Get to know one of Ostrow’s newest researchers, Lu Wang, who brings to Ostrow her research prowess in role of environmental stress and non-neuronal cells in developing treatments for ailments such as childhood brain tumors.
Andrea Woywitka DDS ’26 has earned the top Friends of Dentistry Scholarship — an award of $50,000 that will help her realize her dreams of giving back to underserved populations.
In the face of an impending silver tsunami where U.S. seniors will number more than 80 million, Ostrow aims to inspire the next generation of dentists to embrace geriatric dental care — not just as a specialty but as a vital part of human health care.
For the past 25 years, the USC Dental Clinic at Union Rescue Mission has provided dental care to those experiencing homelessness in Downtown L.A., including many military veterans.
For medically complex people — including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the frail elderly and those with HIV/AIDS — getting dental treatment is no sure thing.
Financially devastated years ago by identity theft, L.A. resident Deborah Clark relied on the USC Mobile Dental Clinic to keep her children’s smiles healthy.
Ostrow’s new partnership with URM Angeles House offers dental care to families experiencing homelessness, including those with young children.
The work shows the web of interactions within cells as they try to ward off infections UNTANGLING COMPLEX INTERACTIONS THAT GOVERN SICKNESS AND HEALTH, Professor Pinghui Feng studies viral infections and their interaction with cellular metabolic enzymes. These enzymes act on small molecules inside a cell to construct building blocks for cell growth and proliferation. […]
Their gift is the latest for the Power of 1,000 Campaign, which aims to raise $1 million for the mobile clinic to allow for treatment to even more underserved communities across Southern California. IT WAS AS DENTAL STUDENTS working alongside the late Charlie Goldstein that Roseann Mulligan MS ’87 and Glenn Clark were first inspired […]
Amy Merrill PhD ’04 has recently received an eight-year grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AMY MERRILL is driven by the desire to impact clinical care outcomes — especially for rare diseases. By studying rare diseases in the face and head, she can learn about the normal process of […]
