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Small Things Do Matter
June 1, 2017Dean John Featherstone's June column:Not long ago, I ran across an alumna — who’s also a friend — whom I hadn’t seen in a while. We bumped into each other at some function and agreed it was...
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A Look at Some of Our 2017 Graduates
June 6, 2017The stories of our 2017 graduates are as diverse as the students themselves. Two of our graduates, Shaun Abrams and Amy McFarling, also are included in UCSF.edu's video feature for...
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Honorees Feted at 2017 Recognition Banquet
June 9, 2017Photos by Elisabeth FallMugunth Nandagopal (left), IDP class president, chats with Roger Mraz, program administrator for the Office of Graduate and Research Affairs, and Sara Hughes, MBE,...
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Melissa Telli Assumes Marketing Director Position
June 20, 2017Melissa Telli has joined the UCSF School of Dentistry as marketing director; her first day was June 12. She succeeds Marc Fredson, who has moved to UCSF Health.Telli comes to the School of...
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Bronwyn Hagan to Represent UCSF at AADR Annual Session
June 20, 2017L-R: Dean John D.B. Featherstone; D2 student Bronwyn Hagan; Kirsten Drucker, Dentsply Sirona; Jeffrey Bush, PhD; Thomas Lang, PhD, associate dean for researchSecond-year dental student...
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Lab-Grown Organoids Hold Promise for Patient Treatments
June 29, 2017Organic gardeners: Ophir Klein (right) is leading a team of scientists, including Jeffrey Bush (left), who are harnessing stem cells to grow organoids, tiny segments of organs, to...
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Research Signals Potential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck Cancers
June 29, 2017Andrei Goga, MD, PhD (inset), is applying his research on breast cancer (cells, pictured) to head and neck cancer. Source: National Cancer InstituteBy Andy EvangelistaAs a cancer...
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Setting Forth With a Degree — and a Measure of Compassion
July 1, 2017Dean Featherstone's July 2017 column:Another graduation season has come to a close.In recent days, we’ve celebrated commencement for our DDS and master’s in dental hygiene students, and...
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Julia Hwang to Direct Learner Success Center
July 27, 2017Julia HwangJulia Hwang, director of admissions and outreach, has been tapped to direct the School of Dentistry's new Learner Success Center. The center is designed to give educational...
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Using Biostatistics to Battle Oral Health Disparities
July 31, 2017The UCSF Academic Senate features profiles of UCSF faculty on its website. This month, Jing Cheng, MD, MS, PhD, adjunct professor in the School of Dentistry, was spotlighted.Jing Cheng,...
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Chris Cadwell to Manage Predoctoral Clinics
August 1, 2017Chris Cadwell is the new clinic manager for the School of Dentistry's predoctoral clinics. On board since mid-July, Cadwell succeeds Maria Guerra, now director of operations for UCSF...
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Alumni: Proud and Active
August 1, 2017Dean John D.B. Featherstone's August column:When our students graduate from the School of Dentistry, they go on to be many things: private practice clinicians, academicians, researchers,...
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Leon Assael, DMD, to Lead Externship Program
August 7, 2017Leon Assael, DMD, has joined the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences of the UCSF School of Dentistry.Dr. Assael assumes the position of director of community-based...
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William Kuykendall, DDS: 1956-2017
August 21, 2017William O. Kuykendall, DDS, a 1984 graduate of the UCSF School of Dentistry, passed away Aug. 13 in Fair Oaks, Calif. He was 60.Dr. Kuykendall, a native of San Diego, also earned a...
View ArticlePotential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck Cancers
Potential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck CancersTerri Hunter-DavisTue, 07/25/2017 - 16:33Andy EvangelistaAndrei Goga, MD, PhD (inset), is applying his research on breast cancer (cells, pictured) to...
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Potential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck Cancers
Potential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck CancersthunterdavisThu, 11/02/2017 - 13:50Andy EvangelistaThu, 06/29/2017 - 12:00Andrei Goga, MD, PhD (inset), is applying his research on breast cancer...
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Stellar Work Shines at Research and Clinical Excellence Day
Stellar Work Shines at Research and Clinical Excellence DaythunterdavisWed, 10/25/2017 - 15:53Terri Hunter-DavisWed, 10/25/2017 - 12:00Devon Cooper, DMD (right, in blue vest), discusses his research...
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Commencement: Sendoff for the Class of 2018
Commencement: Sendoff for the Class of 2018thunterdavisTue, 06/12/2018 - 14:07Terri Hunter-DavisTue, 06/12/2018 - 12:00A graduate dons festive leis and balloons after the School of Dentistry...
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Potential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck Cancers
Potential Therapies for Oral, Head and Neck CancersthunterdavisThu, 11/02/2017 - 13:50Andy EvangelistaThu, 06/29/2017 - 12:00Andrei Goga, MD, PhD (inset), is applying his research on breast cancer...
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Commencement: Sendoff for the Class of 2018
Commencement: Sendoff for the Class of 2018thunterdavisTue, 06/12/2018 - 14:07Terri Hunter-DavisTue, 06/12/2018 - 12:00A graduate dons festive leis and balloons after the School of Dentistry...
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