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Harold
Henson, assistant professor of Periodontics, was honored
at the 83rd American Dental Education Association annual
session for his service as President of the Supreme Chapter
of Sigma Phi Alpha, the National Dental Hygiene Honor
Society. Henson has served the honor society at the national
level for the past three years and is currently serving
as Immediate Past President.
During his tenure, Henson was awarded the first ADEA/Sigma
Phi Alpha Linda DeVore Scholarship, named for a past
president of ADEA, who was actively involved in dental
hygiene education, scholarship and public service. Sigma
Phi Alpha was founded in 1958 by members of the Section
on Dental Hygiene Education of the American Dental Education
Association. Members of Sigma Phi Alpha are elected
dental hygiene educators and graduates from accredited
dental hygiene programs with high scholastic achievement.
Congratulations to Henson for his outstanding representation
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| Henson (left) receives the President’s Plaque
from incoming President Laura-Mueller Joseph, Ed.D., during
the recent ADEA meeting. |
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“UT Dentists” has been chosen as the operational
name for the new Faculty Practice. The clinic, which will
house the practice, is under construction on the first floor
of the Dental Branch where the former Room 101 Faculty Clinic
previously operated. The UT Dentists clinic is scheduled to
open this summer. Contact: Thomas.A.Servos@uth.tmc.edu,
interim executive director at (713) 500-4273.
The Dental Branch Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system
made a successful debut April 5 at the Graduate Practice Residency
(GPR) clinic. The clinic, located in the UT Professional Building,
is now “paperless” with patient records and images.
This is the first pilot clinic for the EPR as the school continues
to move toward full implementation this summer.
Visit: http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/educational_technology/2006/working_groups_041006.htm
for information on when the system will go live throughout
the school or ways you can ”test drive” the EPR.
During the President’s Update to the Dental Branch
Tuesday, April 11, James T. Willerson, M.D., informed the
school that the university was still waiting for state legislators
to make good on promises to approve $60 million in Tuition
Revenue Bonds to construct a new dental school building. Willerson
also told the audience that a new dental school building was
the UT Health Science Center’s top funding priority.
In addition, Willerson complimented Dental Branch administrators,
faculty, staff and students on the recent achievements, including
the honor of being ranked sixth out of 56 dental schools nationwide
by the American Dental Association due to scores on the 2005
National Dental Board Exam Part I.
Before leaving the Dental Branch he also stopped to observe
the progress being made on the simulation clinic and the Faculty
Practice clinic.
Congratulations to the Dental Branch students who participated
in the 2006 Health Care Team Competition, Tuesday, April 11.
DB students on the winning Blue Team were Arti Guar (D.D.S.
student) and Nancy Tran (Dental Hygiene student).
Dental Branch members of the red team were Jamie Fanning
(Dental Hygiene student) and Angela Incrapera, (D.D.S. student).
The teams were challenged with designing a plan to fight
the obesity epidemic in Houston. For more information about
the projects or the teams visit http://www.uth.tmc.edu/sic/HCTC/2006/index.htm.
Registration for the UCSC workshop is now closed. Visit
https://apache.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/ucsc/inviteeList.jsp
to see if you will receive an invitation. Accept or decline
your invitation as soon as possible, so that other staff members
on the waiting list may have an opportunity to attend.
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Join the Dental Branch
team that will walk for the March of Dimes, 9 a.m., Saturday,
April 30, Robertson Stadium, University of Houston. If
you wish to join this team or make a donation, contact:
Gillian.Rittman@uth.tmc.edu,
Room 300A DBB, at (713) 500-4359.
Help premature babies. Visit http://www.marchofdimes.com/
for more information on March of Dimes. |
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