insight

Spring 2023

Research and Scholarship

Welcome to the spring 2023 issue of Insight, a newsletter celebrating the accomplishments of our community of scholars. We aim to spotlight insights from people at the Dugoni School working in all areas of scholarship, including clinical or biomedical research, the scholarship of teaching and learning, improvement of the health care system, and professional partnerships that advance the field.

Save the Date for OKU-Sutro Excellence Day!

May 3, 2023 | 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm

1:00 – 2:00 pm | Keynote Presentation — TBD 2:15 – 5:00 pm | Student Presentations/Judging Sessions

Join us as a presenter — or step up and be a judge! Judges will review presentations and posters in dental and basic research, clinical cases, and community health showcase projects prepared by dental students, residents, faculty, and staff.

Explore the gallery of past OKU Sutro Excellence Day work at excellenceday.pacific.edu. All alumni and faculty are invited to become judges. Please email the event team at excellenceday@pacific.edu to sign up.

Grant Activity at the Dugoni School

Congratulations to all Dugoni School faculty who are currently receiving grants, or who participated last year in submissions of external grant applications exceeding $200,000 in total direct funding. We would like to acknowledge all principal investigators and their co-principal investigators (collaborators) who have made the projects possible.

Below is a list of awardees or applicants and the funding agency for each:

• Hee-soo Oh (National Institutes of Health)

• Jonas Bianchi (National Institutes of Health)

• David Lam (National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, and Stanford Head and Neck Cancer SPORE)

• Robert Trezia (San Francisco Department of Health)