association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., in May. It's titled "Linkage and Association of an Interleukin 1B Gene Polymorphism with External Apical Root Resorption Associated with Orthodontics."

LECTURE CIRCUIT. Dr. Timothy Carlson recently participated in the 10th annual International Scientific Dental Congress and Faculty Workshop, a three-day continuing education program in Montelimar and León, Nicaragua. He presented a series of lectures on several topics of interest in restorative dentistry. The program was co-sponsored by the University of Nicaragua and Dental Seminars & Symposia, a Wisconsin-based organization that brings accredited CE and humanitarian programs to dental professionals in Hawaii and Latin America. "The Hawaii seminars make a small profit, which helps fund the seminars in Central and South America," says Dr. Carlson. "Guest lecturers are asked to donate their time at the Latin American sites, which are chosen because of their poverty--Nicaragua is the poorest country in Central America. The goal is to build up the level of dental education in these areas." The dental students Dr. Carlson met on his trip told him they must pay their patients' dental fees and bus fares to ensure that appointments are kept.

In January, another of our faculty was in Central America to lecture--Dr. Michael Kowolik, professor of periodontics, traveled to Guatemala to give invited seminars in Guatemala City and the city of Coban. Organized by Universidad Mariano Galvez, the talks were presented to groups that included representatives from the Department of Education and the Ministry of Health. Dr. Kowolik's topic of discussion was the potential for clinical research in Guatemala to help elucidate oral and systemic disease links.

PREVENTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE EARLY ON. Six dental students are joining some of IU's medical and nursing students as volunteer teachers for a community service project aimed at teaching grade school children the importance of maintaining a healthy body and making informed choices about drug use. The Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention program (ASAP) was created by medical students at the University of Chicago and developed under the auspices of the university's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry division. The program has caught on with medical students across the country, and IUPUI is the first location to offer interdisciplinary teaching teams composed of medical, dental, and nursing students. Participants from the School of Dentistry are Brent Engelberg, 3^rd year; and Caroline Derrow, Mandy Greenlee, Heather Maupin, Rambod Saeedifard, and Bradley Swanson, 2^nd year. The IUPUI students will present two sessions to at-risk Indianapolis children enrolled in inner-city public schools. Visual aids promise to be eye-opening: To help the children better understand the damage caused by drug abuse, human organs will be brought into the classroom so that the student teachers can guide the youngsters through comparisons of healthy and pathological specimens. A grant awarded by Clarian Health Partners, Inc., to the medical school's Department of Public Health will pay for all educational materials.

End February 2002 Calendar