Above: Professor Songtao Shi The International Association of Dental Research honored two scientists from the Ostrow School of Dentistry at the IADR General Session opening ceremonies on March 20 in Seattle, Wash. The honorees, Professor Songtao Shi and Postdoctoral Research Associate Carolina Parada, are researchers in Ostrow’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. Shi, an internationally […]
Above: Kenneth Smith DDS 2015 won first place for best undergraduate DDS basic sciences project. From understanding the developing human tongue to addressing the challenges facing kids with autism, innovative research was on full display during the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Annual Research Day on February 20. The event celebrated the scientific […]
Above: The Ostrow School of Dentistry Neighborhood Mobile Clinic provided care to Weemes Elementary students for Give Kids a Smile Day on February 1. Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC students and faculty produced dozens of smiles during 2013’s Give Kids a Smile Day on Feb. 1. Nearly 100 children, ranging from kindergarten to […]
Above: DDS 2014 students Josh Weinstein, Sean Vreeburg, and Nathan Simarro in Methare with local children. The following article is a firsthand account courtesy of Professor Mary Ellen Toffle of the University of Messina, Italy, and the USC Dental Humanitarian Outreach Project. The line extends out the door into courtyard and into the dusty slum […]
Above :Ostrow students hand out dental care supplies to families during the annual Angel City Christmas Celebration on Dec. 8. Ostrow School of Dentistry students and faculty celebrated the season of giving a little early last weekend by handing out 2,000 free dental kits and information packets to the Los Angeles community as part of […]
The 2013 Ostrow School of Dentistry Research Day will be held Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at the USC Galen Center. DDS students, dental hygiene students, residents, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates, and faculty are all encouraged to participate and present research at this important event. Students and faculty from the Divisions of Biokinesiology & […]
Above: Over the next five years, the First 5 LA grant will allow the Ostrow School of Dentistry to connect nearly 46,000 disadvantaged children ages five and under to dental care. First 5 LA has announced that the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC will receive nearly $18.4 million in grant funds in support […]
The Ostrow School of Dentistry’s Dental Hygiene Class of 2013 completed a record 288 free oral cancer screenings—up from 159 last year—and encouraged smokers to kick the habit as part of the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout. Set up around campus—with tables in front of the Norris Dental Science Center and across from Tommy […]
Above: Steven Johnson DDS ’13 and Heather Stephens DDS ’12 received commemorative plaques for the 2012 Meskin Journalism Award (pictured with Dan Jenkins, president of the American Association of Dental Editors). The American Association of Dental Editors honored the Explorer magazine, published by the Ostrow School of Dentistry Student Research Group, as the best North […]
