Powered by her Ostrow experience, Heliya Ziaei is well positioned to blend research and patient care as a clinician-scientist. THOUGH HELIYA ZIAEI PhD ’26 ARRIVED at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC in 2022 facing formidable challenges — namely, adjusting to life in a new country upon relocating from her native Iran — […]
Los Angeles native and Ostrow student Somkene Okafor-Okwuego receives U.S. Public Health Service Dental Award of Excellence for her efforts to boost oral public health in L.A. FOR SOMKENE OKAFOR-OKUWEGO ’21, MS ’22, DDS ’26, four years of bridging gaps to oral health care access for underserved populations hasn’t gone unnoticed. In fact, Okafor-Okwuego’s devoted […]
