NSU CDM Lasting Impressions Fall 2018

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | 45 The CDM was well represented during the 2018 conference of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and International Association for Dental Research (IADR) held in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. NSU professors and students who led workshops/or made presentations are CDM faculty members Laurie Gordon- Brown, D.M.D.; Romer Ocanto, D.D.S., M.S., CAGS; Stanley Hack, B.D.S.; Rashondia Gaines, D.D.S., M.S.; Toshihisa Kawai, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Alexandru Movila, Ph.D.; Umadevi Kandalam, Ph.D.; Sharon Crane Siegel, D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A.; Oscar Padilla, D.D.S.; Evren Kilinc, D.D.S., Ph.D.; Mauricio Guerrero, D.D.S.; Cristina Garcia-Godoy, D.D.S., M.P.H., CCRP; Shiva Khatami, D.D.S.; and Marvin Golberg, D.D.S.; CDM staff member Jennifer Chung; senior research associate Maria A. Levi-Minzi, Ph.D., of the Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities in the NSU Abraham S. Fischler College of Education; Tara Sheehan, Ph.D., BCBA, adjunct professor in the NSU College of Psychology; Avery Ruben, D.M.D.; second-year resident Gabriella Ambrose, D.M.D.; fourth-year dental student Roman Mogilevsky; and third-year student Karen Ben-Elazar. u CDM Presents at the AADR and IADR Conference CDM Impressions Top left: Umadevi Kandalam, left, points out aspects of her research to fellow CDM professor Saynur Vardar-Sengul. Center, left: CDM professor Alexandru Movila, right, confers with Joseph J. Zambon, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. Bottom, left: Gabriella Ambrose, a second-year postgraduate resident in periodontics, presents her CDM research. Above: Student Karen Ben-Elazar with Linda Niessen, CDM dean and professor.