Waheed Awotoye joined the faculty of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics Department of Orthodontics as an Assistant Professor in 2026.

Dr. Aline Petrin, assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, recently presented her research at the 18th World Congress of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation in Prague, Czech Republic.

The University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics hosted an international delegation from the College of Dentistry at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 7-9.

Jaclyn Olberding, a training grant recipient in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research and a PhD student in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics, has been awarded an NIH F31 grant to support her dissertation research.

Dr. Azeez Butali, the Gilbert E. Lilly Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, attended the United Nations General Assembly held Sept. 18 in New York City to participate in a global oral health event.

Dr. Mandy Mohan, clinical associate professor in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry Department of Prosthodontics, has been named director of the D3 Prosthodontics Clerkship.