Tiffany L. Williams named director of student recruitment
VCU School of Dentistry Dean David C. Sarrett, D.M.D., M.S., and Associate Dean of Admissions, Mary Pettiette, D.D.S., announce the appointment of Tiffany L. Williams, D.D.S., M.S.D., to director of student recruitment. She joins the admissions office from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry where she served as pre-doc director. “Dr. Williams brings great energy and […]
Abdulmajeed, Naavaal named Revere Scholars
Aous A. Abdulmajeed, B.D.S., Ph.D., director of biomaterials and assistant professor, Department of General Practice, and Shillpa Naavaal, B.D.S., M.S., M.P.H., assistant professor, Department of Dental Public Health and Policy, have been named Revere Scholars at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. Revere Scholars exemplify the highest standards of the oral health profession as […]
A reminder to check on your African American & black friends, mentees and mentors. It’s a hard time.
This title of this blog entry is a message one of our students wished to post on a class social media page. The rest of this story has complicated points of view and resulted in hurt feelings and competing priorities. I am sad that what appeared to be a positive working relationship turned sour to […]
Health expert on limiting coronavirus risk: ‘Get sleep, stay hydrated, wash your hands’
Here at the VCU School of Dentistry, we’re lucky to be one of less than ten dental schools in the country within a comprehensive academic medical center. As such, we’re poised to help keep our patients, students, faculty and staff well-informed about infectious diseases including COVID-19 – the fast-moving outbreak informally known as coronavirus. Learn […]
A New Year’s message from the endodontics chair: Dr. Clara Spatafore
Happy New Year! As my family will attest, I love New Year’s resolutions. I make them for myself every year, but I often make them for family members. (Some have been more appreciative than others!) I could probably use the terms “accomplishments” or “goals,” but where is the fun that? As a driven endodontist, I […]
Welcome: Shawn McMahon
Please welcome Shawn McMahon, D.D.S., M.S., to the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences. An associate professor of orofacial pain, Dr. McMahon is a 2005 graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. After graduation, he completed both AEGD and Advanced Clinical Dentistry training with the Air Force where he worked as a general dentist […]
Oral Diagnostic Sciences update
by Dr. Duane Schafer Out with the old, in with the new This familiar phrase became a part of the mainstream vernacular in 1976, with the introduction of the popular television show, Logan’s Run. In Logan’s Run, it is the year 2274 and anyone under age 30 lives a protected, sheltered life within the confines […]
Julie Coe recognized for outstanding published work
Media contact: Nan Johnson, director of communications, nljohnson@vcu.edu (804) 828-0324 Julie M. Coe, D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A., assistant professor in the department of general practice, was one of four recipients of the Olav Alvares Award in March at the 2019 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in Chicago. Dr. Coe was recognized for the article “Impact of Community-Based Clinical […]
Dental hygiene students show off research skills, bring home 1st place
Media contact: Nan Johnson, director of communications, nljohnson@vcu.edu, (804) 828-0324 VCU School of Dentistry dental hygiene students presented three research posters at the June meeting of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the faculty advisement of Joan Pellegrini, R.D.H., B.S.D.H, M.S., Ph.D., Cassandra Cooper, Regina Dixon, Helena Nefferdorf, Denise Thieleman and Christina […]
Philips Institute investigator wins Presidential Research Quest Fund award
Media contact: Nan Johnson, director of communications, nljohnson@vcu.edu, (804) 828-0324 Yue Sun, Ph.D. Yue Sun, Ph.D., a principal investigator at the Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, has been named a 2019 VCU Presidential Research Quest Fund awardee for his phosphoinositide research. “This year’s diverse group of 18 faculty represent every VCU academic unit and […]