Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine (CDM) has named Jeffrey Elo, DDS, MS, FACS, FACD, FICD, as the first recipient of an endowed professorship created to enhance oral diagnostics teaching and learning opportunities and to improve oral health care in the community.

Dr. Elo is the first Drs. Daljit and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Advanced Oral Diagnosis and Therapeutics. The endowed professorship, supported by a generous donation from the Sarkaria family, will serve as the academic foundation and provide leadership in defining the vision and mission for WesternU CDM’s Center of Excellence in Advanced Oral Diagnosis and Therapeutics whose work will advance oral health and help the College gain further national recognition and prominence within the dental profession to attract and educate the top future dental providers.

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The Neurosurgery Research Initiative of Dr. David Connett in COMP has resulted in another original research article on Traumatic Brain Injury by the Department of Translational Research. Brazdzionis J, Radwan MM, Thankam FG, Mari YM, Baron, Connett DA, Agrawal DK, Miulli DE: A Swine Model of Neural Circuit Electromagnetic Fields: Effects of Immediate Electromagnetic Field Stimulation on Cortical Injury. Cureus 15(8): e43774. · DOI: 10.7759/cureus.43774

PMID: 37731409 ; PMCID: PMC10506916

Drs. Finosh Thankam and Devendra Agrawal in the Department of Translational Research also published the following: Connor D, Thankam FG, Agrawal DK: Karyopherins in the remodeling of extracellular matrix: Implications in tendon injury. J Ortho Sports Med 2023: 5(3): 357-374. https://www.fortunejournals.com/articles/karyopherins-in-the-remodeling-of-extracellular-matrix.pdf

Join the Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library in celebrating National Medical Libraries Month this October with events for the entire WesternU community!

We kick off the month with Pomodoro Study Café from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, a workshop co-hosted with LEAD that teaches Pomodoro technique to help maximize study time and breaks and will be broadcast on Zoom as well.

Then, every Tuesday in October from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., we’re hosting “Coffee and Conversations” in the Pumerantz Library lobby, a time where students, faculty, and staff could enjoy a free cup of coffee from a local Pomona coffee shop.

From noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, come support our COMP student artists as we host a Mural Reveal party, followed by a meditation session, wellness activities, and light refreshments.

Additionally, we’ll be observing Archives Month with a display about SANUS, a theatre group founded by COMP students in 1985 that presented the human side of medicine through drama.

We will wrap up the month with a lecture and book signing from Dr. Pedram Navab on “Sleep Reimagined: The Fast Track to a Revitalized Life” in our second-floor classroom and a mini-pumpkin decorating contest (registration required) October 25-27.

For more information, check out our calendar of events on our homepage.