College of Dentistry

Educators get up to speed with FAST

Program helps UNMC educators prepare for a challenging fall semester.

Aug 13, 2020

Amrita-Amanda Vuppala, MD, practices presentation techniques to the live and virtual participants for feedback as FAST program director Linda Love, EdD, and faculty coach Adam Case, PhD, observe.

Town hall today on UNMC’s COVID-19 recovery plan

University leaders will discuss upcoming semester.

Aug 13, 2020

Ted Cieslak, MD, interim executive director of the Health Security Office

New faculty spotlight: Jennifer Marshall, DDS

Dr. Marshall is an assistant professor of pediatric dentistry in the UNMC College of Dentistry.

Aug 12, 2020

Jennifer Marshall, DDS

College’s pandemic response course is interprofessional collaboration

UNMC’s Colleges of Dentistry, Medicine and Public Health collaborate to offer course on the effects of COVID-19.

Aug 12, 2020

Shayla Yoachim, PhD, inspires UNMC community with remote teaching story

Shayla Yoachim, PhD, assistant professor of oral biology, is one of UNMC’s leaders in remote teaching.

Aug 11, 2020

New faculty spotlight: Claire Koukol, DDS

Dr. Koukol is an assistant professor of pediatric dentistry in the UNMC College of Dentistry.

Aug 6, 2020

Claire Koukol, DDS

COVID-19: We must do our part

Vigilance in community settings, as well as at the medical center, is important.

Aug 5, 2020

From left, Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, chancellor of UNMC and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and James Linder, MD, CEO of Nebraska Medicine

Dental hygiene grads first to test on manikins

Class is first in nation to complete the required clinical licensure examination using simulated manikins.

Aug 4, 2020

Simulated patient examinations on manikins were initially created as a remediation and re-licensure resource for state dental boards.

UNMC research awards top $174 million, up 26% from prior year

Most grants funded by the National Institutes of Health

Aug 3, 2020

Jennifer Larsen, MD

History: Dental hygiene program excelled from start

First graduating class in 1966 ranked second in country on National Dental Hygiene Board examinations.

Jul 29, 2020

At left, Elizabeth Warner Waggener, founder of the dental hygiene program, works with students.