Jarvie Journal - College of Dental Medicine - Columbia University

March 29, 2013
Members of the Jarvie Society,
It gives me great pleasure to write and congratulate you on the 56 th edition of the Jarvie, the
Journal of the William Jarvie Society. What better way to recognize the true roots of dental research
than through this Journal, the abstracts within it, and the recognition of all of our student research
scholars.
How appropriate that William Gies, the founder of the American Association of Dental
Research (AADR) and a true Columbian, would establish such a student dental research society
in 1920 only four years after the establishment of the dental school at Columbia University.
Today, 93 years later, this organization continues to be a vital part of the College of Dental
Medicine (CDM) with over 25% of the student body participating.
A culture of inquiry is embedded in the CDM. It is how we teach and mentor our
students, residents and postdoctoral candidates. The fabulous abstracts that are recognized in
this manuscript, the posters that are being displayed during our Birnberg presentation and the
overall quality of the mentor/men tee relationships continues to show our innate desire to answer the
questions that so need to be answered for the betterment of oral and systemic health.
You should be proud of what you have accomplished and I congratulate each and every
one of you on the extraordinary display of your scholarship.
Sincerely,
Ronnie Myers DDS
Interim Dean
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