Crohn's Research. Diabetes Screening. Debunking Anti-Root Canal Movement


	Dr. Scott Kachlany

Supporting Innovation

Faculty Member Gets $600K for Crohn's Research

Dr. Scott Kachlany has received a two-year $621,403 grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to carry out research on the cause and treatment of Crohn's disease. Dr. Kachlany, an associate professor in the Department of Oral Biology, aims to identify the types of white blood cells that trigger inflammation in patients with the disease. LEARN MORE

Early Intervention

RSDM to Screen Patients for Diabetes


	Students will screen patients at risk for diabetes.

RSDM providers will screen patients for diabetes as part of a new early detection program. Said Dean Cecile A. Feldman, "Each year 27 million patients visit a dentist but not a physician. Many patients seeking care at the dental school are either diabetic or prediabetic but haven't been diagnosed and don't know they're at risk.'' The goal is to train students and screen 500 patients over two years. The program is funded with support from Delta Dental of New Jersey. LEARN MORE

Credibility Issue

Dean Feldman Op-Ed Praises Netflix for Pulling Anti-Root Canal Documentary


	Dean Cecile A. Feldman

Read Dean Feldman's Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed about "Root Cause," a documentary citing discredited science from the 1920s to link root canals to cancer and heart disease. After the film was pulled by Netflix, Dean Feldman urges media platforms to vet medical information for scientific credibility. The piece is posted here.

Scholarship Spotlight

A Student Leader, On and Off the Ice


	RSDM's Tom Viccaro, left, with a member of the NJMS Medwings

Tom Viccaro can score goals and fix teeth if a stray hockey puck inflicts damage.

A fourth-year student - and class president - Viccaro is center guard for the RSDM Bitewings, who face off against the New Jersey Medical School Medwings in an annual hockey fundraiser. This year, proceeds from the April 5 event, held at Newark's Prudential Center, will go toward Robert Wood Johnson's Child Health Institute. (You can give here). "It's satisfying to see the camaraderie between the dental school and med school while coming together for a good cause,'' says Viccaro, the recipient of the LoMonaco Leadership Award, which was created by faculty member Dr. Carmine LoMonaco. LEARN MORE

Scholarship Challenge Offers 2-1 and 1-1 Matches


	Students in pre-clinic

You can multiply your support for RSDM students by giving to our scholarship fund. This year, the Chancellor's Challenge is offering $500,000 in matching donations toward any RSDM scholarship received until December. All scholarship donations will be matched 1-1 or 2-1. By giving to any RSDM scholarship, you can make dental school education more affordable. Help our hard-working, dedicated students follow their dreams. Learn more here. You can also give here.

ALUMNI NEWS

Network and Rock Out at May 3 RSDM Reunion


	Faculty member Peter DeSciscio, second from right, and the student members of Elektrosurge

Catch up with old friends and classmates at the Dental School Reunion and NJDA "Dentistry Rocks" Dinner on May 3 at the Marriott Hotel at Newark Liberty Airport. Our special honorees are the classes of 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 1994, but all alumni are welcome. Join your fellow alums and Dean Feldman from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. as we toast RSDM's new alumni officers. Stay to dine and dance from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the combination RSDM reunion and NJDA "Dentistry Rocks" event, which features RSDM student cover band Elektrosurge, led by faculty member Dr. Peter DeSciscio. Don't miss the fun! Register here.

Admissions Symposium Slated for April 16


	Students in one of RSDM's predental pipeline programs

So you want to be an RSDM student? Or you know someone who does? Learn how at our admissions symposium on April 16 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the school's Oral Health Pavilion. The registration deadline is April 12. The symposium, sponsored by the Office of Admissions, is for anyone interested in attending dental school. High school and college students, as well as parents, pre-health advisors and counselors, are welcome. We also encourage internationally educated dentists to attend . Learn more and register here.

Save the Date for Annual Hockey Benefit

The annual benefit hockey game between RSDM and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) is on April 5 at the Prudential Center in Newark. But it's not too early to support a good cause. This year, the event will raise funds for the Child Health Institute of New Jersey Support Fund. The institute's mission is to understand childhood diseases and translate research discoveries into prevention, treatment and cure. Donate here.

Balbo Day: Student Research Exhibition is April 10

At our annual Balbo Day event, students show off their research, from oral biology findings to fascinating patient case studies. Held at RSDM, it runs April 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.