Accomplishments: School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Christina Demopoulos and Melissa Argueta (both Dental) received the 2019-20 “Outstanding Community Partner” award from Acelero Learning for their continued commitment and advocacy to children, families, and Acelero Learning Clark County Head Start programs. Demopoulos is leading an early childhood caries prevention project designed to reduce…
Dr. Neamat Hassan, Dr. Tanya Al-Talib, and Angelica Bustos (all Dental) co-authored "Retrospective Analysis of the Association of Non-Carious Cervical Lesions with Bruxism," which appeared in the February issue of the Open Journal of Stomatology. Bustos is a third-year dental student.
Dr. James Mah (Dental) co-authored "Craniofacial Analysis May Indicate Co-Occurrence of Skeletal Malocclusions and Associated Risks in Development of Cleft Lip and Palate,” which appeared in a special issue of the Journal of Development Biology. The multi-institutional study was in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health.
Linh Nguyen, Karl Kingsley, Arvin Alexander, and Graydon Carr (all Dental) published their work on oral microbiology in the latest issue of Microbiology Research Journal International. Carr will graduate with an MS in oral biology in 2020 and Alexander is a dental student who is planning to graduate in 2021.
Karl Kingsley and Eric Mullins (both Dental) along with Joseph Cinelli, '19 MS Oral Biology, have had their manuscript, "Differential Effects of Bone Morphogenic Protein (BMP) and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) on Dental Pulp Stem Cell (DPSC) Subpopulations," published in the latest tissue of EC Dental Science. Mullins is a dental…
Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Heterogeneity of Human Serum Antibody Responses to P. Gingivalis in Periodontitis: Effects of Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Sex,” which appeared in the December issue of Immunology Letters.
Wylie Tang, Dr. Karl Kingsley, and Dr. Robin Reinke (all Dental Medicine) had their research paper, "Impact of Collaborative Leadership in Dental School Team Clinics," published in the December 2019 issue of the Journal of Dental Education. A study was conducted to determine if students' perceptions of a team leader's openness of…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) accepted an invitation to speak during and serve as session chair for the American Association for Dental Research Fall Focused Symposium, Integrating Omic Datasets Towards Translation.” He presented "Gingival Transcriptomic Patterns using a Nonhuman Primate Matriline Model of Periodontitis," and chaired the closing…
Drs. Marcia Ditmyer, Sophia Saeed, and Victoria Woo (all Dental) accepted invitations to speak during the National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) annual conference. Ditmyer spoke about wellness, Saeed addressed management of medically complex dental patients, and Woo discussed etiology and therapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma. NNOHA…
Drs. Neamat Hassan and Hassan Ziada (both Dental) co-authored “A Prospective Clinical Study on Implant Impression Accuracy,” which evaluated the accuracy of the open and closed implant impression techniques in partially edentulous patients who received two adjacent implants. The article appeared in the online version of the International Journal…
Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored two articles that appeared in the October issue of Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. The first, “Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns for Oral Epithelium-Related Functions with Aging,” used a nonhuman primate model to profile the transcriptome and change and tissues health across the…
Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) presented “3D Imaging: CBCT and OSA” during the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine’s Advanced DSM Course last month. She also accepted the role of chair for the advanced course and will organize its content for the presentation in 2020.