2024 Academic Awards Celebration: ‘We did it together’
Above: Dean Dr. Ben Davis presents the NSDA Prize for the greatest proficiency in anatomy to Annika Nobbe (DDS2). Photos by Bruce Bottomley On November 19, more than 60 student awards were presented at Dalhousie’s 2024 Academic Awards Celebration, with faculty, staff, and several donors or their representatives in attendance. The awards are presented each […]
Dalhousie grad profile: An adventure in periodontics
Photo by Bruce Bottomley Haider Hussain’s (MPerio’24) first experience of Canada was from the window of a quarantine hotel. It was May 2021, and he had arrived from the United Kingdom to take up his place on the master of periodontics program at Dalhousie University. He was undaunted. “I like an adventure,” he says. On […]
Dalhousie grad profile: From refugee to patient advocate
Photo by Bruce Bottomley Mariam El-Aghil (BSc’18, DDS’24) says there wasn’t a single defining moment that convinced her to become a dentist, but that growing up during the civil war in Yemen played a big part. Her experiences in her home country not only inspired her to become a health care professional, but also opened […]
A whole new ball game in Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry
At the beginning of 2023, Bryan Fader took the bold step of accepting a newly created position of student success strategist in Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry.
Dalhousie Oral Health Professional series: Senior student panel
More than 40 DDS1 and DDS2 students gathered in Dalhousie Dentistry’s Room 3156 early in the evening of November 1 to hear a panel of four DDS4 students tackle their questions, ranging from “what did you wish you had known in first year?” to “when did you feel like dentistry was right for you?” to “what’s your sleep schedule like?”
How I spent my summer vacation: Lessons in patient care from seasoned professionals
When Taylor Chaput heard she could take a seven-week clinic observation elective in the summer between the second and third year of her Doctor of Dentistry (DDS) program, she seized the opportunity with gusto.
Dalhousie Grad profile: Olu Brown
Olu Brown’s (DDS’23) first encounter with the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University was as a nervous patient needing several fillings.
Dalhousie Grad profile: Alero Boyo
For Alero Boyo, convocation this year meant tying a bow on 17 years of university education. Her most recent degree, a combined Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery from Dalhousie University, accounts for the final six years.