Year: 2019
Filling the public health-care gap
After graduation, Dr. Yashashri Urankar ’12, ’14 went where she was needed most. Now her selfless aspirations are reaping recognition, but she says her work is just beginning. Urankar oversees seven dental clinics in five South Central Texas counties as ... Read More
Moving out and onward
If moving a family seems overwhelming, try moving much of a dental school. Read More
Bolouri cherishes warm welcome
When Dr. Ali Bolouri, professor, in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, reached a professional fork in the road, he couldn’t picture himself braving bitter Chicago winters. A friend invited him to the Windy City to try to entice him to ... Read More
Opperman named AAAS Fellow
Dr. Lynne Opperman, department head of biomedical sciences, has earned the prestigious honor of being named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow in the oral health sciences section. A Texas A&M University System Regents Professor, Opperman is ... Read More
Periodontics for the win
Dr. Carlos Parra, clinical assistant professor in periodontics, recently received the Bud and Linda Tarrson Fellowship at the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation’s annual meeting in Chicago. The $30,000 award, distributed evenly over three years, is given annually to one ... Read More
Our behind-the-scenes heroes
Every weekday, students queue up to a clinic dispensary, relying on the folks behind the counter to provide vital tools for their next extraction or root canal. Read More
The Way I See It: Dr. Jennifer Perry Wade ’14
Just five years post-dental school, Dr. Jennifer Perry Wade ’14 has found the perfect blend of work/life and faith/career balance. Wade got her first taste of mixing dentistry with community outreach while attending Texas A&M College of Dentistry. Two mission ... Read More
Buttoning up a new tradition
Donning the prestigious white coat is a rite of passage for dental students. This year, however, the school’s new accelerated clinic curriculum added a twist. On Friday, Nov. 8, D1s pulled on the prestigious threads a year earlier than usual. ... Read More
Svoboda, Nair assume new roles
With the new Clinic & Education Building comes a new way of life, including job titles, at Texas A&M College of Dentistry. Dr. Kathy Svoboda and Dr. M.K. Nair were recently named assistant dean for the oral biology graduate program ... Read More
Wang lands NSF grant
Texas A&M College of Dentistry’s Dr. Qian Wang, associate professor in biomedical sciences, and collaborators have received a $790,000 National Science Foundation grant for a study on a colony of rhesus monkeys and the health effects on aging, bone development ... Read More