The second of five finalists vying for the role of UNMC College of Dentistry dean will be on the Omaha and Lincoln campuses this week.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to hear from Galen Schneider, DDS, PhD, during a campus presentation Tuesday, March 21. He is executive associate dean, associate dean of faculty and professor, University of Iowa College of Dentisty.
The forum will be from noon to 12:45 p.m. CT in the Dixon Auditorium at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln and via Zoom. Attendees can access the Zoom link via this intranet page and ask questions during the forum.
At Iowa, Dr. Schneider also has served as the department of prosthodontics chair (2006-2011), interim associate dean for research (2019-2020) and interim dean (2021-2022). A board-certified prosthodontist, his translational and collaborative research efforts have focused on cell signaling pathways associated with osseous tissue engineering, dental implant osseointegration and cancer cell biology. He is an assistant editor for the Journal of Prosthodontics and currently serves as the Research Committee Chair for the American College of Prosthodontists.
In addition to Dr. Schneider, finalists include:
- Name deleted at candidate’s request, dated April 2, 2024.
- N. Shaun Matthews, BDS, FDS, MBBS, clinical professor and chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery and hospital dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry, as well as associate dean for hospital affairs and director of IUSD’s Temporomandibular Joint Institute. He will visit April 5-6, with a campus presentation Thursday, April 6.
- J. Bruce Bavitz, DMD, chair of the department of surgical specialties at the UNMC College of Dentistry. He will visit April 10-11, with a campus presentation Tuesday, April 11.
- Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD, associate dean for research and professor of comprehensive care at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He will visit April 12-13, with a campus presentation Thursday, April 13.
All finalist forums will be in in the Dixon Auditorium at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln and via Zoom. The Zoom links will be available via the finalist intranet page; links for each finalist’s campus presentation will be added on the day of their visit.
Provide feedback on Dr. Schneider’s presentation via a confidential survey form. Following the visit, a recording of the candidate’s campus presentation will be posted on the intranet.