Faculty and Staff
Hutchins receives emeritus title
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently awarded Dr. Bob Hutchins professor emeritus status for his contributions to the college’s biomedical sciences department. Hutchins retired in 2014 after nearly 30 years at the dental school. In 1985, he ... Read More
Kang receives faculty educator development award
Dr. David Kang, assistant professor in oral and maxillofacial surgery, received a $120,000 award from the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation. The Faculty Educator Development Award is intended to encourage surgeons to choose academic oral and maxillofacial surgery and remain ... Read More
An institution in her own right
Jan Steele has worked at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry longer than any other employee on record. The question on every colleague’s lips: What will the dental school do without her? Every periodontist who has completed the specialty’s ... Read More
Taylor completes academic leadership course
Dr. Reginald Taylor, director of predoctoral orthodontics, recently completed the Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program. Taylor was among 55 attendees from across the U.S. and abroad who attended this interprofessional program, which is geared toward department chairs and academic ... Read More
Dr. Ronald Woody receives emeritus title
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently awarded Dr. Ronald Woody professor emeritus status for his contributions to the college’s restorative sciences department. Woody retired in 2013 after 30 years at the dental school, two decades of which ... Read More
Research associate wins award, will present at International Bone & Mineral Society meeting
Dr. Yan Jing, postdoctoral research associate in Dr. Jian Feng’s lab, is the 2014 recipient of the Osteoarthritis Award for the International Bone & Mineral Society. As the award winner, Jing will present a poster, titled, “Defective Chondrocytes are Directly ... Read More
Crump installed as president of Southwest Society of Periodontists
Dr. Brad Crump, clinical assistant professor in periodontics, was installed as president of the Southwest Society of Periodontists on July 26, during the organization’s summer meeting in San Antonio. The society consists of periodontists from Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado ... Read More
Rossmann lectures at North Texas ITI event
Dr. Jeffrey Rossmann recently led presentations for the International Team for Implantology Study Club (ITI), titled “Medical and Surgical Considerations for Implant Treatment Planning” and “Case Presentations of Implant Complications.” The two-hour lecture occurred June 26 in Rockwall, Texas. Read More
McNew recognized at annual sports dentistry symposium
Dr. Danette McNew received the Academy for Sports Dentistry President’s Award during the organization’s 32nd annual symposium, which was June 20 to 21 in San Diego. McNew, a clinical assistant professor who teaches the college’s summer sports dentistry selective, is ... Read More
Solomon serves as principal speaker at Lucy Hobbs conference
Dr. Eric Solomon, executive director of institutional research, presented “Projecting the Future of Dentistry” during the Lucy Hobbs Project 2014 Annual Celebration on June 6 in Orlando, Fla. Solomon’s presentation detailed the latest trends in dentistry including demographic shifts, dental ... Read More