Trojan Dental Family members retool lab to 3-D print masks rated higher than N95 during the coronavirus crisis. AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS’ SPREAD, business had already begun to slow at Burbank Dental Lab, a family-owned lab that fabricates dental restorations, including dental implants, crowns and dentures. But, on March 19, when California Governor […]
A new study finds how a specific gene can impact neurodevelopment and lead to macrocephaly and autism spectrum disorder. When brains begin developing, there are a lot of moving parts — and when mutations happen in early neurodevelopment, it can lead to disorders like macrocephaly and autism. But scientists don’t know much about the ways […]
The investment ensures Ostrow’s first named program, The Dr. Glenn T. Clark Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Program, continues educating the profession’s finest for years to come USC’s advanced program in orofacial pain has been provided a significant financial endowment — ensuring its place at USC for years to come — thanks to a […]
Professor Janet Oldak has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The prestigious honor is bestowed upon members through nominations by their AAAS peers. Oldak has been selected for her outstanding contributions to molecular mechanisms in biomineralization, assembly and function of inherently disordered matrix proteins for development […]
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 […]
