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Two Senior Students Receive Major Award for Dental Public Health Research
Congratulations are in order for two Kornberg seniors! Anna Vishnevetsky and Jennifer Mirman, both members of the class of 2017, were recently notified by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Oral Health Section that they have been selected as the recipients of the 2016 Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Pre-Professional Award. This award, which is sponsored by Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, was established in 2006 in memory of the late Dr. Anthony Westwater Jong...
Paige Epps, '17, Named ADEA SDLP Intern
A Kornberg senior was recently awarded a highly competitive national internship with the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Student Diversity Leadership Program (SDLP). Paige Epps, class of 2017, who is also the Vice President of the Student National Dental Association (SNDA) and a student member on the CODA Planning Committee, sees the internship as an “opportunity to learn about diversity efforts being implemented on a national scale” that will strengthen her ongoing efforts here...
The Governor Comes to Kornberg
Integrated Medical and Dental Care
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry Announces New Partnership with GPHA, Inc.
Earlier this year, Dean Amid Ismail of Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry and Mr. Ronald Heigler, CEO and Executive Director of Greater Philadelphia Health Action, Inc. (GPHA), took the first steps towards a launching a transformative new partnership that will establish a medical health center within the dental school.
“The patients we...
Temple Dental Clinic at KleinLife
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry has opened a new clinic at KleinLife, a Jewish Community Center in Northeast Philadelphia, in order to provide affordable, accessible, high quality care to members of KleinLife and the surrounding community.
The Clinic at KleinLife is staffed by faculty members from the School of Dentistry. Beyond an excellent standard of care, the dentists and hygienists offer compassionate, culturally- and...
International Dentists DMD Program Launched at Temple Dental
A Global Center for Advanced Dental Education
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry Launches A Two-Year Program for Experienced Dentists from International Schools
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry has received approval from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) to start a new International Dentists DMD Program. The 24-month program will accept experienced dentists who graduated from international dental schools. This groundbreaking program...
Dr. Jie Yang and Dr. Mustafa Badi elected to leadership positions in the International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology
At the recent 20th International Congress of the International Association of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Radiology (IADMFR) in Santiago, Chile, two Kornberg School faculty were elected to leadership positions by the association’s General Assembly.
Dr. Jie Yang, Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Medicine and Surgery, was named president-elect, only the third American in IADMFR’s 50-year history to be elected president.
Dr. Mustafa Badi, Assistant Professor of Oral and...