We at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine embrace diversity and strive to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment, where our students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds feel empowered to achieve their greatest potential. It is part of our mission to enhance recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented minority students, faculty, and staff, to address disparities in oral health and health care, and to train clinicians who are equipped to meet oral healthcare needs of our increasingly diverse communities.
Throughout the School of Dental Medicine - through policies and programs, training and curriculum, and recruitment and admissions - we are fostering an environment of inclusive excellence, maximizing efforts to recruit, retain and support students and faculty from underrepresented minority groups, and developing and delivering inclusive curriculum that equips our future dentists to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population.