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With Team Work and Dental Humor, Students Win Video Contest 
Angie Lo and Tom Viccaro star in student video
The American Dental Association's Principles of Ethics and Code of Conduct may uplift the dental profession, but it's not very entertaining. RSDM students helped change that with a comic video that won second place in an ADA video competition  LEARN MORE 

Researcher Scott Kachlany
Search for the Cure
Faculty Speaks Out Against Funding Cuts for Cancer Research

Dr. Scott Kachlany's decade-long research into a promising therapy for leukemia and lymphoma would not have been possible without federal funding from the National Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute. Now, he's speaking out against a plan to slash the budget for cancer research.   LEARN MORE


Role Models

Students Join 'Three Doctors' as Mentors in Newark
RSDM student mentors

They're known as "The Three Doctors,"  a trio of Newarkers who formed a pact growing up that they would become doctors and support each other as they pursued their dream. Last month, 18 RSDM students joined the doctors -- one of whom is an RSDM alum -- and other volunteers for Mentors' Day at University High School in Newark.  LEARN MORE



Global Effort
RSDM Hosts International Conference on Orofacial Pain 
Doctors convene at RSDM for orofacial pain conference

Some of the top experts in the world gathered at RSDM for a conference last month on developing a better way to diagnose orofacial pain. They were at work creating a classification system for different types of pain in the mouth and face.  LEARN MORE 


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