Events
PCD CE Day
Friday, April 17, 2026 (all day)
Join the Department of Preventative and Community Dentistry for the annual PCD CE Day on April 17th, 2026!
Live Distance CE Course: Managing Patients with Diabetes and Obesity in Dental Practice: Clinical Decision-Making and Pharmacologic Considerations
Friday, April 24, 2026 8:30am to 12:30pm
Join us on Friday, April 24th for a 4-hour live distance CE course featuring "Managing Patients with Diabetes and Obesity in Dental Practice: Clinical Decision-Making and Pharmacologic Considerations." The course offers 4 CE credit hours for a registration cost of $99.
*FULL* Basic Life Support (BLS) Recertification - April 24, 2026
Friday, April 24, 2026 11:00am to 12:30pm
This course qualifies the enrollee a certification by the American Heart Association for Basic Life Support (BLS), upon successful demonstration and exam and the cost is $80 (College of Dentistry staff) or $90 (general public).
News
Marschall recognized as Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Dr. Jeffrey Marschall, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon dually appointed at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
NIDCR grant supports new statistical tools to study oral disease relationships
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Steven Levy and Shaoping Zhang are contributing to a new NIDCR-funded study developing statistical tools to explore links between dental caries and periodontal disease. The project uses national oral health data and will produce an open-source software package to help researchers improve analysis and support better patient outcomes.
Liu Hong, Hongli Sun appointed to research leadership roles at the College of Dentistry
Thursday, September 4, 2025
The College of Dentistry is pleased to announce that Dr. Liu Hong has been appointed interim director of the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research, where he will oversee daily operations of the college’s research laboratories and facilities. Dr. Hongli Sun has been named Director of the Graduate Program in Oral Science. A nationally recognized researcher and educator, Sun brings expertise in nano-biomaterials and regenerative medicine, along with a strong commitment to graduate training and mentorship.
Iowa team advances gene treatment to prevent premature skull fusion in newborns
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
University of Iowa researchers, led by Dr. Brad Amendt, successfully tested a nano-sized packet that released a single gene to prevent craniosynostosis. The research team aims to begin human clinical trials in the next one to two years.
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