COMING UP
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Calendar of Events
July-August 2009
July
Come Say Your Farewells to Dr. Donald
Newell June 30
Dr. V. Wallace McCarlie Receives
Prestigious Fellowship – Twice
Row, Row, Row Our Boat: We Gotta
Regatta! On
Sept. 19, the IUPUI Alumni Council and 2 other alumni groups are sponsoring
their INAUGURAL REGATTA: A CANOE RACE ON THE DOWNTOWN CANAL, and you can join
in this new adventure if you are an IUPUI student, grad, faculty, or staff. The
competition will be a half-mile race from the Admiral Spruance Basin to the USS
Indianapolis Basin and back. Four paddlers will be permitted, 2 at a time, and
the paddlers must switch off at the half-way point. Proceeds will support
student scholarships. There will also be food, music, and other games to play.
IUPUI is encouraging all the schools and units to organize teams (and multiple
teams from each unit are fine). For info about registration fees and to
register your team, go to www.alumni.iupui.edu.
How You Can Help the Holy Family
Shelter. For the
first 3 weeks in July, the Student Affairs Office is coordinating the school’s
participation in the HOLY FAMILY SHELTER COLLECTION DRIVE. New and slightly
used bath towels are needed, as well as books and small toys for kids. To see
the entire list of items being sought, go to www.holyfamilyshelter.net. Bring
your donations to the Student Affairs Office, DS105.
June 30
(Tues.)
IUSD FACULTY COUNCIL noon-1 p.m. in
DS S116
He’s a great guy, and he’s been
serving the IU School of Dentistry with dedication as a professor of
periodontics for 2 decades of his life, but now it’s time for us to say our
goodbyes to Dr. Donald Newell at a RETIREMENT RECEPTION in his honor,
2-3 p.m. in DS S421.
July 1
(Wed.)
Johnny’s Take on John. The movie Public Enemies starring Johnny
Depp as the 1930s Hoosier outlaw John Dillinger premieres today,
telling the tale of the man who led an Indianapolis gang called the Dirty Dozen
when he was a kid, and who was named America’s first Public Enemy Number One by
the time he was 31. Dillinger grew up in Indianapolis and Mooresville, and is
buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. Part of the film was shot in Crown Point, Ind.,
at the old Lake County jail, which Dillinger escaped from a few months before
his death in 1934. You can see the film’s trailer at this New York Times
Website:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/444592/Public-Enemies/trailers;
and read more about Dillinger’s life at this PBS Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dillinger/peopleevents/p_dillinger.html.
July 1-4 (Wed.-Sat.)
EUROPEAN ORGANISATION FOR CARIES RESEARCH (ORCA) congress,
Budapest, Hungary
July 3 (Fri.)
INDEPENDENCE DAY OBSERVED. School
closed.
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July 4
(Sat.)
I Declare: Our Founding Fathers Were
the Kings of Coincidence. Thomas Jefferson
was the brilliant primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and noted
orator John Adams served as the Declaration’s dynamic voice and
passionate defender. The two men had a complicated, on again off again
friendship, and often were bitter rivals. (Adams, who followed George
Washington in the presidency, lost his bid for a second term to his own
vice president, Jefferson – ouch!) Jefferson retired to his Monticello estate
in Virginia, and lived to be 83. Adams retired to Quincy, Mass., and lived to
be 90. They died, each in his own home, within a few hours of one another on
the very same day – which also happened to be July 4, 1826, the 50th
anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
July 6 (Mon.)
ORIENTATION AND FALL SEMESTER CLASSES BEGIN FOR 1st YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS.
July 8-12 (Wed.-Sun.)
ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY annual meeting, Baltimore
July 9-19 (Thurs.-Sun.)
INDIANA BLACK EXPO SUMMER CELEBRATION, Indianapolis, offers
up a host of great activities, events, and music – check it out at http://www.indianablackexpo.com.
IU School of Dentistry volunteers will be involved in 2 events associated with
the Expo this year: For 4 days (16-19, Thursday-Sunday), the COLGATE BRIGHT SMILES,
BRIGHT FUTURE program will offer dental screenings for children, and the
INShape Indiana Black and Minority Health Fair will provide dental screenings
for adults. Both dental events are at the Indiana Convention Center.
July 10 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
July 11 (Sat.)
Dentists and dental student volunteers are needed to help
Seal Indiana provide dental screenings and education to children participating
in the Lakeshore Public Television’s annual IMMUNIZATION FAIR, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. (our
time) at the Gary Southshore Railcats baseball stadium (10 a.m.-2 p.m. Gary
time). Transportation is provided. Contact Jan Miller (278-0750, janjmill@iupui.edu)
or Dr. Armando Soto (arsoto@iupui.edu).
July 13 (Mon.)
FALL SEMESTER BEGINS FOR 2nd
YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS.
July 15-17 (Wed.-Fri.)
FDI World Dental Federation’s GLOBAL CARIES INITIATIVE
CONFERENCE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 16 (Thurs.)
Staff Dental Assistant Lunch and Learn Series presents
ERGONOMICS FOR THE DENTAL ASSISTANT, by faculty member Michelle Bissonette,
Periodontics and Allied Dental Programs; noon-1 p.m. in DS S117.
Free jazz concert by the IUPUI STEEL PAN ENSEMBLE, noon at
Ball Gardens (east of the Union Building); rain location is Riley Outpatient
Center Atrium.
July 17 (Fri.)
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research
Subcommittee's July 31st meeting
July 17, 18 (Fri., Sat.)
ORIENTATION FOR DENTAL ASSISTING DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS
July 18 (Sat.)
Deadline for 3rd year dental students to take
NATIONAL BOARDS, PART I
July 20 (Mon.)
FALL SEMESTER BEGINS FOR 3rd
YEAR DENTAL STUDENTS.
The Eagle Has Landed. As recorded by CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3311723n&tag=contentMain;contentBody
24-29 (Fri.-Wed.)
NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION annual convention, Jacksonville,
Fla.
July 31 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS245
August
Aug. 1 (Sat.)
WHITE COAT CEREMONY for DDS Class of 2013, University Place
Hotel auditorium, 1 p.m.
Aug. 2-5 (Sun.-Wed.)
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ESTHETIC DENTISTRY annual meeting, Las
Vegas
Aug. 4 (Tues.)
Free jazz concert by classical guitarist JOHN ALVARADO, noon
at Ball Gardens (east of the Union Building); rain location is Riley Outpatient
Center Atrium.
Aug. 6,7 (Thurs.,Fri.)
DENTAL ASSISTING ORIENTATION (CAMPUS PROGRAM)
Aug. 7 (Fri.)
Nominations are due today for the IUPUI GLENN W. IRWIN, JR.,
M.D., RECOGNITION AWARD. Given this fall at the IUPUI Chancellor’s Employee
Recognition Convocation, the awards honor faculty and staff for contributions
to IU that are non-reimbursed and not specifically job-related. Any full-timer
who has worked for the university at least 12 months is eligible. To review the
guidelines and submit your nominations, go to http://www.hra.iupui.edu/IrwinAwardNomination.asp.
Contact IUPUI’s Human Resources Administration if you have questions: 274-4438;
hratrng@iupui.edu.
Aug. 7-23 (Fri.-Sun.)
INDIANA STATE FAIR. Check out all the fun stuff that’s new
for 2009: http://www.in.gov/statefair/fair/entertainment/new.html.
Aug. 9 (Sun.)
Charles in Charge. 40 years ago on this night and the following evening, Charles
Manson masterminded one of America’s most brutal and senseless killing
sprees, which resulted in the murder in Los Angeles of actress Sharon Tate,
her unborn son, and 6 others. Early failed attempts to rehabilitate Manson in
his childhood took place right here in central Indiana. He ran away from the
Gibault School for Boys in Terre Haute after 10 months, and took off from a
juvenile center in Indianapolis after just one day. When he robbed a grocery
store at age 13, he was sent to the Indiana Boys School at Plainfield. He ran
away 18 times, and for good when he was 16, heading across the country with 2
other boys by stealing cars for transportation and burglarizing gas stations
for pocket money.
Aug. 14 (Fri.)
RESEARCH COMMITTEE, 9 a.m. in DS S421
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Student Research
Subcommittee's Aug. 28 meeting
Aug. 16 (Sun.)
FALL SEMESTER BEGINS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING DENTAL ASSISTING
CLASS.
Aug. 17 (Mon.)
FALL SEMESTER BEGINS FOR DENTAL ASSISTING (CAMPUS), 4TH YEAR DENTAL, AND GRADUATE
STUDENTS.
Aug. 18, 19 (Tues., Wed.)
ORIENTATION FOR 1st YEAR DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS
Aug. 19 (Wed.)
ORIENTATION FOR 2nd YEAR DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENTS
Aug. 20 (Thurs.)
FIRST DAY OF FALL SEMESTER CLINIC AND CLASSES FOR ALL DENTAL
HYGIENE STUDENTS
Staff Dental Assistant Lunch and Learn Series presents WHAT’S
NEW IN DENTAL MATERIALS AT IUSD?, by Dr. Jeffrey Platt, Dental Materials
director; noon-1 p.m. in DS S117.
Aug. 28 (Fri.)
STUDENT RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, 8 a.m. in DS B29
SEE YOU AT RIVERSIDE. BRING AN
APPETITE.
IUSD STUDENT APPRECIATION PICNIC welcomes all new and
returning students, noon at Riverside Park in our usual spot, Shelter #5.
Undergraduate and predoctoral clinics and classes are cancelled this afternoon;
cancellation of graduate clinics and classes is at the discretion of program
directors.
People, Places, and Things
Dr. McCarlie
DR. V. WALLACE McCARLIE AWARDED TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIP. He has just completed a year as one of the first scholars to
receive a prestigious Young Investigator Award in Translational Research from
the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI), and now PhD
candidate Dr. V. Wallace McCarlie has learned that he will spend yet
another year pursuing a second CTSI fellowship, beginning July 1.
Funded by the National Institutes of
Health, the CTSI supports research efforts throughout Indiana (www.indianactsi.org). The institute has
partnered with Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of
Notre Dame as well as Eli Lilly & Company and other key community and business
organizations. Dean Lawrence Goldblatt represents the School of
Dentistry on CTSI’s internal advisory committee.
A native of Las Vegas and a dental graduate of the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, McCarlie entered IU’s PhD degree program in Dental Science
in 2007. “I seek to understand how a person’s genetic makeup relates to oral
bacteria that lead to dental caries,” he says. “In other words, I’m looking at
how certain genes make some of us susceptible and some of us resistant to
dental caries.”
The CTSI training positions are designed to provide promising
students with the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive
multidisciplinary settings, toward the goal of developing careers in
translational research.
Translational research is the fascinating
process by which discoveries in the lab transition into the everyday practice
of healthcare. The NIH describes it best on its Website: “To improve human
health, scientific discoveries must be translated into practical applications.
Such discoveries typically begin at ‘the bench’ with basic research — in which
scientists study disease at a molecular or cellular level — then progress to
the clinical level, or the patient's ‘bedside.’ ”
McCarlie’s research is mentored by Dr. Margherita
Fontana, Preventive and Community Dentistry, and co-mentored by Dr. Richard
Gregory, Oral Biology, and former IU professor Dr. James Hartsfield Jr.,
now of the University of Kentucky.
McCarlie says he’s enjoying his research for
two main reasons: First, it’s a chance to get to the bottom of a scientific
mystery in an important field of dentistry. “There remain unexplained variables
with regard to dental caries, leading us to understand that the answer is not
purely environmental,” he says. “I have always sought after what’s underneath
it all. So, how our DNA affects what disease we get and how we respond to that
disease, is about as fundamental as you can get.
“Caries is a ubiquitous disease worldwide and,
in many cases, causes severe quality of life issues,” he continues. “To combat
the disease by more fully understanding its nature is something that inspires
me.”
McCarlie’s second reason for choosing this
avenue of study is for the exciting multidisciplinary approach it offers him.
“My research spans the fields of genetics, immunology, microbiology, cariology,
dental medicine, and medicine in general,” he says. “This is the direction
science has gone: If you do not understand multiple fields at some depth, your
understanding of any disease will lack the potential that’s out there. What’s
funny is that since I’ve been working in this research area, more people than I
might have expected have voluntarily told me that they already knew that
genetics played a significant part in the disease.”
McCarlie’s multidisciplinary interests are not
limited to research – they have played out in other ways within the academic
community at large. He’s been very active in organizational work that crosses
the disciplines, including service as chair of IUSD’s Advanced Graduate
Committee and as a representative (and current vice president) of the IUPUI
Graduate Student Organization (GSO), which serves more than 8,000 graduate and
professional students. Also during 2009-2010, he will chair the IUPUI Review
Committee for Graduate Student Educational Enhancement Grants, and he will
serve on the IUPUI Preparing Future Faculty Oversight Committee.
PROMOTION AND TENURE. Congratulations to IUSD Librarian Janice
Cox, who has been awarded tenure, effective July 1, 2010, and to Dr. Carmen
Paez de Mendoza, who has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor of
Restorative Dentistry.
DENTAL PROFS ACCEPT IUPUI FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS. The Office of
the Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties has announced the
appointment of Professor Gail Williamson of Oral Pathology, Medicine,
and Radiology and Dr. Richard Jackson of Preventive and Community
Dentistry as Faculty Fellows in the Office of Academic Affairs. You can read
the full announcement in this IUPUI news release: http://newscenter.iupui.edu/?id=3992.
CONSUMER REPORTS. Keep your eyes peeled for the August issue of Consumer
Reports, which is planning to include an article about tooth whiteners. Our
own Dr. Bruce Matis, Restorative Dentistry, was interviewed by the
magazine as an expert in this field.
HIP HEALTH HOORAY. Dental and dental hygiene volunteers from
the IU School of Dentistry Kids Club once again played a significant role in
the production of the annual Hip Health Hooray Fair, held at the Ruth Lilly
Education Center on May 30. About 85 children received oral health education,
including demonstrations of an intraoral camera. The 10 student volunteers led
a discussion of tooth friendly foods, used puppets to conduct tooth-brushing lessons,
and dispensed goody bags to the kids. Volunteers for this event included Marissa
Kish (DH Class of 2010); Jennifer Sitjar and Miriam Viernes
(DDS Class of 2012); Megan Davenport (DDS Class of 2011); and Rachel
Dunlop, Joe Jackson, Katie Nichols, Carly Rauch, Aaron Stump, and David
Wagner (DDS Class of 2010). Also participating was Dr. Joan Kowolik
of Pediatric Dentistry.
NOTES – AND TV TAPE – FROM BRAZIL. The IU School of
Dentistry’s 3rd annual service-learning trip in June to the city of
Mandirituba in the Brazilian state of Paraná was a big success, says faculty
mentor Dr. Andréa Ferreira Zandoná of Preventive and Community
Dentistry. This year she was accompanied by new IUSD graduate Dr. John
Jeppson as well as Robert Brandt and Aaron Layton of the DDS
Class of 2010. They treated patients at a community clinic, including children
from a local home for boys. Once again they were joined in their patient care
efforts by dental students from Brazil’s Positivo University. This year,
Positivo’s med students participated, too. “We were featured on the news on the
main television broadcast in the state, and we also made the cover of the
state’s largest newspaper,” says Ferreira Zandoná. “Hopefully this media exposure will
bring about some donations to the boys home.”
Check out the clever front-page newspaper photo: That’s
Brandt holding the giant toothbrush, Jeppson is seated at left, Ferreira Zandoná is standing at right, and Layton is
in the center of the back row, in the dark-colored scrubs. Those of you who have brushed up on
your Portuguese will also enjoy the article:
http://portal.rpc.com.br/gazetadopovo/vidaecidadania/conteudo.phtml?tl=1&id=897912&tit=Pelo-sorriso-dos-meninos.
Being interviewed by a television reporter while the cameras
roll can be an intimidating experience even when you’re speaking your own
language, but the IUSD volunteers looked cool and collected under pressure as
they gave their interviews in Portuguese! The TV station has clustered the IU
video clip with 2 other news items at the paper’s online site, but you can fast
forward through the first 2 items, which are brief (1.44 min. and 3.03 min.,
respectively), to get to the IU story: http://portal.rpc.com.br/tv/paranaense/video.phtml?Video_ID=&assistaIntegraPorDataTopo=true&data=2009-06-18&Progra_ID=5.
13 BUDDING RESEARCHERS IN ORAL BIOLOGY THIS SUMMER. A dozen
IUPUI students and one from a college in Kentucky have received awards that
paved the way for the undergrads to conduct research projects with dental
faculty this summer. All of the research is associated with the dental school’s
Tobacco Cessation and Biobehavioral Center, and is under the mentorship of Oral
Biology faculty.
Recipients of the IUPUI campus’s MURI stipends (Multidisciplinary Undergraduate
Research Institute) are Anna Jouravlev and Inessa Levitt of IUPUI
and Danielle Cory of Ashbury College in Wilmore, Ky. IUPUI student Kathryn
Delacruz is conducting her research as a recipient of a Louis Stokes
Alliances for Minority Participation award (LSAMP). Mentor is Dr. Richard
Gregory.
IUPUI students also receiving MURI awards are Mia Recupito and Elizabeth
Smith (Dr. L. Jack Windsor, mentor); Boniface Nganga and Milan
Patel (Dr. Fengyu Song, mentor); Rachel Falknor, Mariam Hanna,
and Lauren Schummer (Dr. Laura Romito, mentor); and Delnaaz
Daruwala and Han Shih (Drs. Gregory, Windsor, and Karen Gregson,
mentors).
DOCTOR WHO SAVED HER OWN LIFE DIES OF CANCER. The physician
who became famous for heroically saving her own life while stationed at the
South Pole died of cancer on June 23. As the only doctor at the National
Science Foundation’s remote Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station in 1999,
Dr. Jerri Nielsen (Nielsen FitzGerald at the time of her death) had to
perform a biopsy on herself when she was stricken with breast cancer. During
the Antarctic’s winter months, it’s impossible for outsiders to reach the
station for any purpose, including a rescue mission. Reaching out to Nielsen
from afar was IU School of Medicine cancer specialist Dr. Kathy Miller,
who used telemedicine (videoconferencing and the Internet) to help manage
Nielsen’s treatment for several months, until the weather finally made it
possible for her to leave the station. Nielsen’s cancer went into remission
after she received further treatment at IU Hospital. She lived life fully
during the next decade, returning to Antarctica several times and writing a
best-selling book about her experience.
Reference:
Bugliosi, Vincent with Curt Gentry: Helter
Skelter. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1974
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