{"id":132123,"date":"2017-11-30T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T17:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=132123"},"modified":"2019-01-28T16:51:22","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T21:51:22","slug":"recognition-roundup-medical-dental-school-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/11\/recognition-roundup-medical-dental-school-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition Roundup for Medical and Dental School Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn School of Medicine and Dental Medicine recently received faculty honors and promotions include:<\/em><\/p>\n

National Honors for REI Fellow
\n<\/strong>The Center for Advanced Reproductive Services (CARS), affiliated with the UConn School of Medicine, had a strong showing at the 2017 American Society for Reproductive Medicine\u2019s Scientific Conference. Most notably, Dr. Erica Anspach Will, the most recent graduate from the UConn School of Medicine Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) Fellowship Program, was recognized for having the best poster presentation out of 900 presenters. She did her research in the lab of John Peluso<\/a>, professor of cell biology and obstetrics and gynecology, studying the role of progesterone in pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Mina Mina Named AAAS Fellow
\n<\/strong>Dr. Mina Mina<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0professor and chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at UConn School of Dental Medicine, has been named a 2017 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). As a member of the Dental School\u2019s Department of Craniofacial Sciences and director of its DMD\/PHD program, she joins the ranks of other prestigious AAAS Fellows specializing in Dentistry & Oral Health Sciences for her distinguished contributions to the fields of craniofacial development, organ formation and regeneration, and for service to the NIH and other organizations for 25 years. This year\u2019s 396 fellows joining the AAAS tradition that began in 1874, will be honored on Feb. 17 at the \u00a0AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Linda Barry Selected for AAMC Leadership Role
\n<\/strong>The Department of Surgery\u2019s\u00a0Dr. Linda Barry<\/a>\u00a0has been elected\u00a0by the AAMC to be one of the leaders of the Steering Committee for its\u00a0Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI)<\/a>. GDI serves as a resource for the AAMC member institutions\u00a0to assist on\u00a0local, regional and national levels to promote\u00a0diversity\u00a0in academic medicine.\u00a0She has served in the role of the GDI\u00a0representative for UConn School of Medicine for over four years.\u00a0In this new\u00a0national role, she will represent the interests related to diversity and inclusion\u00a0for\u00a0all of the medical schools in the\u00a0Northeast.\u00a0This summer, Barry was also appointed to the new role of director of Multicultural and Community Affairs at UConn School of Medicine. In this capacity, she will focus on\u00a0initiatives to promote diversity among students, residents and faculty. She will also\u00a0facilitate community-based\u00a0opportunities\u00a0to address\u00a0health\u00a0disparities via\u00a0mentored\u00a0experiences and\u00a0research.<\/p>\n

Medical and Dental Faculty Promotions and Appointments
\n<\/strong>The Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the UConn Health Board of Directors during its November meeting approved a number of faculty promotions and appointments.<\/p>\n

School of Medicine Faculty Appointed To:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor \u2013 In Residence<\/strong>
\n<\/u>Dr. Ketan R. Bulsara \u2013 Surgery<\/p>\n

Professor \u2013 Affiliated<\/strong>
\n<\/u>Dr. Peter N. Robinson \u2013 (The Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences<\/p>\n

Associate Professor \u2013 In Residence<\/strong>
\n<\/u>Dr. Bradford P. Whitcomb \u2013 Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/p>\n

School of Dental Medicine Faculty Promoted To:
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor (Tenured)
\n<\/strong>Dr. Ivo Kalajzic, Center for Regenerative Medicine & Skeletal Development<\/p>\n

Associate Professor with Tenure
\n<\/strong>Dr. I-Ping Chen, Division of Endodontology<\/p>\n

Associate Professor (In-Residence)
\n<\/strong>Dr. Peter Maye, Center for Regenerative Medicine & Skeletal Development
\nDr. Liansheng Song, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
\nDr. Madhur Upadhyay, Division of Orthodontics
\nDr. Sumit Yadav, Division of Orthodontics<\/p>\n

Clinical Associate Professor (Clinical Category)
\n<\/strong>Dr. Ajay Dhingra, Division of Prosthodontics<\/p>\n

Promoted Volunteer Faculty:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clinical Associate Professor (Clinical Category)
\n<\/strong>Dr. Elie Ferneini, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several dental and medical school faculty have received honors, new appointments and promotions over the past few weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":132128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2166,1868],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1867],"class_list":["post-132123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sdm","category-meds"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-25 03:36:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132152,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132123\/revisions\/132152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/132128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132123"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=132123"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=132123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}