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Your news at the heart of your Faculty of Dentistry / Issue 29 / May 8, 2014

#McGillDentNewHeights. Photo Ioana Dumitru Important Calendar Dates May 29th Spring Convocation. Health Sciences Ceremony at 2pm. Details and checklists June 11th Faculty Council Meeting, 5:30pm (Location to be determined) August 19th DMD III academic year start date (tentative) Events May 23rd - 27th Journées dentaires internationales du Québec, Palais des congrès de Montréal. More info May 26th Dentistry Alumni Cocktail Reception, 6-8pm, Hotel Intercontinental. Register here May 29th Convocation Brunch, and Official Oath of Office and Licensing Ceremonies. Faculty Club Ballroom. More info June 2nd Nora Nader Makansi, PhD oral thesis defense, Factors associated with fruit and vegetable intake in Emirati adolescents: a mixed methods study. 1pm Faculty Council Room, Strathcona M/48. More info November 28th Faculty of Dentistry OMFS Research Day. Keynote: Professor Richard Shaw. Opportunities Graduate Students: Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain Management (online learning). More info Graduate Students: Student Sibling Program. More info \| Form \| Contact Meet R&D bursary program. More info AAED Grant for Research in Esthetic Dentistry. Submission deadline June 6th. More info McGill University's Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning. Deadline June 20th. More info Full-time, tenure-stream Assistant Professor position in Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. Application deadline July 31st. More info Dental Faculty, University of Missouri-Kansas City is seeking faculty members to fill several positions with specific emphases (Continuous posting). More info New Facility News See the latest photos here Did you know? Music therapy in palliative care at the MGH needs your help! They are piloting an iPod project with playlists designed to meet patients’ individual needs and preferences. Please consider donating your old iPods and MP3 players and contribute to the quality of life of our palliative care patients. Bring your iPods or MP3 players to Wendy Somerville at the Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Room B3 112.1, or to the front desk of the Undergraduate Clinic, or directly to MGH E10-128.3. For more information, please contact Deborah Salmon by email or call 514-934-1934 ext 43826. Notices DMD IV (2014-2015) Instructions for registration on Minerva. More info DMD III (2014-2015) Instructions for registration on Minerva. More info Fundraiser event for a partner agency of the faculty’s outreach clinic on May 26th. More info			Innovation and Excellence Kevin Wu, Jodeci Malixi, Ivy Lin, and Allison Chaytor at the Heels to Heal event Heels to Heal: some of our students took to the runway to raise awareness about eating disorders. Read all about it here Congratulations! Monzur Murshed, Mechanisms of extracellular matrix mineralization: MGP and the prevention of vascular calcification. Chercheur-Boursier Salary Award Junior 2, FRQS Petra Schweinhardt, Explaining medically unexplained symptoms: The role of neuroinflammation in functional somatic disorders. Operating Grant, The Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation Ji Zhang, Dissecting neuropathic pain in autoimmune neuropathy – Implications for Guillain Barre Syndrome. Operating Grant, The Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation Mohamed-Nur Abdallah (Dr. Faleh Tamimi), McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award 2014-2015 Sreenath Madathil (Dr. Belinda Nicolau), McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award 2014-2015 Vamseedhar Myneni (Dr. Mari Kaartinen), McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship and the Dr. E.T. & Mrs. Marjorie Bourke Award, 2014-2015 Mark Keboa (Dr. Richard Hovey), Dr. Wah Leung Fellowship Award 2014-2015 Kausher Jahan (Dr. Maryam Tabrizian), McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award 2014-2015 Juliana Marulanda (Dr. Monzur Murshed), McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award and the Dr. Lyon Bercovitch Memorial Award, 2014-2015 Iris Boraschi-Diaz (Dr. Svetlana Komarova) McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award and the Dr. and Mrs. I.N. Pesner Memorial Prize /academic year 2014 -2015 Dimitra Athansiadou (Dr. Marc McKee) McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award 2014-2015 Akanksha Srivastava (Dr. Nicholas Makhoul) McGill University Faculty of Dentistry Studentship Award 2014 -2015 Isabelle Chevrier, Dental Assistant Undergraduate Teaching clinic, Most Valuable Person Award 2014. More info Marie-Claude Loignon, Admissions and Recruitment Officer, Most Valuable Person Award 2014. More info We are now in the Twittersphere! Don’t miss out ... follow us here Cartoon of the week 9 out of 10 dentists agree: Regular brushing could have prevented this plaque. Larger view Thank you Dr. Jocelyne Feine for this week’s cartoon! McGill-Wide Announcements Counselling Services coping with stress workshop for students. Calendar Recommended night routes on campus, from McGill Security Services. See map here

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