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Running and walking for oral cancer awareness
Three people participate in an organized run and walk, wearing matching t-shirts

Besides being a fun event for the community, funds from the 5K are going to research and awareness-raising activities related to oral cancer.

(Image: Michael Troka)

Running and walking for oral cancer awareness

In a student-led effort, the School of Dental Medicine hosted the Oral Cancer Walk & 5K. The event has been an annual tradition since 2009, offering both a community celebration and a venue for discussing oral cancer prevention and detection.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A rare rediscovery revealed
Jalen Chang with courbet

Jalen Chang, a Ph.D. candidate in art history at Penn, was a research assistant for the exhibition.

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A rare rediscovery revealed

An oil painting by 19th-century French artist Gustave Courbet that was found in the School of Dental Medicine’s storage is now on view at the Arthur Ross Gallery.
Advancing research and education to push forward oral health excellence
Esra Sahingur in the halls of the dental school

Sinem Esra Sahingur has both research and administrative duties as associate dean of graduate studies and student research at Penn Dental Medicine.

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Advancing research and education to push forward oral health excellence

Since joining the School of Dental Medicine faculty in 2019, Sinem Esra Sahingur has launched two new master’s programs, expanded student research, and continued to pursue her own research program on immune regulation.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Dental Medicine becomes first Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center
Alonso Carrasco-Labra

Alonso Carrasco-Labra of Penn Dental Medicine is director of the Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center.

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Penn Dental Medicine becomes first Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center

The Cochrane Oral Health Collaborating Center at Penn Dental Medicine is the first oral-health-oriented Cochrane collaborative group in the world.

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Our 15 favorite stories from 2022
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Our 15 favorite stories from 2022

From interdisciplinary research and life-changing discoveries to a new University president and everything in between, this year at Penn has been one for the books.

Penn Today Staff

At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit
John Swartley

Penn Center for Innovation’s Executive Director John Swartley

  • Q&A

    • At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit

    John Swartley, managing director of the Penn Center for Innovation, talks about the Center’s success.

    Dee Patel

    A growing focus on equitable oral care for people with disabilities
    dental student in gown, gloves, and mask works on a patient in a dental chair

    Student training is a large component of an increasing focus on care for people with disabilities at the School of Dental Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Dentsply Sirona)

    A growing focus on equitable oral care for people with disabilities

    Through global outreach, enhanced student training, continuing education for practitioners, and the busy Care Center for Persons with Disabilities, the School of Dental Medicine is working to break down barriers to care.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Serving student veterans at Penn
    Man in a blue hoodie and baseball hat greets a yellow lab

    Wyatt Frasier, an Army veteran in the Wharton MBA program, greets Byron, a service dog with the Warrior Canine Companion program. The program has recently opened a site at Penn, just above the veteran services office in the Franklin Building.

    Serving student veterans at Penn

    A new office in Student Registration and Financial Services provides support for the growing number of veterans at Penn.

    Kristina García

    Microbes that cause cavities can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’ and spread on teeth
    Three microscopic images labeled with green and blue show a group of microbes changing shape and moving

    In the microbial assemblages, fungal cells (blue) made up the periphery with bacteria (green) in the middle. Fungal hyphae, or elongated filaments, enabled the cluster of microbes to propel itself along the surface of a tooth. (Image: Penn Dental Medicine)

    Microbes that cause cavities can form superorganisms able to ‘crawl’ and spread on teeth

    These multicellular, cross-kingdom assemblages were more resistant to antimicrobials and removal and caused more extensive tooth decay than their single-species equivalents, according to research led by School of Dental Medicine scientists.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Chewing to curb COVID
    A gloved hand holds a petri dish filled with green colored tablets. Plants in containers are shown in the background

    Chewing gum tablets containing plant material laced with the ACE2 protein are being evaluated in a clinical trial to see if they are safe and effective in trapping SARS-CoV-2 in the saliva. (Image: Kevin Monko/Penn Dental Medicine)

    Chewing to curb COVID

    Penn Medicine will conduct a new clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a chewing gum designed by School of Dental Medicine researchers to trap SARS-CoV-2 in the saliva.

    Katherine Unger Baillie