Advocating for Future Indigenous Healthcare Providers with IMDSA
The Indigenous Medical and Dental Students’ Association (IMDSA) is a group of Indigenous students in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at University of Alberta. … more
Diversity
Excellence in Diversity Awarded to UB Dental School
The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine has received the Institutional Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in Biomedical and Behavioral Research … more
Dental School Recognized by Insight Into Diversity Magazine
The School of Dental Medicine (SDM) has received the 2023 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the … more
Is Diversity in Dentistry Good for Patients?
Ralph Ellison’s 1952 masterpiece novel, Invisible Man, compares and contrasts being black in America in the South and the North. Towards the end of the … more
Students From Diverse Backgrounds Embark on Dentistry, Dental Hygiene Journeys
Shek Hei (“Haynes”) Yuan was conducting an experiment in a CancerCare research lab when he learned from an email that he’d been accepted into dental … more
Pre-dental Pathway Programs Partner to Improve Diversity in Dentistry
Thirty students from around the United States traveled to the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine to take part in the university’s Destination Dental … more
WesternU College of Dental Medicine Receives Federal Grant to Increase Faculty Diversity
Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine (CDM) received nearly $1 million in federal funding to increase diversity in the dental workforce and … more
Increasing Diversity in Dentistry
Marithza Flores, a University of Colorado Boulder junior majoring in integrative physiology, was browsing dental school websites when she came across a program promoted by … more
UB Accepts First Class to Pipeline Program Designed to Increase Diversity in Dentistry
People of color make up 10% of dentists, yet account for 34% of U.S. population The University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine welcomed the … more
Dentsply Sirona Establishes and Celebrates Global Diversity Week, May 17-21
In observance of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development on May 21, Dentsply Sirona will kick off a week of diversity and … more
UB Launches Pipeline Program to Increase Diversity in Dentistry
School of Dental Medicine to provide mentorship, hand skills development, test prep and more To increase enrollment of underrepresented students, the University at Buffalo School … more
Henry Schein Chairman and CEO Stanley M. Bergman Honored for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Dentistry
Mr. Bergman Recognized During President’s Luncheon at Greater New York Dental Meeting Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) today announced that Stanley M. Bergman, the Company’s … more
How Pipeline Programs Can Increase Diversity In Dentistry
The field of dentistry has a diversity problem. Despite calls for a more diverse workforce, only 15.2 percent of dental school applicants in 2016 were … more