Category Archives: Leadership

ADA unveils revamped ADA Success program for dental students

In an effort to help dental students prepare for life as a dentist and boost student engagement with the ADA, the Association in August launched a revamped ADA Success program, which offers a series of programs on topics most relevant to students today. “The new programs have a more modern look and more pertinent information, but will continue… Read More »

Deadline approaches for new investigator award standards research

The ADA is accepting applications until Sept. 30 for the John W. Stanford New Investigator Award for Standards-Related Research Paper. Dental students and dentists who earned their dental degree no earlier than 2010 and dentists pursuing an additional degree or specialty can apply. Submissions should include an original standards-related research report that has been completed within the award… Read More »

New dentist among ‘Top 25 Women in Dentistry 2015’

Dental Products Report named Dr. Andrea Janik, District 15 ADA New Dentist Committee member, among the “Top 25 Women in Dentistry 2015.” In its sixth year, the list was designed to recognize women from across the dental industry, including dental professionals, industry leaders and practitioners. Dr. Janik, of San Antonio, is a dental practice owner in the Pacific… Read More »

Finding value in ‘newness’ in your new dentist life

I drink two cups of coffee a day. Minimum. Sometimes, I don’t even want to drink that second cup. I do it because I feel like I have to. Like people will look at me in a strange way if they found out. I can hear it now. “You only drink ONE cup a day?!” they would gasp.… Read More »

UIC assistant professor receives inaugural ADA award for new investigator in dental informatics

Dr. Emiliya Taneva of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry received the first Robert H. Ahlstrom New Investigator Award for Dental Informatics Research. The award, named after the first chairman of the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics, aims to highlight the crucial role that dental informatics standards play in improving the quality of patient… Read More »

ADA Success program aims for connection

Seventeen member dentists, including several new dentists, attended an ADA Success Speaker Training program July 24 at ADA Headquarters to hone their facilitation and public speaking skills. The ADA launched ADA Success, an all-new program for dental students offering a series of programs on topics most relevant to students today. Each program is one-hour in length and is… Read More »