School of Dental Medicine
From lab discoveries to public outreach initiatives, students, faculty, staff and alumni at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine prove their dedication to advancing oral health in Cleveland and around the world. Read the latest news that highlights the innovation, care and community impact at the heart of our efforts to advance clinical excellence and service across populations.
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Longtime professor, alumnus Dale Baur named interim dean of CWRU School of Dental Medicine
National search continues for permanent dean
Recent News
March 31, 2022
Rui Amaral Mendes, adjunct professor of oral and maxillofacial medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, wrote a letter to the editor of the British Medical Journal in which he addressed the need for optimized genome surveillance of Omicron in order to track the new…
March 16, 2022
Aaron Weinberg, professor at the School of Dental Medicine, and Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, professor of pathology and biochemistry, recently co-authored a study investigating a method for impeding the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at the molecular level. Weinberg, Ramakrishnan and colleagues tested…
March 09, 2022
As National Children’s Dental Health Month comes to a close, The Daily sat down with School of Dental Medicine Assistant Professor Margaret Ferretti to brush up on the importance of pediatric dental health—and to learn about some common misconceptions. A professor in the Pediatric Dentistry…
February 21, 2022
About 1.2 million people with HIV in the United States live relatively normal lives with uncompromised immune systems and the virus medically controlled. But there are two rising concerns, said Ge Jin, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School…
February 09, 2022
The African American Alumni Association, in partnership with the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, invites members of the community to the next Profiles of Inclusive Excellence event featuring Kristin Williams (DEN '89; GRS '05, public health), assistant dean for admissions and…
January 21, 2022
Rui Amaral Mendes, adjunct professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences in the School of Dental Medicine, penned an article titled Translation of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Mucositis Secondary to Cancer Therapy, published on…
December 14, 2021
Lessons learned by alumni navigating the highs and lows of leadership during the COVID-19 crisis Kari Cunningham, DMD (pictured here with her niece), owns Panther Pediatric Dentistry in Euclid, Ohio. Kari Cunningham, DMD (DEN ‘10, ‘12), has a…
November 30, 2021
Program/Major: Doctor of Dental MedicineClass Year: 2023 Sometimes life allows for second chances. For third-year Doctor of Dental Medicine student Ty Hearns, that is a mantra he lives by—understanding how granting second, or even third or fourth, chances can change lives. During his first two…
November 10, 2021
The global coronavirus pandemic put a hold on Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine’s celebration of Veterans Day with free dental care for veterans and military personnel, but the school is bringing back the annual veteran-outreach effort on Thursday, Nov. 11, and Friday, Nov.…
November 05, 2021
Pushpa Pandiyan, associate professor of biological sciences in the School of Dental Medicine, and a team of researchers have been working to discover the cause behind residual systemic inflammation and dysfunction of the oral cavity in people living with HIV. Their study, “Oral immune dysfunction…