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 Types Derrick 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 | Cameron Renteria, PhD Exploring the Intersection of Tooth Enamel and AI for Bioinspired Materials Azeez Fashina, BDS, FMCDS Dissecting the Function of Kinase Cascade Regulation of IRF6 in Association to Craniofacial Malformations | Graduate Student Symposium #3 |
| May 26 | Holiday – No Class | |
| June 2 In Person | Graduate Student Symposium #4 | |
| June 9 | Exam Week – No Class |