COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
May 2006
Recognition Month for IUSD's
Computer Technicians
(1 Mon.)
CPR TRAINING for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 1-5 p.m. at Walker
Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson (kthomps@iupui.edu).
1-3 (Mon.-Wed.)
NATIONAL ORAL HEALTH CONFERENCE (joint meeting of the American Association of
Public Health Dentistry and Association of State and Territorial Dental
Directors), Little Rock, Ark.
1-5 (Mon.-Fri.)
FINALS WEEK for dental assisting, dental hygiene, and graduate students
2 (Tues.)
GRADUATION AWARDS BANQUET FOR CLASSES OF 2006, noon-2 p.m. at University
Place Hotel Ballroom. By invitation.
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Second of eight IUPUI Human Resources training sessions in the "Conflict and
Negotiation" series is held today for IUSD supervisors and managers: LEADERSHIP
STYLE AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CHOICES, by Beth Goering, IUPUI associate
professor of communication; 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Walker Plaza. Register with
Elizabeth Hatcher, director of Staff Development and Support,
ehatcher@iupui.edu.
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IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH 100
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The IUSD Student Research Presentation Program features the work of two
predoctoral students this evening in the Gorman Room (DS S212) from 5 to 6 p.m.:
EFFECTS OF COTTON PELLETS ON ENDODONTICALLY TREATED TEETH, by 4th year dental
student Bradley Peterson
NICOTINE AND N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE EFFECTS ON GINGIVAL FIBROBLAST
PROLIFERATION, by 4th year dental student Edita Amos
All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend these presentations.
3 (Wed.)
Indiana Section of the American Association for Dental Research presents
Identifying effective restorative methods and materials by clinical trials to
maintain oral health, by Dr. Deniz Gemalmaz, professor, Department of
Prosthetic Dentistry, Marmara University School of Dentistry, Turkey; noon-1
p.m. in DS S117. Everyone welcome.
3-6 (Wed.-Sat.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL MEDICINE annual meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico
4-6 (Thurs.-Sat.)
AMERICAN DENTAL SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY annual session, Santa Fe, N.M.
5 (Fri.)
CPR TRAINING for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon at Walker
Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson (kthomps@iupui.edu).
5-9 (Fri.-Tues.)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS annual session, Las Vegas
6 (Sat.)
Pomp and Circumstance (and Some Comic Relief?) Graduates of the
IU-Bloomington campus will be addressed by renowned film producer and comic-book
authority Michael Uslan during commencement exercises today at Assembly
Hall. Uslan is best known as the man who staged the "big screen" comeback for
the comic book and TV superhero Batman. Uslan executive produced 1989's
Batman movie (the version with Michael Keaton as the "caped
crusader") and all of the sequels, including last year's critically acclaimed
Batman Begins, starring Christian Bale. IU has lots of reasons to be
proud of Uslan: He holds three IU degrees, including one in law (1976) from
Bloomington's Law School, and he made history during his days as an IU faculty
member.
"In addition to delighting the American public with his films and books,
Michael is both an academic innovator and a great benefactor of IU," said IU
President Adam Herbert. "In 1971, he taught the nation's first accredited
course on comic books at IU. His gift to the Lilly Library of more than 30,000
comics and graphic novels provides scholars insights into 21st-century popular
culture and graphic design. We are honored to welcome him back to his alma
mater." There's more about Uslan's upcoming visit to Bloomington at
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/3286.html.
8 (Mon.)
ALL 4TH YEAR DENTAL STUDENT GRADES DUE in the Student Office by noon
8-12 (Mon.-Fri.)
ASSESSMENT WEEK for 4th year dental students
9 (Tues.)
All MASTER'S DEGREE STUDENT GRADES must be entered in SIS or Oncourse by noon
10 (Wed.)
CPR TRAINING for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 1-5 p.m. at Walker
Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson
(kthomps@iupui.edu).
11 (Thurs.)
4TH YEAR DENTAL STUDENT PROGRESS COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
Indiana Section of AADR presents Porphyromonas Gingivalis Affects
the Collagen Degrading Ability of Gingival Fibroblast, by PhD candidate Jing
Zhou; noon-2 p.m. in DS S116. Everyone welcome.
11-13 (Thurs.-Sat.)
INDIANA DENTAL ASSOCIATION annual session, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown
hotel
12 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's May 26th
meeting
IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL, noon-1 p.m. in DS S117
SPRING SEMESTER ENDS for 4th year dental, dental hygiene, dental assisting,
and graduate students
14 (Sun.)
Happy Mother's Day!
IUPUI COMMENCEMENT, 3 p.m. in the RCA Dome. Faculty report by 1:45 and
graduates (dentistry, dental hygiene, and graduate dentistry) by 2. Processional
begins at 2:30.
IUSD's POST-COMMENCEMENT ceremony, which also includes dental assisting
graduates, begins about 5 o'clock in the 500 Ballroom of the Indiana Convention
Center. Distinguished dental educator Dr. Arthur Dugoni, dean of the
University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco,
will deliver the Post-Commencement address. Dr. Dugoni is one of the few people
who have presided over both the American Dental Association and the American
Association of Dental Schools (now the American Dental Education Association).
He will step down this summer after having served as the University of the
Pacific's dean of dentistry since 1978. Pacific's dental school was renamed to
honor Dr. Dugoni in 2004. "Dr. Dugoni is a widely sought-after speaker and
contributor to virtually every noble activity in dentistry and dental
education," Dean Lawrence Goldblatt said in announcing this year's
Post-Commencement speaker. "I know that his presence, wisdom, and message at our
commencement will strike a strong and inspiring chord for all of our graduates,
their families, friends, faculty, and staff in attendance."
Highlights of Dr. Dugoni's career are posted at
http://dental.pacific.edu/aboutUs/naming/Dugoni_career.htm.
15 (Mon.)
SUMMER SESSION BEGINS FOR DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS
16 (Tues.)
Lunch Box Discussion WHAT'S NEW IN DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY, by Dr. Edwin Parks,
professor of dental diagnostic sciences; noon-1 p.m. in DS S421. All faculty,
staff, and students are welcome. No registration is required.
Indiana Section of the AADR presents Genetics of Root Resorption Associated
with Orthodontic Force in Mice, by PhD candidate Shaza Abass; noon-1 p.m.
in the Gorman Room. Everyone welcome.
The IUSD Student Research Presentation Program features APPLICATION OF
FRACTURE MECHANICS AND FRACTURE SURFACE ANALYSIS TO HUMAN DENTIN, by Dr.
Jiahau Yan, postdoctoral research associate in Restorative Dentistry; 5-6
p.m. in the Gorman Room. Everyone welcome.
16, 17 (Tues., Wed.)
GRADUATE ENDODONTIC CLINIC CLOSED
17 (Wed.)
CPR TRAINING for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon at Walker
Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson
(kthomps@iupui.edu).
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Indiana Section of AADR offers presentations by a former IUSD faculty member
and a PhD candidate this afternoon:
FluoriDE'S Effects on Bone: Genetic Considerations, by Dr. Eric Everett,
associate professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, and former IU faculty member, Department of Oral Facial
Development; noon-1 p.m. in DS S117
Effects of different factors on the development of wall lesions adjacent to
resin-matrix composite, by PhD candidate Dr. Potjaman Totiam; 1-2 p.m. in
DS114
All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend these presentations.
18, 19 (Thurs., Fri.)
NORTH EAST REGIONAL BOARD, held at IUSD
19 (Fri.)
CPR TRAINING for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 8 a.m.-noon at Walker
Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson (kthomps@iupui.edu).
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
20, 21 (Sat., Sun.)
Aviation Legend Also Taught at Purdue. Seventy-four years ago this
weekend, Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the
first woman (and second person) to do so. On that journey she also set records
for the fastest Atlantic crossing (13 hours, 30-40 minutes) and the longest
distance flown by a woman. In 1935, Earhart joined the Purdue University faculty
as a consultant in the department for the study of careers for women. She was a
career counselor and adviser in aeronautics at Purdue until 1937, the year she
disappeared during an attempt at a round-the-world flight. Today, Purdue
University houses the world's largest collection of Earhart papers and
memorabilia.
22 (Mon.)
CPR TRAINING for full-time clinical faculty and staff, 1-5 p.m. at Walker
Plaza 201A. Register with Kathy Thompson (kthomps@iupui.edu).
22-~July 9 (Mon.-Sun.)
The IUSD LIBRARY will be closed to patrons for several weeks while the area
is recarpeted and repainted. During the first week (May 22-26), the Computer Lab
and the Quiet Room will be dismantled, but patrons will still have access to the
main Reading Room and the stacks in the basement. Doors close to the entire
facility at 5 p.m. on May 26, and they are scheduled to reopen on or about July
10. The Library staff will be available to assist you by phone or email during
the closure; the phone number and email address to use in this interim period
will be announced shortly.
23 (Tues.)
Third of eight IUPUI Human Resources training sessions in the "Conflict and
Negotiation" series is held today for IUSD supervisors and managers: BUILDING
RAPPORT AND LISTENING EMPATHETICALLY, by Marilyn Bedford, Human Resources
training consultant; 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Walker Plaza. Register with Elizabeth
Hatcher, ehatcher@iupui.edu.
25-28 (Thurs.-Sun.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY annual session, Cincinnati
26 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
LAST DAY OF CLASSES for 1st and 2nd year dental students
29 (Mon.)
MEMORIAL DAY (school closed)
30-June 2 (Tues.-Fri.)
ASSESSMENT WEEK for 1st and 2nd year dental students
People, Places, and Things
STATE, NATIONAL AWARDS BESTOWED ON DENTAL ASSISTING STUDENTS. Congratulations
to two dental assisting students who have recently received scholarships from
dental assisting organizations. Kyra Hurley was one of three students
from programs across the state to be selected for a scholarship from the Indiana
Dental Assistants Association. And Shanna Cook was chosen from applicants
nationwide to receive a Juliette A. Southard/Oral-B Laboratories Scholarship
from the American Dental Assistants Association. The scholarship is named for
the ADAA's founder.
IN THE PAGES OF THE PREMIER ISSUE. The IU School of Dentistry has been
notified by the Institute of Physics (IOP) that a manuscript written by Dr.
Robert Karlinsey and his research team has been published in the premier
issue of the IOP's journal, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics.
Titled "Nucleation and Growth of Apatite by a Self-Assembled Polycrystalline
Bioceramic," the paper is available online in full-text format (unrestricted
access for 2006): http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-3190/1/1/002.
Dr. Karlinsey has been a visiting clinical assistant professor of preventive
and community dentistry for the past year. An image from one of his projects was
featured on the cover of this year's Research Day monograph (http://www.iusd.iupui.edu/?fwlink=rd2006).
In his research, he is working on developing nanomaterials that can be used to
remineralize dentin and enamel that has been damaged by dental caries or
erosion.
Dr. Karlinsey's co-authors on the paper published by the IOP are Clif Duhn,
a research technician in the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry;
and Keewook Yi, a former research analyst at the Oral Health Research
Institute who is now with the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at
Seoul National University.
To learn more about this new journal and the IOP, visit the Bioinspiration
and Biomimetics Website (http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/bioinsp).
GRANT BRINGS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG SCHOLAR. Last year, we announced that Dr.
Angeles Martinez-Mier, assistant professor of preventive and community
dentistry, was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research to work on developing objective methods for use in
diagnosing fluorosis. She has now received a supplement to that grant from the
NIDCR to promote diversity in health-related research. The supplement has made
it possible for Dr. Martinez-Mier to invite a young scholar to IU to spend a
year conducting research under the primary mentorship of Dr. Martinez-Mier and
Dr. Armando Soto, visiting assistant scientist in preventive and
community dentistry.
Veronique Mathews, a recent baccalaureate graduate of Fort Valley State
University in Georgia whose career interests lie in dentistry and dental
research, began her internship on April 15. During the year ahead she will
receive experience in working with both long-established and experimental
techniques being studied at the Oral Health Research Institute for their
validity in diagnosing fluorosis. The entire team working on the parent study
will be involved in various stages of Veronique's mentoring program, including
faculty members Drs. Hafsteinn Eggertsson, Masatoshi Ando, and
Domenick Zero; and research technician Christine Buckley. "Ms.
Mathews will have a wealth of training and education opportunities available to
her," says Dr. Martinez-Mier.
A NOD FROM THE TRUSTEES. Congratulations to the following School of Dentistry
faculty members, who recently received Trustees Teaching Awards from the
trustees of Indiana University in recognition of teaching excellence: Steven
Blanchard, assistant professor of periodontics; Timothy Carlson,
professor of operative dentistry; Lorinda Coan, clinical assistant
professor of dental hygiene; Margherita Fontana, associate professor of
preventive and community dentistry; Joseph Legan, clinical associate
professor of endodontics; and Jeffrey Platt, Ralph W. Phillips Scholar in
Dental Materials and associate professor of dental materials.
AWARD NOMINEES. In celebration of Women's History Month in March, five women
at IUPUI received Outstanding Women Leadership Awards during an event the IUPUI
Office for Women co-sponsored with Campus and Community Life. An additional 53
women were also nominated, including three employees from the School of
Dentistry: Dr. Judith Chin, assistant professor of preventive and
community dentistry; Dr. Karen Yoder, the dental school's director of
Community Dentistry; and Diana Yates, clinical coordinator, Department of
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs.
MEDIA MOMENTS. The South Bend Tribune has once again turned to Dr.
Susan Zunt for her expert advice on matters related to oral pathology. Dr.
Zunt, chair of the Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology, was
most recently interviewed for two reports published this spring. Tribune
correspondent Patty Levine talked to Dr. Zunt about aphthous ulcers for a
March 22 article, and staff writer David Rumbach contacted Dr. Zunt for
an April 12 article he wrote on the effectiveness of ViziLite as a new
instrument for detecting oral cancer.
DRS. SRINIVASAN, HANCOCK ARE NEWEST RECIPIENTS OF IUSDAA AWARDS. During the
school's 2006 Research Day program last month, two faculty members were
announced as the new recipients of the Indiana University School of Dentistry
Alumni Association's Distinguished Faculty Awards.
Dr. Mythily Srinivasan, assistant professor of oral pathology,
accepted the association's Distinguished Faculty Award for Research. The
recognition comes early on in Dr. Srinivasan's IU career, which began in 2002.
She joined the IU faculty after acquiring a PhD degree in microbiology and
immunology, postdoctoral training in pathology, and research associate
experience at Ohio State University. She also holds a dental degree and a
master's in oral pathology and microbiology from the University of Nagpur,
India.
Dr. Srinivasan directs the Cancer Biology and Immunology Laboratory in the
Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology. One of Dr. Srinivasan's
key interests as a scientist is in the area of chronic inflammatory diseases.
She is currently working on research funded since 2004 by the Crohn's & Colitis
Foundation of America that involves the development of a novel therapeutic agent
for inflammatory bowel disease.
She is also the principal investigator on two other studies, one funded till
2007 by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases, and another funded till 2008 by the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society. More than a dozen of Dr. Srinivasan's research articles have been
published in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Srinivasan has shown much promise in her young career, and she has been
recognized repeatedly for excellence in research in the past few years. She has
received awards from the Arthritis National Research Foundation, the Sigma Xi
Scientific Research Society, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
And in 2005, she received a Junior Faculty Award from the American Association
of Immunologists.
Dr. E. Brady Hancock, professor of periodontics, received the
association's Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching. Dr. Hancock has been
serving IU as both a teacher and administrator for 19 years.
He holds a dental degree from the University of Illinois and a master's
degree in periodontics from IU. After completing a distinguished career in the
U.S. Navy, he was appointed chair in 1987 of IU's Department of Periodontics,
which was expanded and renamed the Department of Periodontics and Allied Dental
Programs in 1993.
During his IU career Dr. Hancock has taught dental, dental hygiene, and
graduate dental students; his work with graduate students included a stint from
1988 to 1994 as director of the Periodontics Graduate Program. His notable
achievements in dentistry and in the specialty of periodontics have helped build
an outstanding foundation for his role as an educator. He is a diplomate of the
American Board of Periodontology and a former director (1994-1999) and co-chair
(1998-1999) of that board, a fellow of the American College of Dentists and the
American Academy of Periodontology, and a past president of the Indiana Society
of Periodontists.
Dr. Hancock's impact on dental education has a long reach. In addition to
faithfully serving the students of IUSD, he has built an impressive record in
the past decade as a visiting professor overseas. He has held visiting
professorships at eight universities and institutes in Japan and Thailand.
He also demonstrated a special commitment to promoting educational
opportunities for dental professionals in the Hoosier state by accepting an
extra administrative assignment for 15 months, through March 2006, as the
school's interim director of Continuing Education.
End May 2006 Calendar
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