Faculty

Stephen Shuman, DDS, MS, FGSA, was inducted into the International College of Dentists as a 2024 fellow.

Mark Herzberg, DDS, PhD, received an honorary doctorate from Malmo University in October. 

Yvette Reibel, EdD, LDH, assistant professor of dental hygiene and MSDH Program Director, received the 2025 William J. Gies Award for Junior Faculty Achievement in Allied Oral Health Education. 

The School of Dentistry hosted its second Research Retreat on October 4, 2024, at the Bell Museum. 
 

A new dental hygiene course is helping learners feel prepared and confident before their National Dental Hygiene Board Examinations.

A TEATL grant-funded initiative is introducing new oral health care providers to teledentistry.

The School of Dentistry unveiled the country’s first and world’s second dental-dedicated MRI on September 18 with the opening of the Orofacial MRI Center (OMRIC).

Students and faculty represented the School of Dentistry at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association conference.

The Institute for Molecular Virology hosted the annual Symposium on Viruses and Cancer in June. Co-sponsored by the Masonic Cancer Center, the symposium brought over 70 researchers together to share updates in research and discovery.

A dental hygiene faculty member and student were recognized with educational scholarships from the American Dental Hygienists’ Association’s Institute for Oral Health Foundation.