COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
May 2004
Recognition Month
for IUSD's Computer Technicians
April 30-May 2 (Fri.-Sun.)
Final days of the AMERICAN DENTAL SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY annual session,
Key West, Fla.
April 30 (Fri.)
CPR TRAINING UPDATE for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon and
a separate session 1-5 p.m. at Walker Plaza 201A. Register with CPR coordinator
Kathy Thompson by email (kathdrak@iupui.edu) or phone, 274-8841.
The Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research invites
all faculty, staff, and students to hear research presentations by MEMBERS OF
the predoctoral dental program, noon-1 p.m. in DS S117:
Jacob Froerer, 3rd year: Evaluation of Antidepressant Use in
TMD Patients (begins at noon)
Trenton Thalman, 3rd year: Metastatic Versus Nonmetastatic
Osteosarcoma Cell Lines (12:20 p.m.)
Svetlana Berman, 4th year: Objective and Subjective Evaluation
of Neurosensory Damage to the Alveolar Nerve Following Extractions of the
Mandibular Third Molars (12:40 p.m.)
SENIOR BANQUET for the DDS Class of 2004, tonight in the Radisson Hotel's
Meridian Ballroom. By invitation.
1 (Sat.)
A ‘SEAL' ON THE CIRCLE. If you're planning to be among the estimated 30,000
people joining in the fun during the Indianapolis 500 Festival Kids' Day on
Monument Circle, be sure to stop by SEAL INDIANA's Seal Mobile, which has been
invited to participate for the first time. Dr. Karen Yoder, director of
Community Dentistry, says that volunteers will be conducting dental screenings,
and IUSD students will be involved in interactive educational activities. For
more about Kids' Day, go to http://www.500festival.com.
1-5 (Sat.-Wed.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS annual session, Orlando, Fla.
Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Dean, chair of the Department of Oral
Facial Development, who recently became a diplomate of the American Board of
Orthodontics. Trained both in orthodontics and pediatric dentistry, Dr. Dean now
joins a very small number of practitioners who have earned diplomate status in
both the American Board of Orthodontics and American Board of Pediatric
Dentistry. He is also making news in the pediatric dentistry arena -- see the
entry under May 29.
3 (Mon.)
ALL 4TH YEAR DENTAL STUDENT GRADES DUE in the Student Office by
noon
CPR TRAINING UPDATE for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 1-5 p.m. at
Walker Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson.
4 (Tues.)
Indiana Section of the AADR seminar: DENTAL TISSUE REGENERATION, by Dr.
Bruce Rutherford, chief scientific officer, Dentigenix Inc., Seattle, Wash.
All faculty, staff, and students invited.
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH 100
5 (Wed.)
CPR TRAINING UPDATE for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon at
Walker Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson.
5-9 (Wed.-Sun.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS annual session, Anaheim, Calif. (The
graduate endodontic clinic will be closed from Tuesday, May 4 until Tuesday, May
11.)
6 (Thurs.)
ALL MASTER'S DEGREE STUDENT GRADES DUE in the Student Office by noon
FOURTH-YEAR DENTAL STUDENT PROGRESS COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS B29
The AADR Indiana Section invites all faculty, staff, and students to hear
research presentationS by MEMBERS OF the predoctoral dental program, noon-1 p.m.
in DS S116:
Anne Wilmore, 4th year: Assessing the Cariogenicity of
Non-Diet Soft Drinks (begins at noon)
Jason Ringeman, 4th year: Retrospective Analysis of Factors
Associated with Nonunion of Mandible Fractures (12:20 p.m.)
Justin Clemens, 4th year: Relationship Between Incidence of
Otitis Media and Palatal Height
7 (Fri.)
SPRING SEMESTER ENDS for 4th year dental, dental hygiene, dental
assisting, and graduate students
IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL meeting, noon in DS115
8 (Sat.)
First annual IUPUI Music Academy's MUSIC PERFORMATHON, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
the Indiana State Museum. Dr. Jeffrey Dean, who serves on the academy's
board of advisers, calls this event a "perfect match" to the Indy 500 Festival's
Mini-Marathon, which will end near the museum at Military Park. "The academy
provides music instruction for children and adults, and it also runs a
Tuition-Free Conservatory," says Dr. Dean. The "performathon" is being presented
as a fund-raiser for the conservatory. There's no cost to attend the concert,
but donations are welcome in the form of checks payable to the IUPUI Music
Academy. To learn about the Tuition-Free Conservatory, go to
http://www.musicacademy.iupui.edu/tuitionfree.htm.
8-12 (Sat.-Wed.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY annual meeting,
Charleston, S.C.
9 (Sun.)
IUPUI COMMENCEMENT, 3 p.m. in the RCA Dome. Faculty report by 1:45 p.m. and
graduates (dentistry, dental hygiene, and graduate dentistry) by 2 p.m. The
processional begins at 2:30 p.m. IUSD's POST-COMMENCEMENT ceremony, which also
includes dental assisting graduates, begins about 5 p.m. in the 500 Ballroom of
the Indiana Convention Center.
In addition to congratulating all graduating students and soon-to-be members
of our alumni, we extend a special note of congratulations to Pamela Lovejoy,
director of annual funds and special events, who will be awarded a Bachelor of
General Studies degree, concentration in arts and humanities, from the School of
Continuing Studies.
IUSD LIBRARY closed in recognition of IUPUI Commencement
13 (Thurs.)
The Indiana Section of the AADR invites all faculty, staff, and students to
hear a research presentation by 4th year dental student Bradley
Swanson titled "Western Blot Examination of Induction of Apoptotic
Mediators, Fas/FasL and Caspase 3, Via In Vitro Interaction of Endodontic
Pathogen, Fusobacterium nucleatum, on Human Gingival Fibroblasts; noon-1
p.m. in DS S116.
14 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's May 28th
meeting
17 (Mon.)
CPR TRAINING UPDATE for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon and
a separate session 1-5 p.m. at Walker Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy
Thompson.
19 (Wed.)
Lunch Box Discussion BEETHOVEN WAS DEAF! â€" HOW CAN I TAKE EFFICIENT NOTES?,
by Dr. Angeles Martinez-Mier, assistant professor of preventive and
community dentistry; noon-1 p.m. in DS S421. All faculty, staff, and students
are welcome. No registration is required.
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL and DEAN'S TOWN HALL, noon in DS114
20 (Thurs.)
Training opportunity for faculty and staff: ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING, by
Terry Radke, IU director of Internal Audit; 2-3 p.m. in room 212 (Gorman
room), with a discussion period to follow. Register with Elizabeth Hatcher,
director of staff development and support (ehatcher@iupui.edu).
21 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421
CE course MIRACLES AND MYTHS OF DIRECT RESIN RESTORATIONS, a lecture and
workshop presented by Dr. Mark Latta, associate dean for research,
Creighton University School of Dentistry. For details call 278-9000.
26 (Wed.)
CPR TRAINING UPDATE for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon at
Walker Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson.
27 (Thurs.)
DEAN'S STAFF TOWN HALL, noon in DS S116
27-June 1 (Thurs.-Tues.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY annual session, San Francisco, Calif.
28 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS S421
LAST DAY OF SPRING SEMESTER CLASSES for 1st and 2nd
year dental students
29 (Sat.)
AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY'S COLLEGE OF DIPLOMATES annual
symposium, San Francisco. Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Dean, who will
be inducted as president of the College during this meeting. He will head the
organization for one year.
29-31 (Sat.-Mon.)
IUSD LIBRARY closed
31 (Mon.)
MEMORIAL DAY (school closed)
People, Places, and Things
FACULTY PROMOTIONS. The following promotions for IUSD faculty have been
approved by the Indiana University Trustees: Dr. Jeffrey Dean, promoted
to professor of pediatric dentistry and orthodontics (tenure was awarded
previously); Dr. Eric Everett, promoted to associate professor of oral
facial genetics (School of Dentistry), Dermatology, and Medical and Molecular
Genetics (School of Medicine), with tenure; Dr. Margherita Fontana,
promoted to associate professor of preventive and community dentistry, with
tenure; Dr. Lawrence Garetto, promoted to professor of orthodontics and
adjunct professor of cellular and integrative physiology (tenure was awarded
previously); Dr. Carlos Gonz·lez-Cabezas, promoted to associate professor
of preventive and community dentistry, with tenure; Dr. Vanchit John,
promoted to associate professor of periodontics, with tenure; and Dr. Michael
Kowolik, professor of periodontics, awarded tenure. Promotions are effective
July 1, 2004, and tenure for Drs. Everett, Fontana, Gonz·lez-Cabezas, John, and
Kowolik is effective July 1, 2005.
NEW DENTAL ASSISTANTS AWARD GOES TO SONYA LOWHORN. Staff member Sonya
Lowhorn is the first dental assistant to receive a new award created
exclusively for the assisting staff. The Pass It On Award was presented to
Sonya, a dental assistant in the Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental
Programs, on April 14.
According to Patricia Huff, IUSD's dental assistant administrator, the
award recognizes full-time dental assistants whose efforts "above and beyond"
are reported to Pat by way of nomination e-mail messages. Pat will collect and
maintain nominations on an ongoing basis and draw an award recipient's name four
times a year.
It was Octavia McIlwain, a dental assistant in the Department of Oral
Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology, who witnessed Sonya's special act of
"tenderness, encouragement, and patience" while Sonya was taking films late in
the day on a patient with a disability.
"The next day, I asked her how it went with her patient," Octavia explained
in her nomination letter. "Sonya was so upbeat and excited that she was able to
get the films. I asked her how late she was here, and she said until after 5:30,
which caused her to be late for a class she's taking at the Mary Cable building.
Sonya never mentioned this to anyone but me. Sonya is always putting others
before herself."
In addition to an award certificate, Sonya received Bath & Body lotion as
well as a $25 Bath & Body gift certificate.
Whenever you observe one of our dental assisting staff making a special
effort in patient care or in helping faculty, staff, or students, please PASS IT
ON to Pat Huff (phuff@iupui.edu).
FACULTY EXCELLENCE, WITH A TOUCH OF ‘SAN ANTONE.' Although the IUSD Research
Day awards were announced in April, we'd like to tell you a bit more about the
two professors who received the IUSD Alumni Association's annual faculty awards
during this event. The 2004 recipients have something in common -- they both
arrived at IU after serving in positions at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio.
Dr. Donald Newell, professor of periodontics, received the IUSDAA's
Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching. He joined the IU faculty in 1989 after
teaching for several years on the dental faculty at San Antonio. He is also
retired from the U.S. Army.
He holds a dental degree and an oral histology master's degree from the
University of Illinois, where he also completed a residency in periodontics. He
is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, a past president of the
Midwest Society of Periodontology, and a fellow of the American College of
Dentists.
Dr. Newell directed the school's graduate periodontics program from 1994 to
2003. His wide-ranging contributions to the school's predoctoral and graduate
teaching programs include many laboratory, clinic, and didactic courses as well
as service on more than 40 graduate student thesis committees. His role as an
educator often extends beyond the parameters of the school's degree programs --
he has given more than 70 presentations in the U.S., Canada, and Germany.
Dr. Dominique Galli, assistant professor of oral biology, received the
alumni association's Distinguished Faculty Award for Research.
After earning a PhD degree in microbiology from Ludwig-Maximilians-University
in Munich, Germany, Dr. Galli completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the San
Antonio branch of the University of Texas. She came to IU as a research
associate in the Department of Oral Biology in 1996, and accepted her current
appointment in 2000 after serving for two years as a visiting professor.
She is the principal investigator of a $1.3 million NIH-funded study on
plasmid biology of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, a bacterium
associated with periodontal disease. Dr. Galli is also conducting a two-year
study of a genetic tool that would allow bacterial gene transfer to be monitored
by fluorescence microscopy. She has contributed refereed research articles to
several publications, including the Journal of Bacteriology, Molecular
Microbiology, and Plasmid, among others. She is an associate member
of the IU Graduate Faculty.
ADA APPOINTMENTS. Prof. Patricia Capps, director of the Dental
Assisting Program, has been selected for a one-year term as a consultant to the
American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation for the section
on dental assisting education. Dr. Eric Everett has been appointed by the
ADA's Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations as an alternate test
constructor on the National Board Biochemistry Test Construction Committee for
2005.
STAFF EXCELLENCE AT GRASSY CREEK. It's been said that the Grassy Creek dental
clinic receives "at least two compliments on Carol Hurst-Dudek daily,"
and now the IUSD Staff Council has given Carol one of the biggest compliments of
all: the quarterly Staff Excellence Award. Carol is a dental hygienist at Grassy
Creek through the Department of Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry, and she's
been employed by IUSD since 1990.
She is described by a nominator as an "awesome worker" who goes out of her
way to care for patients as well as to educate them about good oral hygiene and
inform them about the stop-smoking program and other valuable health
initiatives. A nominator wishes that everyone could witness Carol's "dedication,
patience, and concern for her patients."
As with so many of the Staff Council's past award recipients, Carol has been
singled out not only for her excellent patient skills but also because of the
relationships she has developed with her colleagues. When an employee without a
background in dental terminology was hired a couple of years ago, Carol
patiently explained the terms and even wrote notes for the newest member of the
Grassy Creek team. "She took me under her wing," says a grateful nominator. It's
a fitting example of why Carol has earned top honors from the Staff Council.
HONORABLE MENTION. PhD candidate Dr. Jing Zhou earned honorable
mention for an oral research presentation she gave during IUPUI's 2004 research
competition sponsored by the scientific research society Sigma Xi. Her
presentation, titled Porphyromonas gingivalis Affects the Collagen
Degrading Ability of Gingival Fibroblasts, was also given in poster form at
IUSD's Research Day. Her research mentor is Dr. L. Jack Windsor,
assistant professor of oral biology. "Jing's honorable mention is quite special
considering all the fine work that occurs on this campus," says Dr. Richard
Gregory, director of student research and the PhD program. The officers of
Sigma Xi's IU Medical Center Chapter were so impressed by the caliber of work
being presented at the 2004 competition that they decided to nominate and
sponsor each participant for a one-year membership in Sigma Xi. For more details
about this organization, go to http://www.sigmaxi.org.
AMONG THE NOMINEES FOR STUDENT OF THE YEAR. Prof. Patricia Capps is
pleased to inform us that Class of 2004 dental assisting students Amanda
Justice and Kimberly Rash were among students recently nominated from
four Indiana dental assisting programs for the Indianapolis District Dental
Society (IDAS) Student of the Year award, which is based on good academic and
clinical skills and an interview with the IDAS vice president and a member of
the American Dental Assistants Association.
PRESIDENT-ELECT. Dr. Dominique Galli was elected president-elect of
the Indiana Branch of the American Society for Microbiology during the group's
annual meeting, which the IU School of Dentistry hosted in April. After serving
a two-year term beginning in June, Dr. Galli will move into the president's
position for another two years. Dr. Galli also made one of the three keynote
presentations during the meeting, which was attended by about 80 researchers
from all over the state.
IUPUI TEACHING AWARDS. Congratulations to the following professors, who are
the dental school's most recent recipients of IUPUI Teaching Awards: Patricia
Capps, clinical assistant professor of dental assisting; Dr. Timothy
Carlson, professor of operative dentistry; Lorinda Coan, clinical
assistant professor of dental hygiene; Dr. Margherita Fontana, assistant
professor of preventive and community dentistry; Dr. Steven Haug,
professor of prosthodontics; and Dr. Joseph Legan, clinical associate
professor of endodontics. The awards are presented to faculty throughout campus
at the end of each academic year in recognition of excellence in teaching.
A SAD FAREWELL. We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr.
Arthur Klein, part-time clinical associate professor of pediatric dentistry,
on April 24. Remarkably, he was just two months and six days away from marking
his 50th anniversary at IUSD. A 1947 dental graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Klein came to Indiana as a private practitioner
after five years of practice in Scranton, Penn., and two years of service in the
U.S. Navy Dental Corps. He earned a master's degree in dentistry from IU in
1958. Back in 1960, when there were only 97 boarded "pedodontists" in the U.S.,
five of them served on the IU faculty, including Dr. Klein. He was a past
president of what is now known as the pediatric dentistry board's College of
Diplomates. He retired from private practice in 1983. He made invaluable
contributions to both the undergraduate and graduate pediatric dentistry
clinical programs during his long, long stay at IUSD, and he helped shape the
education of thousands of IUSD's students. We salute this fine gentleman, and
mourn his loss.
A PRIVILEGE FOR KATHERINE ENGLISH -- A PROUD MOMENT FOR IUSD. When
Katherine English, senior administrative secretary in Dental Education, was
asked to serve as the only IU staff representative on the search committee for
IU's new president in 2002, she had no idea that the position would lead to a
speaking engagement for her as a member of the official platform party for
President Adam Herbert's inauguration in 2004. Although greatly
surprised by this news â€" and more than a bit nervous about donning a cap and
gown and speaking in front of an audience of more than 2,000, including many
dignitaries from around the country, Kathy accepted the responsibility of
presenting the "Greetings from the Staff" to Dr. Herbert with her usual grace,
charm, and humor.
Dr. Herbert was inaugurated during ceremonies held in the IU Auditorium on
the Bloomington campus on April 15. The cover photo in the April 23 issue of
IU Home Pages shows Kathy and other members of the platform looking on as an
ornate medallion known as the "jewel of office" is placed on the shoulders of
the president (http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/042304).
"It was a huge honor and privilege to be the voice for my co-workers and
friends," Kathy says. "My life is forever changed because of the inaugural
experience."
In offering the staff's greetings, Kathy represented about 11,500
professional, support, clerical, technical, and maintenance employees.
Remembering that Dr. Herbert said in his interview during the search process
that he and his wife enjoyed all kinds of music, Kathy invited the couple to a
"Beginning Urban Drumming" public concert that she's participating in as an
IUPUI student on May 3. And she also extended an invitation to the new president
to visit the School of Dentistry.
We're confident that IU found in Kathy English an ideal candidate to help
choose a new president for IU, and to welcome him on behalf of the university's
staff.
"President Herbert, we are the university's support system," Kathy told IU's
17th president, "and we are ready to join you as you lead us into a
new and exciting chapter of IU's remarkable history."
End May 2004 Calendar
Send items for June calendar by May 26: Indiana University School of
Dentistry, Room DS B32, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis IN 46202-5186.
Fax: (317) 274-7188. E-mail: smcrum@iupui.edu.