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60th Anniversary Celebration: Saturday, Sept. 28
The UCLA School of Dentistry’s 60th Anniversary Celebration will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at UCLA's Geffen Hall! The event – welcoming students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the wider UCLA and dental communities – will showcase the four pillars of excellence on which the School was founded in 1964:
SOD Love Stories: Meet Eight Dental Bruin Couples
Happy #ValentinesDay! For a second straight year Dental Bruins shared how they found love in the halls of CHS, from couples still going strong after 50 years to a pair of D2s who have been inseparable since day one...
Tiffany Chen, D.D.S. ’27, Participating in UCLA’s Health Equity Challenge
Tiffany Chen ’19, D.D.S. ’27, is one of 15 graduate student finalists in the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s fourth annual Health Equity Challenge, sponsored by The MolinaCares Accord (MolinaCares), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of California (Molina), and the California Health Care Foundation.
$20.6M NIH Grant Establishes School of Dentistry-Led Human Virome Characterization Center
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $20.6M million grant over five years to establish one of five Human Virome Characterization Centers (HVCC), leveraging UCLA leadership and the collective expertise of interdisciplinary scientists nationwide to advance understanding of the virome's role in human health and disease across the oral–gut–brain axis. (NIH U54 AG089335 Human Virome Characterization Center for the Oral-Gut-Brain Axis)
Dr. Hung Ton-That Appointed Chair of Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences and Dr. No-Hee Park Endowed Chair
The UCLA School of Dentistry has announced the appointment of Dr. Hung Ton-That as the new Chair of the Division of Oral and Systemic Health Sciences, effective Feb. 1, 2025. He will also hold the Dr. No-Hee Park Chair in Dentistry.
In Memoriam: Susan Gerski, RDA
Susan Gerski, RDA, the longest-serving staff member in UCLA School of Dentistry history, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the age of 76.
What Does it Mean to Be Dean of a Dental School?
Reprinted with permission from the Western Los Angeles Dental Society, from the winter 2024 edition of WestViews Magazine.
By Teresa Yang, D.D.S. ‘83
Four CDA Journal Articles Highlight Faculty-Student Research Collaborations
UCLA School of Dentistry names were well-represented in the Journal of the California Dental Association this fall, with D.D.S. students and residents partnering with primary investigators and other researchers on four peer-reviewed publications.
These collaborations reinforce UCLA Dentistry’s ongoing commitment to providing unique opportunities for dental, undergraduate, and graduate students to participate in a wide range of important oral health research while under the mentorship of some of the world’s most prolific investigators.
Work Out, Don’t Stress Out: ASB Clubs Keep Dental Students Healthy
For UCLA School of Dentistry students, it’s not just their minds that are constantly flexing but also their muscles. Two Associated Student Body-affiliated groups – the Dental Golf Club at UCLA and Flossin' and Fitness – are taking the dental students out of scrubs and into their athlete personas.
Lectureship, Awards, and Networking Abound for UCLA Orthodontics this Fall
A busy autumn season of professional networking and continuing education for the UCLA School of Dentistry’s Section of Orthodontics included November’s Western Orthodontic Conference (WOCON) and October’s Consortium for Orthodontic Advances in Science and Technology (COAST) Biennial Meeting.