For the second year in a row, the Office of Public Affairs and Office of International Programs hosted administrators from the Institute of International Education and the Harvard fellows. full story by Distinctions

James W. Wilson, DDS has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor on the Non-tenure Clinical Educator Track effective September 1, 2005.

The Feb. 18 gathering drew more than 500 alumni, faculty, staff and students to the George R. Brown Convention Center, where the bash was part of the Greater Houston Dental Society’s Star of the South meeting. full story by Distinctions

Simon Young, B.Sc, DDS has been selected to receive a 2005 OMSF Research Fellowship in the amount of $40,000 effective  March 1, 2005

Specialist Category

 

Second Place

Leticia F. Perezous, DDS, MS (Leaf Gauge: A Deprogramming Device)

Maria Gonzalez, DDS, MS (Diagnostic Mounting)

Thomas L. Huff, DDS, MS (Cast Analysis)

Donald M. Belles, DDS, MS (Occlusal Equilibration)

 

First Place

(Dental Articulators: A 200-Year History)

Edgar Starcke, DDS

Robert Engelmeier, DMD, MS

Dr. Joe Ontiveros from the Department of Restorative and Biomaterials has been nominated for the American Dental Education Association's 2005 Council of Students/Vital Source Technologies, Inc. Junior Faculty Award. The Junior Faculty Award was established to recognize outstanding junior faculty who demonstrate excellence in teaching, research and service, and a commitment to dental education. The Award acknowledges the accomplishments of junior faculty and promotes awareness of the needs of junior faculty educators.

Dr. Joe Ontiveros from the Department of Restorative and Biomaterials has been voted among the TOP Dentist in Houston to be included in the February issue of H-Texas Magazine. The TOP Dentist Award in based on a peer-review study of dentist in the Greater Houston Area.

January 15, 2005 The Dental Branch Centennial was recognized by the UT Health Science Center at Houston community in the university-wide publication, The Leader. Click here to view the article.

Catherine Flaitz, D.D.S., left, dean of the UT Dental Branch at Houston and member of Sam Houston's Cabinet – the highest giving level of the Lone Star Legacy Society, shares her passion for improving oral health with society members, Martha Tyson and UT Medical School at Houston Dean Stanley Schultz, M.D., at the annual society luncheon. full story by Distinctions.