The Specialty Dental Clinic Grant aims to improve access to oral healthcare for special-needs patients across California. BY JOHN HOBBS MA ’14 WHEN YOU ARE A PATIENT with special healthcare needs, finding a lasting dental home can be a challenge. Whether it’s a lack of training in how to treat special-needs patients, insufficient physical infrastructure […]

Dechen Lin’s new work focuses on enhancing the effectiveness of immune checkpoint blockade therapy. FOR PEOPLE WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCERS, the treatment can sometimes be as challenging as the disease.  Traditional chemo- and radiation therapies can leave patients with long-term disabilities. Because these treatments can create immobility around the face and neck, some patients […]

USC researcher Pinghui Feng’s new paper looks at the way metabolic enzymes can change immune responses. METABOLIC ENZYMES ARE MOSTLY KNOWN for their work in metabolism — the process whereby a cell’s energy guides actions like building up or breaking down molecules. But metabolic enzymes have another biological process — immunity. The tug of war […]

After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Robert Peters has chosen to begin his second act helping to prepare the next generation of dental professionals at Ostrow.

When recent graduate Maya Fulcher first decided to get her master of science degree in community oral health, she wanted to transition back into teaching. Little did she know that the degree would help her create a new career trajectory bringing oral health support to elderly communities.