Journal of the American College of Dentists

2011 ACD Annual Meeting
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Honorary Fellowship
Honorary Fellowship is a means to
bestow Fellowship on deserving nondentists.
This status is awarded to
individuals who would otherwise be
candidates for Fellowship by virtue of
demonstrated leadership and achievements
in dentistry or the community
except that they are not dentists. Honorary
Fellows have all the rights and privileges
of Fellowship except they cannot vote or
hold elected office. This year there are
four recipients of Honorary Fellowship.
Dr. Laura J. Bishop is the
Academic Program Officer
for International, Library
and Outreach Initiatives of
the Kennedy Institute of
Ethics and its Bioethics Research Library
at Georgetown University. The Bioethics
Research Library is the national reference
library for ethics and the epicenter of
ethics resources of all types. Dr. Bishop
is an active member of the American
Society for Dental Ethics Section of the
College. She has been invaluable in cooperative
efforts involving the Ethics Resource
Clearinghouse. Highlights of her accomplishments
and credentials include:
• BA, Biology with Science and Human
Values minor, Wells College, Phi
Beta Kappa
• MA, Philosophy, Georgetown
University
• PhD, Philosophy and Bioethics,
Georgetown University
• Academic Program Officer, Kennedy
Institute of Ethics
• Director, High School Bioethics
Curriculum Project, Kennedy
Institute of Ethics
• Research Associate, Bioethics Research
Library, Kennedy Institute of Ethics
• President, Graduate Student
Organization, Georgetown University
• Group Leader and Special Topics
Lecturer, Intensive Bioethics Course,
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
• Program Director, Multi-week
Course on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,
Department of Family Medicine,
Georgetown University
• Ethics Consultant, Collaborations to
Advance Understanding of Science
and Ethics (CAUSE) Project, NWABR
• Ethics Consultant, Collaborations to
Understand Research and Ethics
(CURE) Project, Northwest
Association for Biomedical Research
(NWABR)
• Program Director and Coordinator,
Dental Ethics Symposium, in association
with Intensive Bioethics Course,
Kennedy Institute of Ethics
• Coordinator, Dental Ethics Affinity
Group, American Society for
Bioethics and Humanities
• Member, Professional Ethics Initiative
Committee, American College of
Dentists
• Strategic Planning Committee,
American Society for Dental Ethics
Section
• Author or co-author, scholarly papers
in well-known publications
• Henry Wells Scholar
• Recipient, Francis Tarleton
Farenthold Leadership Prize
Dr. John D.B. Featherstone
has served as the Dean,
University of California,
San Francisco, School of
Dentistry since 2008. It is
unusual for a dental school to have a dean
who is not a dentist. Dr. Featherstone is
a scientist with a broad background of
leadership and accomplishment. He is
leading the effort to change the standard
of care for dental practitioners. It is
expected his research will markedly
change the teaching and practice of
caries management. Dr. Featherstone’s
record of accomplishments is summarized
below:
• BS., Chemistry and Mathematics,
Victoria University of Wellington,
New Zealand
• MSc, Physical Chemistry, University
of Manchester, School of Pharmacy,
England
• PhD, Chemistry, Victoria University
of Wellington, New Zealand
• Dean, University of California, San
Francisco, School of Dentistry
• Professor and Chair, Department of
Preventive and Restorative Sciences,
University of California, San
Francisco, School of Dentistry
• Professor and Chair, Department of
Oral Sciences, Eastman Dental
Center, Rochester, NY
• Distinguished Scientist Award for
research in dental caries, IADR
• T.H. Maiman Award for Excellence in
Dental Laser Research, Academy of
Laser Dentistry
• Lifetime Honorary Member, Academy
of Laser Dentistry
• Joseph J. Krajewski Award for
outstanding activities that have
contributed to the advancement of
the dental profession, American
College of Dentists
• Zsolnai Prize for outstanding
research in dental caries, European
Organization for Caries Research
• Lifetime Achievement Award, World
Congress on Microdentistry
• Ericcson Prize in Preventive
Dentistry, Swedish Patent Fund,
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
• Excellence in Research Award, World
Congress of Minimally Invasive
Dentistry
• Norton Ross Award for excellence in
clinical research, ADA
• Co-organizer, Caries Management by
Risk Assessment Symposium
• Author or co-author of over 220
papers and book chapters
2011 Volume 78, Number 4