DEPARTMENT OF ORAL HEALTH SCIENCES PRESENTS
Spring 2025 OHS 575 Seminar Series
Mondays 4:00pm-4:50pm
Hybrid model: Sessions held on Zoom or in-person in Magnuson Health Sciences Room T-359 depending on the presenter’s location.
Please see below for modality and contact ohsgrad@uw.edu for assistance.
| DATE & Modality | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
| March 31 In Person | Caregiver attitudes toward HPV vaccine education and administration in dental settings: insights from a multi-site study | Gulaiim Amatkyzy, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Oral Health Sciences School of Dentistry University of Washington |
| April 7 In Person | Immunotherapy to Infections and Solid Tumors | Surojit Sarkar, PhD Associate Professor Dept of Pediatrics Seattle Children’s Hospital Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology and Oral Health Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine |
| April 14 In Person | Color & Translucency Replication Process for Human Dentition | Alvin Wee, DDS, BDS, MS, MPH, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Restorative Dentistry School of Dentistry University of Washington |
| April 21 In Person | Kara Snyder, PhD MHC Class I status as a guide for immunotherapy selection in solid tumors Ke’ale Louie, DDS, Testing Epigenetic Inhibitors in a Zebrafish Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | Graduate Student Symposium #1 |
| April 28 Zoom | Perspectives on Careers in the Biotech Industry | Esra Camci, PhD Scientist, Prime Medicine Kelly Miao, PhD Patent Agenda, Prime Medicine Giorgia Silveira Senior Scientist, Prime Medicine |
| May 5 In Person | Lay Soon, RDH, MS, MEd Progress on Experimental Gingivitis Clinical Trial Investigating Inflammatory Responder TypesDerrick Tang, MS Sensation and perception of bolus properties for swallowing determination: Methods and strategies | Graduate Student Symposium #2 |
| May 12 In Person | Optical pH Measurement to Improve Oral Health | Philip A. Walczak, DDS DDS/PhD Candidate, Department of Oral Health Sciences Giachelli Lab, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington |
| May 19 In Person | Graduate Student Symposium #3 | |
| May 26 | Holiday – No Class | |
| June 2 In Person | Graduate Student Symposium #4 | |
| June 9 | Exam Week – No Class |