In honor of Give Kids a Smile Day 2020 on Friday, Ostrow volunteers provided more than 50 dental screenings to fourth and fifth graders at Weemes Elementary in the Adams-Normandie area of Los Angeles. Students, staff and faculty volunteers also provided oral health education and oral hygiene instructional sessions to each grade, kindergarten through fifth. […]
In December 2019, over their holiday break, Ostrow volunteers traveled to the Philippines through the Dental Humanitarian Outreach Program to bring dental care to the local community of Malabon. Volunteers spent time with community members, especially children, to teach them the importance of oral health and maintaining good habits. DHOP USC 2019 by the numbers […]
Six Ostrow faculty members are slated to be inducted into chair and endowed professorships at an official ceremony taking place in early 2020. “Endowed faculty positions represent one of the most prestigious and permanent investments that philanthropic partners can make in any university,” said Dean Avishai Sadan in a schoolwide announcement sent out in early […]
Associate Dean of Community Health Programs and Hospital Affairs Roseann Mulligan MS ’87 has been awarded a 2020 Gies Award for Achievement for Dental Educators from the ADEAGies Foundation. This prestigious award is meant to pay tribute to individuals who meaningfully advance oral health and dental education. “We are tremendously proud of ‘Nan’ for this […]
Three Ostrow faculty members are sleeping a little easier now, thanks to an HRSA grant that pays off their student loans over five years. The awardees — Sanaz “Sunny” Fereshteh DDS ’09; Mehdi Mohammadi DDS ’12, MS ’18; and Alexander Alcaraz PEDO ’07 — were selected for the grant funds, which are meant to assist […]
Earlier this year, the American Dental Association’s National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards adopted dental anesthesiology as the 10th recognized dental specialty. The historic vote is the result of work completed by Ostrow Associate Professor and President of the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists James Tom DDS ’99, who has been […]
Professor Janet Moradian-Oldak received a 2019 Basic Research in Biological Mineralization Award at the International Association for Dental Research’s (IADR) General Session and Exhibition in mid-June. The award — one of 17 Distinguished Scientist Awards — is one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by the IADR. It is meant to stimulate, encourage and recognize […]
Sadan is one of the select few Trojan Family members to earn the distinction. In early May, Dean Avishai Sadan MBA ’14 was awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his continued contributions to the dental profession. “Dean Sadan exemplifies the Ellis Island Honors Society’s values of sharing his wealth of knowledge, unique […]
Dental enamel is tricky stuff. Even though it’s the body’s hardest material, if it wears away from cavities, acidic food or drinks or overbrushing, it doesn’t regenerate. All that could change in the future, though. Ostrow Professor Janet Moradian-Oldak has been developing a special hydrogel that can promote the growth of an enamel-like surface […]
After 20 years at the helm of the Board of Councilors, Ralph Allman to step down, take on prestigious chair emeritus title. There’s a change in leadership of Ostrow’s Board of Councilors as Carol Gomez Summerhays DDS ’78 takes the reins from longtime chair Ralph Allman Jr. ’57, ’60, DDS ’62, MS ’66 to […]
