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Pregame Professional Program - September 30

Saturday, September 30, 2023 8:00am to 10:00am
Dental Science Building
"Salivary Gland Tumors: Diagnosis and Management" Dr. Sherry Timmons "Dental Manifestations of Systemic Disease" Drs. Kari Maas & Mary Kay Hill
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News

Siva Prakasam

Prakasam named chair of Periodontics

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Sivaraman Prakasam has joined the dental faculty at Iowa and been named chair of periodontics. With a strong department under Prakasam’s leadership, the Department of Periodontics will continue to excel in clinical care, teaching, and research.
Rachel Shrode

NIH Awards Shrode Training Grant to Investigate Relationship Between Oral Microbiome and Multiple Sclerosis

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Rachel Shrode, a T90 trainee in the Iowa Institute of Oral Health Research and a PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, was awarded an F31 grant.
Aline Petrin

Research grant awarded to orthodontics faculty extending research on the epigenetic causes of orofacial clefting

Thursday, August 24, 2023
Aline Petrin’s research on identical twins has shed led on the epigenetic causes of orofacial clefting. Her new study explores the epigenetic causes of mirrored clefting among twins.
Azeez Butali

NIH awards supplemental grant to dental faculty member

Thursday, August 24, 2023
Azeez Butali is extending his research on the genetics of orofacial clefts in African populations so that his team improve the reception and acceptance of genetic information found in their studies.
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78 %

of iowa dentists graduated from the University of Iowa college of Dentistry

Graduating dental students

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national ranking for research funding

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90 %

of incoming dental students chose Iowa because of the innovative curriculum