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 […]
Ostrow researchers probe how vasculature impacts stem cell diversity. The new study could lead to better treatments for tissue regeneration. STEM CELLS DON’T exist alone. They are part of a community, and their local environment — neighboring cells, extracellular matrix, blood vessels and nerves — all provide instructions that tell the stem cells when to […]
A new NIDCR grant will give Assistant Professor Dechen Lin the opportunity to test diet and medication’s efficacy on head and neck cancer. AROUND THE WORLD, head and neck cancers are increasing in prevalence — mostly associated with a rise in disease associated with human papilloma virus. When a patient’s head or neck is damaged, […]
The distinction goes to inventors in higher education who could bring impact to the welfare of society. ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RESEARCH YANG CHAI PhD ’91, DDS ’96 has earned a prestigious accolade for his transformative research related to craniofacial development, tissue regeneration and birth defects. The National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a nonprofit member organization […]
Four Ostrow faculty members have been awarded loan repayment grants so they can continue giving back. “BEST EMAIL EVER.” That’s how Elizabeth Brummel, assistant professor of clinical dentistry, describes digital notification that she would be receiving a grant to cover her $60,000 student loan. “It really is life changing, because my husband and I went back […]
Dean from 2000 to 2008, Slavkin was responsible for further sharpening Ostrow’s focus on scientific inquiry. OSTROW HAS LOST A LONGTIME CHAMPION. Former Dean (2000 to 2008) Harold Slavkin died late last year at the age of 85. Dr. Slavkin earned his bachelor’s degree in English and Science from USC before completing his doctor […]
Even while providing high-quality radiographic images to students and residents, the Oral Radiology team likes to have fun making TikTok-like dance videos. WHO SAYS WORK HAS TO BE a grind? Not the team of radiological technicians, residents and students hard at work in Ostrow’s Oral Radiology Department. Amid the flurry of X-rays they take for […]
A new grant will bring together multidisciplinary researchers to understand jaw joint degeneration and pain from the inside out. THE JAW JOINT IS A LITTLE LIKE THE KNEE: It has a disc in the middle and then two bony structures that articulate together to open and close the jaw. But, with all that talking and […]
A new Cell Stem Cell publication by Ostrow researcher Jianfu Chen shows how the lymphatic system and skull stem cells may help kids with a rare birth defect. CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS IS A BIRTH DEFECT in which the bones in a baby’s skull fuse too early — before the brain is fully formed. It happens in 1 […]
Chai joins a list of illustrious scientists in the award and hopes his research will impact patients’ lives. ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RESEARCH Yang Chai PhD ’91, DDS ’96 has been awarded the 2023 Paul Goldhaber Award by the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. The highest honor given by the school, the award goes to a […]
