Peter DeSciscio ’85 Named President of New Jersey Dental Association
Professor of Restorative Dentistry Peter L. DeSciscio ’85 became the 153rd president of the New Jersey Dental Association (NJDA) June 8. He will lead the organization, which has 3,000 members, including many RSDM alums, for a year. “I have had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Peter DeSciscio for close to 30 years,” said Maxine Feinberg, former American […]
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New Study Explores Understudied Link Between Mental Health and Oral Health
Mental health has been gaining traction in the literature, but in dental medicine, it’s still an underexplored subject. Among the handful of researchers working on this niche area is Vaishali Singhal, a member of Class of 1993 and an associate professor at RSDM and Rutgers School of Health Professions. “From what I have understood, there […]
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Colgate-Palmolive Opened Volpe Clinical Research Center in Honor of Anthony R. Volpe ’60
Colgate-Palmolive opened its Volpe Clinical Research Center in Piscataway, NJ, June 1. The center is named after the late Anthony R. Volpe, a member of RSDM’s inaugural Class of 1960 and Colgate’s former vice president of worldwide clinical research. “Tony was an extraordinary leader for Colgate for more than 50 years and personified our company’s […]
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Service Anniversaries Celebrated at Employee Recognition Dinner
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine re-gathered for its annual employee recognition dinner following a two-year pandemic pause. The event, honoring work anniversaries of its faculty and staff, took place on June 8 at Nanina’s In The Park in Newark. To make up for the lost time, it celebrated anniversaries from 2022 as well as from […]
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