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Current Media Releases
New CT Scanner in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Dr. Madhu Nair, chair of the newly established Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, has been awarded a state-of-the-art, high resolution Cone Beam Volumetric CT scanner in support of his research activities.
2009 Student Summer Research Program
How did you spend your summer vacation? Do you have memories of Coppertone and sand between toes? Not the Student Summer Research Program participants. Instead they recall things like Gingival RAGE Expression and Host-parasite Interaction.
Burks Completes UF Academy
Jacob Burks, M.B.A., coordinator of research programs and services and assistant director of the Center for Molecular Microbiology in the Department of Oral Biology, was recently recognized for completing the UF Academy.
11th Annual White Coat Ceremony
Crisp white coats, happy D.M.D. students, proud friends and family, and a strong sense of responsibility and the importance of ethics – all marked the University of Florida College of Dentistry 11th Annual White Coat Ceremony on July 11.
Faculty Promotions & New Faculty
Congratulations to the UF College of Dentistry faculty members who recently received promotions or tenure. And a warm welcome for one new faculty member who recently joined us from Indiana.
Echeto receives FDA's Educator of the Year Award
Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S., a clinical assistant professor in the UF College of Dentistry’s Department of Prosthodontics, recently received the Florida Dental Associations Dental Educator Award.
Lovell Selected as ADA Delegate
Adrian Lovell, DMD Class of 2010, has been selected to serve as a Delegate to the 2009 American Dental Association’s (ADA) House of Delegates during the ADA’s annual meeting, Sept. 30 – Oct. 6 in Honolulu.
Nguyen Wins AAO Award
Dr. Vo Danh M. Nguyen won 3rd place in the basic science category of the Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award Competition sponsored by Dentsply GAC at the recent American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) annual meeting in Boston.
Lamont Receives Prestigious NIH Award
Richard Lamont, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Dentistry Department of Oral Biology, recently received a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an honor bestowed on less than 5 percent of NIH-funded investigators.
Chehal Awarded for Highest Score
Dr. Hardeep Chehal recently received the William Shafer Award for securing the highest score on the AAOMP Fellowship Examination at the 63rd Annual AAOMP in Montreal, Canada.



