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Rao named among ADA 10 under 10

Aruna Rao, DDS ’12, was named a 2022 10 under 10 award winner by the American Dental Association. The ADA 10 under 10 recognizes “dentistry’s rising stars: dentists who are making an impact in the profession less than ten years after graduating from dental school,” according to the ADA’s website.

 

Rachel Phillips, Amy Tasca and Kim Mansky smile while working in a research lab

Career-long partnership opens new horizons in clinical research

Kim Mansky, PhD, and Amy Tasca, DDS, PhD, are no strangers to working together. In fact, the director of the Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training Program served as the primary advisor to Tasca, holder of the Robert J Isaacson Chair of Orthodontics, during Tasca’s graduate studies. They haven’t stopped working together since.

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Introducing the Oral Health Educator Certificate

Designed for educators wanting to take their teaching career to the next level, the program will provide dental and dental hygiene educators with the contemporary knowledge and skills needed for effective didactic and clinical teaching.