Through the UB Global Miles for Smiles program, UB professor Othman Shibly traveled to Lebanon and Syria to deliver oral health care, fuel, medical supplies and more.
UB forensic dentist Mary Bush has received the 2021 Reidar F. Sognnaes Award of Excellence in Forensic Odontology from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She is the first woman to receive the honor.
UB has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop new therapies that help reduce chronic inflammation and immunosuppression in oral cancers.
The UB School of Dental Medicine has received a $780,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to expand its S-Miles to Go program through the addition of a second mobile dental clinic.
More than 90% of faculty and students taking part in the fall Interprofessional Forum felt the session met the learning objectives, and more than half preferred the online format.