COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
November 2003
Recognition Month for IUSD's
Research Staff
1 (Sat)
Theta Chapter of Sigma Phi Alpha dental hygiene honor society presents a CE
course titled PERIODONTAL CHEMOTHERAPY: WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T, taught by Dr.
Steven Blanchard, assistant professor of periodontics and director of
graduate periodontics; 9 a.m.-noon in DS S116. Preceded by a continental
breakfast at 8 a.m. Course is open to the society's members as well as
nonmembers. Registration fee of $50 helps fund scholarships for dental hygiene
students on the Indianapolis campus. Registrants earn 3 CEUs. For more
information or to register, call 274-5102, 274-2611, or 274-7801.
1-4 (Sat-Tues)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHETICS annual scientific session,
Scottsdale, Ariz.
3 (Mon)
Orders for the 2004 edition of the PHYSICIANS' DESK REFERENCE (58th
ed.) must be placed by 5†p.m. today if they are to be included in the Library's
group order (therefore making the book available to you at a reduced cost). For
more information, call Susan Beane, the library's access services
manager, 274-5204.
5 (Wed)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research Subcommittee's Nov. 19th
meeting
IUPUI HEALTH AND BENEFITS FAIR, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on the 2nd floor of
the University Place Conference Center. For more information, go to
www.hra.iupui.edu. Among many other activities is a session covering insurance
policies available through IU, including long-term disability, personal
accident, and supplemental life; 8:30-9:30 a.m. in room 206 of the Conference
Center.
5-9 (Wed-Sun)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF IMPLANT DENTISTRY annual meeting, Hollywood, Fla.
6 (Thurs)
Benefits specialists from IUPUI's Human Resources division are in the
building today to talk to us about the university's 2004 benefits program.
ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING is available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in DS S118, and a
BENEFITS INFORMATION SESSION is being offered from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in DS S116. Be
sure to read through your open-enrollment packet carefully before participating
in these sessions.
IUPUI FACULTY COUNCIL, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in IH 100
6-8 (Thurs-Sat)
INDIANA DENTAL HYGIENISTS' ASSOCIATION's 57th annual session, Radisson Hotel
City Centre, Indianapolis
7 (Fri)
SHOO FLU, DON'T BOTHER ME. Keep this nasty illness at bay this season by
getting a flu shot. Shots are being given to university employees at no charge
today from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in DS212 (Gorman room) in the Department of Oral
Facial Development.
CE course THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CERAMICS: WHAT, WHEN, AND WHERE, by Dr.
Edward McLaren, director of UCLA's Center for Esthetic Dentistry and School
for Esthetic Dental Design. Call 278-9000.
8 (Sat)
CE course CERAMIC LAYERING AND DETAILING WORKSHOP, by Dr. Edward McLaren.
Call 278-9000.
11 (Tues)
VETERANS DAY
13 (Thurs)
RESEARCH DAY ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, noon in DS B31
14 (Fri)
ENROLLMENT DEADLINE for the university's 2004 benefits program. All forms and
information can be downloaded from
www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefits (click on 2004
Open Enrollment Information).
CE course MORE THAN SCALING TEETH: REDUCING CONFLICT AND IMPROVING
COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE DENTAL OFFICE, Dental Hygiene Series Part II, by Dr.
Diana Baker, a practicing dental hygienist and counselor, and a volunteer in
IU's Student Advocates Office. Call 278-9000.
5th annual IUSD SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON brings together students who
are receiving scholarships during academic year 2003-2004 and the donors and
other friends of the school who have made these scholarships possible. The
luncheon is 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the University Place Hotel, and is by
invitation. Congratulations to the following scholarship recipients, including
three dental students who are the first to receive newly established
scholarships:
Steven L. Bricker (DDS'74) Scholarship, being presented for the first
time to a dental student who has shown an interest in or aptitude for the field
of oral medicine and diagnosis. It honors the memory of Dr. Bricker, an IU
faculty member who chaired the former Department of Dental Diagnostic Sciences
from 1986 to 1993. Dr. Bricker died in 1994. The scholarship was established by
his friends. Recipient: Jessica Bolander, 3rd yr.
Also new this year is the Citizens Gas/Dr. Lehman D. Adams Jr. Scholarship,
which is awarded to minority dental students from Marion County. The scholarship
was established by Citizens Gas & Coke Utility in honor of Dr. Adams, a longtime
clinical assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at IU and a 1949
IU dental graduate. Dr. Adams served on the Citizens Gas board of trustees for
more than 20 years. Recipient: Stephanie White, 2nd yr.
Finally, the Pride-Hufford Scholarship was established this year for
fourth-year dental students who have demonstrated excellence in their clinical
studies and in patient management. The award was created by Dr. James Pride
of the California-based Pride Institute and Brian Hufford, a financial
adviser. A not-for-profit branch of the Pride Institute designed a practice
management program in use by several schools of dentistry, including ours.
Recipient: Armen Karimyan.
Other scholarships to be presented at the luncheon that have been announced
as of this writing include:
DENTAL HYGIENE
James (DDS'56) and Alice (ASDH'64) Hall Scholarship in Dental Hygiene,
named for a couple who conducted a dental practice together in Indianapolis. Dr.
Hall is now retired and Mrs. Hall is deceased. Recipient: Angelique Rainey,
2nd yr.
A. Rebekah Fisk Memorial Scholarships, named in memory of IUSD's first
director of dental hygiene. Recipients: Erika Cole, Kimberly Huddleston,
Christina Kuhlman, Amy Turner, and Karen Wilber, all 2nd
yr.
DENTISTRY
James W. Huckelberry (DDS'24) Scholarships, named in memory of an
Indianapolis practitioner. Recipients: Victor DeBolle, Nicolas Reep,
Ali Shoaee, and Jeremy Sorhus, all 4th yr.
Michael T. Wilson Scholarship, named in memory of a dental student from
Columbia City who was in his third year of studies at the time of his death in
1983. Recipient: Julie Burton, 2nd yr.
Guthrie Pullman Carr (DDS'15) Academic Achievement Awards, named in
memory of a practitioner in Lafayette. Recipients: Mark Klopenstine, 2nd
yr, and Clayton Strong, 3rd yr.
IUSD Alumni Association Scholarships. Recipients: Joshua Chapman
and Daniel Myers, 3rd yr; and Damian Cullom, Irene Renieris,
and Jeremy Sorhus, 4th yr.
Johnson Public Health Dentistry Awards, named in memory of Frank
and Jessie Johnson, the parents of 1956 IU dental graduate Dr. Donald
Johnson, of Carmel. Recipients: Caroline Derrow and Suzan Harris,
4th yr.
Robert J. Alber (DDS'47) Memorial Scholarships, named in memory of a
dentist in Ligonier. Recipients: Robert Gausmann, lst yr, and Mathew
Kavanaugh, 3rd yr.
IUPUI Chancellor's Scholarships. Recipients: Juanita Taylor,
lst yr; Carl Jackson Jr. and Melanie Thibodeaux, 2nd yr; Nassim
Olabi, 3rd yr; and Suzan Harris, 4th yr.
Walter Ching (DDS'63) Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of a
pediatric dentist in Honolulu, Hawaii. Recipient: Raymond Lee, 3rd
yr.
Harvey G. Levinson (DDS'60) Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of a
practitioner in Sherman Oaks, Calif. Recipient: Daniel Millikan, 4th
yr.
Milo V. Smith (DDS 1896) Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of
a practitioner in Winchester. Recipient: Elizabeth Stewart-Alyea,
4th yr.
Garner Minority Student Scholarship, named for LaForrest Garner
(DDS'57), IU professor emeritus of orthodontics, and his wife, Alfreida
Garner. Recipient: Stephanie White, 2nd yr.
George A. Welch (DDS'51) Memorial Scholarship, named in memory of a
practitioner in Rockville. Recipient: Kenneth Schneider, 4th
yr.
Howard K. (DDS'26) and Shizuko Maesaka Award, named for the parents of
the late Ray Maesaka (DDS'60), who was a longtime IU professor of
prosthodontics. Recipient: Aric Murphy, 3rd yr.
Elkhart County Dental Society Memorial Award, honoring the memory of
dentists who were members of the society. Recipient: Ross Koeppen, 1st
yr.
Pierre Fauchard Academy Dental Student Scholarship Award. Recipient:
Caroline Derrow, 4th yr.
Delta Dental Foundation Scholarships. Recipients: Alison Pluta and
Juanita Taylor, lst yr; Mireddy Benet and Jeremy Bruner,
2nd yr; Nathaniel Heffelfinger and Julie Veerman, 3rd
yr; and Suzan Harris and Angela Murat, 4th yr.
Omicron Kappa Upsilon Scholarships. Recipients: Ryan Brown,
Jamie Laughery, Paul Ley, and Michelle Vance, 2nd yr; and
Svetlana Berman, 4th yr.
14, 15 (Fri, Sat)
CE course LINGUAL APPLIANCES: A TYPODONT WORKSHOP ON INVISIBLE BRACES, by Dr.
J. Courtney Gorman, volunteer assistant professor of orthodontics. Call
278-9000.
17 (Mon)
STAFF COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Room to be announced.
19 (Wed)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in OHRI 110
STAFF COUNCIL GENERAL meeting, 12:15-1:15 p.m. Room to be announced.
Special seminar LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT FOSTER PROBLEM-SOLVING AND
LIFELONG LEARNING, by Carnegie Scholar Dr. Whitney May Schlegel, director
of the undergraduate curriculum, IU School of Medicine, Medical Sciences
Program, Bloomington; 4-5 p.m. in MS326. The seminar is jointly sponsored by the
IUSD Office of Dental Education and the IUSM Department of Cellular and
Integrative Physiology.
All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to participate, and no
pre-registration is required. Dr. Lawrence Garetto, director of teacher
training and development, passes along the following synopsis of Dr. Schlegel's
topic:
Changes in healthcare delivery, heightened interests in population health,
and management of the explosion of medical knowledge challenge us to reexamine
our curricula and teaching methods, our learning environments, and the
knowledge, skills, and competencies needed by students to perform and succeed in
the 21st century healthcare environment.†The development of problem-solving
skills and skills for lifelong learning have become centralized components of
curricular change.
What does the environment look like that engages students in this type of
learning? Can the present learning environment actually influence future
learning? Will students be better educators and communicators as a direct
consequence of the learning environment we provide? Can we facilitate lasting
change with a semester-long experience?
Curriculum, instructional formats, and rewarded behaviors all influence the
students' activity and, in the process, impact their thought processes and their
understanding of medicine and its practice (Vygotsky, 1978).
The basic science component has been criticized for being fact laden,
memorization intense, syllabus bound, and passive (Bok, 1989). As a consequence,
this lecture-dominated form of instruction encourages a surface learning
strategy rather than a deep, meaningful learning strategy. The method promotes a
dependence on extrinsic guidance rather than developing the individual's skill
in locating and evaluating a variety of resources. It also represents a lost
opportunity to emphasize reflective aspects of knowing -- i.e., reflecting on
how one came to know the information and the validity of the sources.
This seminar presents teaching and learning strategies for engaging students
in an active, collaborative manner and assessment strategies that are consistent
with these pedagogical methods. Data to be presented will demonstrate that these
strategies enhance understanding and make learning more transparent to the
student, increasing the likelihood that learning will be transferred beyond the
immediate learning environment.
20 (Thurs)
STUDENT AFFAIRS COUNCIL/DEAN'S STUDENT TOWN HALL, noon in DS114
20-22 (Thurs-Sat)
CE course REGAINING PLEASURE AND SUCCESS WITH COMPLETE DENTURES: A
Comprehensive Lecture and Patient Demonstration of the Earl Pound Technique, by
Dr. Jack Turbyfill, West Columbia, S.C. Call 278-9000.
21 (Fri)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS245
Special course CONFLICT AND CONFRONTATION, by Donna Burkhart, a
training consultant from IU Bloomington; 9 a.m.-noon in DS S421. Open to all
faculty and staff by registration. Contact Katherine English at 274-7758
or by e-mail.
Seminar sponsored by the Indiana Section of the American Association for
Dental Research: GENETIC SHAREWARE: ITS ROLE AND UTILITY IN THE STUDY OF
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SPREAD, by Dr. Dominique Galli, assistant professor
of oral biology; noon-1 p.m. in DS S116. Everyone welcome.
26 (Wed)
Lunch Box Discussion BELLY-DANCING 101: HOW CAN I USE BODY LANGUAGE TO
CONTROL A GROUP?, by Wendy Senour, administrative support specialist in
dental education; noon-1 p.m. in DS S421. All faculty, staff, and students
welcome. No registration required.
LIBRARY CLOSES at 5 p.m. today.
27, 28 (Thurs, Fri)
THANKSGIVING RECESS. Library is closed on Thursday and open from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Friday.
Whether your route to grandmother's house is over the river, through the
woods, across town, down the interstate, or by way of the airlines, have a
joyous holiday with your family and friends. May each of our pumpkin pies be
worthy of a vigorous hurrah!
29, 30 (Sat, Sun)
REGULAR LIBRARY HOURS resume (9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday; 1-5 p.m. on
Sunday)
People, Places & Things
NIH/NIDCR FUNDS IUSD RESEARCH ON GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF DENTAL FLUOROSIS.
With a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National
Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, a team of researchers led by Dr.
Eric Everett hopes to determine the role genetics play in making people
more susceptible or resistant to dental fluorosis.
Dr. Everett, assistant professor of oral facial genetics, dermatology, and
medical and molecular genetics, is the principal investigator on the project,
which was submitted in response to an NIDCR program aimed at Research on
Fluorides to Improve Oral Health.
For more than half a century, fluoridated drinking water has benefited public
health by protecting against dental caries. Recognized by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention as one of the top 10 public health measures ever
initiated, fluoridation has contributed to a 75 percent decline in tooth decay
in Indiana over the last 25 years.
Concurrent with the decline in dental caries and tooth loss, says Dr.
Everett, has been an increase in the prevalence of dental fluorosis, which
affects the appearance and structure of tooth enamel and can occur after excess
fluoride is ingested during critical periods of tooth development. The risk of
dental fluorosis is highest for children younger than 6 years of age when
permanent teeth are still developing. After eruption, teeth can have white spots
and appear slightly whiter than normal.
"Currently, there is a great variation in the prevalence of fluorosis in the
country depending on location, naturally occurring fluoride in the groundwater,
and the multiple sources of fluoride available to individuals," says Dr.
Everett. "We do not understand why some individuals develop fluorosis and others
do not. The knowledge we obtain from this study will help us better understand
the role of genetics in the development of fluorosis and further investigate the
optimal use of fluorides in the prevention of dental caries while minimizing the
occurrence of fluorosis."
Co-investigators on this four-year project are Drs. Angeles Martinez-Mier
and Hafsteinn Eggertsson, both assistant professors of preventive and
community dentistry; and Dr. Tatiana Foroud from the medical school's
Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics.
DR. EVERETT RECEIVES SBC FELLOWSHIP. Dr. Eric Everett has also
recently received word that he is the recipient of a $13,200 grant from IU's SBC
Fellows Program for a project designed to facilitate the learning of histology
among IUSD's first- and second-year dental students. Funded by the charitable
branch of SBC Communications, Inc., and originally known as the Ameritech
Fellows Program, the fellowship was created in 1999 to promote innovation in
teaching and learning through the use of information technology.
Dr. Everett will use his grant, which will receive matching funds from the
dental school, to further advance a project titled "Virtual Histology with the
Aid of Virtual Microscopy." Other key persons contributing to this one-year
project are technology specialist Amer Hussein of Technology Services and
research analyst Patsy Dunn-Jena of the Department of Oral Facial
Development.
A virtual microscope has been developed to serve as the focus of a Web-based
virtual histology program. The technology will permit students to learn
histology in a self-guided manner through the use of such features as digital
images and interactive assessment activities. The first version of the virtual
microscope was implemented this fall in the hematology module of the SABSII
course. Further refinements will take place throughout the academic year, with
version 2.0 scheduled for implementation next July.
While the program has initially been designed to aid in the teaching of
histology, Dr. Everett plans to develop modifications to the program so that it
can eventually be applied to other subjects in the dental and allied dental
curricula and perhaps to courses in other schools on campus.
STUDENT RESEARCH LEADERS. Three dental students were recently elected to
office for the IUSD Student Research Group. They are: President -- Jeremy
Sorhus, 4th year; Vice President -- Caroline Derrow, 4th
year; and Secretary-Treasurer -- Tamara Gierke, 3rd year.
SUPERVISORS, SAVE THIS DATE. An information session on the Employee
Assistance Program (EAP) will be held for supervisors on Dec. 4 from 10 to 11
a.m. in DS S421. "The session will describe the EAP program and services
available and will include discussions of case scenarios," says Elizabeth
Hatcher, director of staff development and support. Registration is
required. Contact Katherine English by e-mail or phone, 274-7758.
GRANT FOR OPMR. The Department of Oral Pathology, Medicine, and Radiology has
received an unrestricted grant of $1,000 from the biopharmaceutical company MGI
PHARMA, Inc. Company representative Dave Sawrie presented the check to
Dr. Susan Zunt, department chair, in October. The funds will be used to
support the department's educational mission.
DOSSIERS DUE DEC. 1. This is the final day that Indiana University will be
accepting dossier materials from faculty members for the IU Distinguished
Teaching Award for Service Learning. Materials go to the Committee on
Distinguished Teaching Awards, Owen Hall, room 105, IU Bloomington. If you have
not already received information about this award from the university, please
get in touch with Lorinda Coan, clinical assistant professor of dental
hygiene, by e-mail or phone, 274-7801.
P&G GRANT WILL FURTHER IUSD RESEARCH IN GUATEMALA. Dr. Michael Kowolik,
professor of periodontics, is the principal investigator on a Procter & Gamble
sponsored study for which he has received a grant of $200,000. The study will be
conducted over a one-year period in a rural community of Guatemala in which he
and his co-investigators have worked previously. This study is pertinent to
their on-going interests in gingivitis and will employ state-of-the-art
technology to address a 50-year-old problem in assessing clinical inflammation.
The team with whom Dr. Kowolik has been working in Guatemala over the past
eight years has focused on genetic and environmental aspects of periodontal
disease as well as links between oral and systemic diseases. Among the several
publications that have emerged from this work was their ground-breaking and much
publicized paper on the oral carriage of Helicobacter pylori, in
1999. Earlier this year, Dr. Kowolik received a grant from IU for use in
establishing a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to extend these studies.
End November 2003 Calendar
Send items for December calendar by Nov. 24: Indiana University School of
Dentistry, Room B32, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis IN 46202-5186. Fax:
(317) 274-7188. E-mail: smcrum@iupui.edu