Spring 2013 - Tufts University School of Dental Medicine

on campus
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In case you hadn’t heard...
students share their match
news with each other and with
charles rankin, d79, dg86,
interim chair of diagnosis and
health promotion.
congratulations
all around
tufts school of Dental medicine and its
students have received several awards
and marks of distinction recently:
dIversIty the dental school is a
recipient of the first higher education
excellence in Diversity award from
INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the
largest diversity-focused publication
in higher education. the school was
featured along with other recipients in
the magazine’s December 2012 issue.
tufts was selected for such initiatives as
its faculty development seminar series
on diversity; efforts to increase minority
student representation and retention;
diverse student groups and outreach to
promote oral health and access to care
for underserved populations.
make me a match
the dental school hosted its first
National Match Day celebration on January
28 for members of the Class of 2013.
“Match Day represents the hopes and
aspirations of thousands of students who
wish to pursue residency or specialty training,”
said Nadeem Karimbux, associate dean
for academic affairs. “These students apply
roxanna Khajavi, d13, hugs caitlin coleman, d13.
to highly competitive programs across the
country, and Match Day often times has
the same effect as a lottery—you open your
email and find out where you are going to
spend the next one to six years.”
At Tufts, approximately 50 percent of the
graduating class applies to and is accepted
into specialty residency training programs.
The dental match occurs in two phases:
Phase I results were released in November
for students who applied to orthodontics
or dental anesthesiology programs. Phase
II results, for students who applied to programs
in oral and maxillofacial surgery,
pediatric dentistry, advanced education in
general dentistry and general practice residencies,
were announced on January 28. As
of mid-March, more than 70 members of the
class of 2013 had been accepted to specialty
programs, general practice residencies and
advanced education in general dentistry programs
and residencies in the U.S. military.
research For the second consecutive
year, tufts was ranked number one by
the american association for Dental
Research national student Research
Group for having the most student
abstracts accepted (60) for the annual
session of the american, international
and Canadian associations of Dental
Research, which took place in seattle
in march. the school’s student
research group will receive $300 for
the achievement.
debate Competing against students
from the dental schools at harvard and
Boston University, the team from tufts
won the fourth annual american student
Dental association District i debate, held
at the dental school on February 23.
tufts was represented by andrew tonelli,
D14, Claire mcCarthy, D15, Christopher
paolino, D16, and saad Butt, D15.
student group the tufts student
chapter of the american Dental education
association (aDea) was recognized at
aDea’s 2013 annual session, held in
march in seattle, with the Distinguished
Chapter award and outstanding
activities award.
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photos: kelvin ma