AADRADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program names 2008 class

Washington鈥擳he academic dental careers program sponsored jointly by the American Association for Dental Research and the American Dental Education Association announced its 2008 fellowship class March 31 during ADEA’s annual session.

The Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program fosters a recruitment effort that encourages and prepares students at U.S. and Canadian dental schools and ADEA-member allied dental programs to enter academic dentistry. For 2008, the program’s selection committee chose these fellows and their mentors (whose names are in parentheses):

• Rachel Capote, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine (Sanjay Mallya, Ph.D., and Dr. Ravinora Nanda);
• Allison Christine Cavenaugh, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry (Dr. Lorne Koroluk);
• Jerrod R. Dempsey, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry (Jennifer Brueckner, Ph.D.);
• Joshua Fein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry (Dr. Eric M. Rivera);
• Donna Henley-Jackson, Howard University College of Dentistry (Garnett Henley, M.S.);
• Gloria Kim, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry (Drs. Erika Sachno and Sharon Lanning);
• Samuel “Reid” Lester, University of Mississippi School of Dentistry (Dr. Roger B. Johnson);
• Rachael Revell, University of Iowa College of Dentistry (Marsha A. Cunningham, M.S., and Teresa A. Marshall, Ph.D.);
• Chi Viet, University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry (Dr. Brian L. Schmidt);
• Maggie Y. Wang, University of Florida College of Dentistry (Dr. Roberta Pileggi).

The program began in 2006 with a grant from the ADA Foundation. The fellowship includes fellow/mentor training sessions, interviews, teaching and research practicum, poster presentations and more.

“The AADR and ADEA are privileged to work with such talented students,” said Dr. Marc Heft, AADR president. “The program provides valuable experience in teaching and research for dental students who are interested in pursuing an academic career.”

“AADR/ADEA ADCFP is a wonderful tool to expand opportunities for faculty development,” added Dr. James Q. Swift, ADEA president. “And with 400 faculty positions in U.S. dental schools vacant, supporting ways to increase the number of dental educators is an important part of ADEA’s mission.”