Seminars
The Department of Oral Health Sciences, formed through the merger of Oral Biology and DPHS, has revamped its seminar series, offered under the course heading of Oral Biology 575. In addition to traditional basic research, this new seminar series will cover topics in the clinical sciences, public health, epidemiology, and health services research. If you are interested in presenting in this series or have suggestions for speakers, please contact Sue Herring (herring@uw.edu) or Richard Presland (rp@uw.edu), the co-directors of the course.
Mondays 12:30 to 1:20 p.m., Room: RR-134.
| DATE | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1 | CANCELED
The Paradoxical Nature of Periodontal Ligament Interfaces |
Sunita Ho, PhD Professor, Division of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA |
| Apr 8 | Progress Report on Improving the Repeatability of Experiments | Don Taves, MD, MPH, PhD Affiliate Associate Professor, Oral Health Sciences |
| Apr 15 | Devil Facial Tumor Disease: Studies of a Transmissible Cancer | David Hockenbery, MD Professor, Dept. of Medicine |
| Apr 22 | Preventing Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults | Elizabeth Phelan, MD Director, Northwest Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Center |
| Apr 29 | Immunization in the Oral Cavity | Kim Woodrow, PhD Associate Professor, Depart. of Bioengineering |
| May 6 | My Life with Treacher Collins Syndrome and its Connection to my Craniofacial Research and Advocacy | Francis Smith, PhD Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Craniofacial Biology, U of Colorado, Denver |
| May 13 | Dentistry’s #MeToo Moment: Patient Harassment of Student Clinicians | Sara Gordon, DDS Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, School of Dentistry |
| May 20 | The Potential Impact of Vitamin D on Oral Diseases | Ana Lucia Seminario, PhD Assoc. Professor, Pediatric Dentistry |
| May 27 | Holiday | |
| June 3 | TBA | Darryl Holman, PhD Associate Professor, Anthropology |
| June 10 | Graduate Student/Trainee Symposium |