Spring 2023 Magazine: Serving Our Communities

Click here to view and download the UCLA School of Dentistry's Spring 2023 Magazine (PDF file)

In this issue:

• A Culture of Caring (page 2)
  • Timeline tracing the School's longstanding commitment to community service
     
• Marginalized No More (page 6 | link to story + video)
  • A collective effort allows UCLA Dentistry to provide compassionate care to thousands of patients living with HIV and AIDS
     
• Unbreakable Bonds (page 10 | link to story + video)
  • Special Patient Care Club President Tiffany Kim is driven by her brother’s autism and Dr. Eric Sung’s mentorship
     
• Seeing the Smiles Once Again (page 12)
  • Photo essay of the School community reconnecting in a post-pandemic world
     
• Training the Next Generation (page 14 | link to story) 
  • Through NIH grants, early-career researchers are making important discoveries and gaining leadership skills
     
• Joan and Naomi: In Conversation (page 16 | link to story) 
  • The current and past Board of Counselors’ chairs discuss how the seeds of service were planted in them from a young age
     
• From Mentee to Mentor (page 18 | link to story)
  •  Double Bruin Yi-Ling Loo thrives in Basic Dental Principles course
     
• One Final Send-Off (page 20)
  • Recent faculty and staff retirements
     
• Always in Our Hearts (page 22)
  • Remembering faculty members who recently passed away