Ostrow jumps to third top-funded U.S. dental institution by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. IF THE PAST FEW YEARS OF PANDEMIC were meant to slow researchers down in their quest for knowledge, no one told the research teams working in Ostrow’s lab spaces across both campuses. The Herman Ostrow School of […]
Asha Green, Daniel Ip and Somkene Okwuego have their dental educations paid for, thanks to a National Health Service Corps scholarship that requires them to spend two years practicing in a health professional shortage area. IT’S A STATISTIC THAT’S NEVER FAR from the mind of Asha Green DDS ’26: just 3.7 percent of dentists in […]
Zhaoyang Liu Assistant Professor LAST YEAR, Ostrow welcomed researcher Zhaoyang Liu to the Trojan Dental Family. The tenure-track assistant professor earned her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences in China before pursuing a master’s degree in cellular, molecular and structural biology from Miami University-Ohio and a doctorate in biology from the University of Rochester-New York. […]
Alon Frydman PERIO ’06 Director, Continuing Education LAST YEAR, Ostrow’s CE department launched its official podcast, Louped In, which looks at various topics in dentistry from the foremost experts in the field. We caught up with its host, Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry Alon Frydman. WHAT GOES INTO PREPARING FOR RECORDING AN EPISODE […]
The new tech allows endodontists to see in three dimensions, allowing more accurate diagnoses, treatment and evaluation. ENDODONTISTS SPECIALIZE IN SAVING NATURAL DENTITION, mostly focusing on the tooth’s interior. They live and die by imaging, both to diagnose what’s going on inside a tooth as well as to see how a treatment is working. Historically, […]
USC researcher Dechen Lin has created miniature organs — with the hope of fighting a rare type of cancer. CANCERS THAT IMPACT THE JUNCTION of the esophagus and the stomach are rare — but debilitating. They get less attention than breast, prostate or lung cancers — and 85 percent of patients diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction […]
USC researchers look inside teeth to figure out how we might regenerate teeth in the future. TEETH ARE MARVELOUSLY COMPLICATED structures — and the way they develop is also complex. The majority of tooth tissue (except the enamel) comes from cranial neural crest cells — stem cells that eventually develop into craniofacial bones and cartilage. […]
Through the DIA JumpStart program, non-USC undergraduates interested in pursuing a PhD spend the summer in USC research labs. BY DANIEL P. SMITH The moment Angelita Araujo-Villalba heard about the USC Diversity, Inclusion, Access (DIA) JumpStart program at USC, she knew she had to apply. Then a sophomore at Cal Poly Pomona studying molecular and […]
Michael DeBourg II DDS ’22 overcomes personal loss, a chronic disease and the specter of low expectations to craft a fulfilling life. AFTER HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY in 2007 from pancreatic cancer, Michael DeBourg II went soul searching. The first in his immediate family to earn a high school degree, the then-21-year-old DeBourg had settled […]
