Dental hygiene students add flavour to SuperChefs at Fusion Festival
The lineup of performers at the Surrey Fusion Festival had a dash of spice this year—Greg Chang DMD 1986 and his SuperChefs Cookery for Kids were on site at a booth and on the Safeway Celebrity Cooking Stage…
A landmark event: NDSE success for graduate clinical specialty students
Each third-year clinical specialty graduate student at UBC Dentistry—14 in five clinical specialties—successfully completed their respective National Dental Specialty Examination (NDSE) administered by the Royal College of Dentists of Canada….
Zul Kanji ‘the one to watch’—VCC’s 2013 Outstanding Alumni Award winner
Zul Kanji, UBC clinical assistant professor and acting director of the Dental Hygiene Degree Program, won an Outstanding Alumni Award from Vancouver Community College (VCC)…
GPR Research Day and Postgrad Residency Programs Certificates of Completion Ceremony
The General Practice Residency (GPR) Training Program celebrated their annual research day on Tuesday, June 12, 2013. The day also marked the completion by residents of the GPR and the Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology (OMOP) Residency programs…
CIHR funding for student to address gap in HIV/AIDS educational material and resources
Dr. Denise Laronde’s research in the area of oral cancer screening and early detection will receive a boost from one of her students, Marco Wu, a recent graduate from the Dental Hygiene Degree Program…
Prof. receives funding from the Vancouver Foundation to investigate roots of HIV stigma
Dr. Mario Brondani has received two-year funding from the Vancouver Foundation to investigate and understand the roots of HIV stigma as it affects two marginalized communities: Aboriginal and refugee/immigrant…
Long in the tooth: Genome proves turtles evolve…very slowly
Even though turtles lost their teeth 150 to 200 million years ago, UBC dentistry researcher John Abramyan has identified still-present “tooth-specific” enamel genes in the western painted turtle…
Prof. receives funding to study an orthopedic intervention for sleep apnea in children
Dr. Benjamin Pliska received funding to study a non-surgical treatment— maxillary expansion (ME)—in children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome…
Dieter Bromme secures five-year funding for two studies involving enzymes linked to osteoporosis, arthritis and cardiovascular diseases
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded UBC Dentistry professor Dieter Brömme over $1.14 million for two studies…