Alumni Profiles and News
October 2009
School of
Dental Medicine Class Contact Dinner
Nearly 40 alumni gathered at Peppercorn’s Grill in Hartford on
October 28 to kick off the School of Dental Medicine Alumni
Association’s Class Contact program.
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October 2009
Periodontal Event in Boston
On September 13, alumni from the School of Dental Medicine's
periodontal program gathered at Brasseire Jo in Boston during the
American Academy of Periodontology conference.
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June 2009
M.P.H. Alumna Serves the Brass City as Director of Public Health
Serving as the director of public health in Connecticut’s fifth
largest city, Roseann Wright '00, R.N., R.S., B.S.N., M.P.H. has a
job that would challenge even the most time-tested administrator.
However, her UConn education and diverse background have prepared
her well for the role in Waterbury, which she assumed in May 2008. >
June 2009
School of Dental Medicine Launches New Alumni Association
For the nearly 1,400 alumni of the UConn School of Dental Medicine,
keeping in touch with each other and their alma mater is now
easier, thanks to the creation of a new alumni association. >
April 2009
SoM Alumnus
Writes Book, Blog About Health Care Today
By combining his inside view of the medical system with an approach
tailored for the benefit of patients, UConn School of Medicine
alumni Davis Liu, M.D. ’97 is helping educate Americans about how to
make the best decisions for their own health.
Read full
story >
December 2008
Scholarship for Studying Women's Health
A gift from a UConn School of Medicine alumni family will support a
scholarship for first-year medical students interested in women’s
health issues.
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story >
October 10, 2008
New Faces and New Programs Build Upon Alumni Success
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations is working hard to
stay connected with all alumni and celebrate their impressive
accomplishments. Read full story >
Fall 2008
Love of Science Leads Gundersen to 2nd Career
It’s been a long road from learning medicine in Farmington to teaching
girls how to build robots in Montana, but Liz Gundersen, M.D. SoM ’73
has never been one to let a challenge slow her down.
Read full story >
Fall 2008
Dental Alums Take Care Into Schools and Neighborhoods
School today still means the three R’s, but for children in Hartford,
Conn., it also often means their only access to affordable dental care.
Read full story >
Summer 2008
Alum Receives AMA Leadership Award
Theodore A. Kastner, M.D. ’81, M.S., Founder and President of
Developmental Disabilities Health Alliance (DDHA), a New Jersey health
care organization exclusively for individuals with developmental
disabilities, has been named a recipient of the American Medical
Association’s (AMA) 2008 Leadership Award.
Read full story >
Summer 2008
UConn at the Yankee Dental Congress
More than 200 UConn School of Dental Medicine alumni and their families
came together at the 33rd Yankee Dental Congress in Boston earlier this
year. Read full story >
June 2008
2008 Reunion Weekend Photos
Thank you to our volunteers, faculty, staff and, most
importantly, our alumni for making it possible.
View photos >
January 2008
Taking Health Care Where
It's Needed
A summer elective course taken nearly a decade ago sent Kevin
Clarke, M.D. ’04, from the green hills of Farmington to Africa,
where he studied the natural progression of HIV/AIDS in Lusaka,
Zambia. Read full story > |
