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In honor of National Nurses Week, many thanks goes to the
nurses at the UT Dental Branch: Mary Ann Adkisson, director
of Clinical Services; Janie Fitzgerald, staff nurse III in
the department of Oral Surgery and Kelly Jansky, staff nurse
III in the clinical dispensary and central sterilization areas.
The Dental Branch appreciates all you do.
Orthodontics faculty member receives high honors and research
awards
Chung H. Kau, B.D.S. M.Sc.D. Ph.D., associate professor in
Orthodontics, was made an honorary life member/fellow of the
Hungarian Orthodontic Society. He is the first person from
an American institution and is one of three people internationally
who have received this distinction.
In addition, Kau in collaboration with the University of
Ljubljana and Cardiff University has been awarded a European
Orthodontic Society Grant of $28,500 to study the 3D facial
effects after early treatment of cross-bites in Slovenia.
Kau also has a number of collaborative projects on 3D facial
imaging of hard and soft tissues Western and Central European
countries which include Hungary, Slovenia, Finland and the
United Kingdom.
Dental Branch faculty retreat - Mark your calendars
The Dental Branch faculty retreat will be 8 a.m.-5
p.m., Thursday, June 7, at the United Way of Texas
Gulf Coast, located at 50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX 77007.
More information will follow as the date nears.
Teaching and Learning Conference
You are invited to the 8th annual Advanced in Teaching and
Learning Conference. The conference will ask the question:
Are You Ready For The Students of the Future? Keynote speaker
Gordon Freedman, Blackboard’s vice president for Education
Strategy, will address the issue of Higher Education and 21st
Century Realities.
Online registration is free at http://atlday.shis.uth.tmc.edu/.
The first 100 people to register receive free lunch. Questions?
Contact: Connie
J. Tapper@uth.tmc.edu.
Second year dental students win intramural baseball championship
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The second year dental students won
the intramural baseball championship, beating the fourth-year
medical students with a final score of 28-9.
(Top Row Left to Right): Jordan Stirneman, Martin
Youngs, Casey Clements, Drew Darsey, Jordan Risinger,
Patrick Waters and Mark Grant. Bottom Row (Left to Right):
Colin Lathrop, Justin Crockett, Brandon Carroll, Chris
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Flag Football Champions - Dental Olympics
The winning flag football team in the
2007 Dental Olympics posed for the snapshot after their
win.
Clockwise from top left: Cindy Wright, Erika Lamb,
Tonya Pickett, Holly Pavlick, Katy Poramapornpilas,
Amber Garza, Tamra Montroy, Erika Johnson, Sueginn Cho.
Congratulations ladies!
Fight hunger
Coordinators are needed for the annual UT Health Science
Center food drive benefiting the Houston Food Bank.
The drive, which will take place June 13-27, is held
in conjunction with KHOU-TV's "Spirit of Texas"
Food Drive, the Texas Medical Center, the Gulf Coast
Regional Blood Center, and the Kroger Company. For information
on becoming a coordinator, contact Joyce Brown, 713-500-3208,
or
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