The research competition is USC’s largest event dedicated solely to scientific inquiry and discovery. Above: Omar Kholaki DDS ’16 discusses his research presentation titled “Dental Related Incidents” at the Emergency Department at USC (2011-2013) Research took center court at the USC Galen Center on March 25 as the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC […]
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC will hold its annual Research Day on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at the USC Galen Center. The day-long event dedicated to scientific inquiry and discovery is open to all Ostrow students and faculty members, including those from the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy as well […]
The $20 million gift also establishes an occupational therapy initiative in China USC Trustee Ronnie C. Chan MBA ’76 and his wife Barbara have dedicated $20 million to USC’s pioneering occupational science and occupational therapy program. Given in honor of Chan’s mother, the gift endows and names the division, which will be known as […]
Above: Claudia Castellanos receives a free dental checkup for son Joseph Pacheco, 2, from Ostrow Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry Vanessa Beer. In an effort to foster multidisciplinary community outreach, the Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation will give $3 million to establish the Hutto-Patterson Institute for Community Health at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC […]
Twenty USC undergraduate students left the University Park Campus and saw a very different side of Los Angeles on March 27, traveling by bus to Downtown’s Skid Row to visit the Union Rescue Mission. Above: WRIT 150 students speak with Santosh Sundaresan, Community Health Programs Section Chair at the Ostrow School of Dentistry, in the […]
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC participated in an Interprofessional Education Day on April 7 for nearly 800 students from dentistry, occupational therapy, and other health care fields to prepare them for collaborative patient care. Interprofessional Education (IPE) refers to occasions when professionals from different disciplines interact to learn from and about each […]
Above: Allison Davis DDS ’17 A student of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC will help Special Olympics athletes have healthy smiles thanks to a 2014-2015 Los Angeles Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. The Schweitzer Fellowship is a one-year interdisciplinary, mentored fellowship program for students in Los Angeles focused on health-related community service and leadership […]
A “true partnership” between students, faculty and school leadership is what makes the Ostrow School of Dentistry’s doctor of dental surgery curriculum so successful, said Ostrow Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Student Life Mahvash Navazesh. Navazesh and Ostrow Associate Professors Sandra Rich and Arnold Tiber published “The Rationale for and Implementation of Learner-Centered Education: […]
More than 130 Ostrow School of Dentistry students, residents, postdoctoral fellows and faculty members presented research during the school’s 2014 Research Day held March 12 at the USC Galen Center. Above: Shawn Ebrahimpour DDS ’15 and Moshe Eizdi DDS ’15 present their project poster at the Ostrow School of Dentistry’s 2014 Research Day. Participants competed […]
The Ostrow School of Dentistry unveiled its new computer-aided design and manufacturing laboratory to leaders from the dental technology company VITA on February 10. Above: The new VITA CAD/CAM Learning Laboratory. Supported by and named with a generous donation from the company, the VITA CAD/CAM Learning Laboratory provides unprecedented access for Ostrow students and faculty […]
