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Message from the ADFA
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Faculty Develop- ment
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P&T Workshops 3 Enhance Your Inner Mentor
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Sensemaking in Dentistry
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Proposal Develop- ment Services
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Accommodated Tests Changes
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CARE Program 5 Faculty News 5 Faculty Transitions 6 Plater-Moore
Conference
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New Faculty 6 AADOCR & IADR Awards
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O F F I C E O F F A C U L T Y
A F F A I R S
Office of Faculty Affairs
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F A C U L T Y A F F A I R S Dr. Lisa Lang Interim Dean Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Professor Dr. Kelton Stewart:
Assistant Dean of Faculty Development
Associate Professor Lauren Levendoski:
Executive Administrative Assistant
Damon Spight:
Faculty Recruitment Manager Meredith Lecklider:
HR Coordinator Newsletter Editorial Staff:
Meredith Lecklider and Damon Spight
From the Desk of the Interim Dean/ADFA
The Read to Lead Book Club is back by popular demand. They have had their first sessions the week of Sep- tember 19 (T/W/F) for “Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well, even when it is off base, unfair, poorly delivered, and frankly you’re not in the mood.”
You are still welcome to join. Please contact Lauren Levendoski at [email protected] if you need a copy of the book. Look for email announcements regarding the meeting times and location.
The 2023 October Teaching Conference will be held on October 19-20 at the McCormick’s Creek State Park. The
theme of this year’s event will be Assess- ment. Internationally renowned speakers Dr. Jack Gerrow and Dr. Daniel Haas from the University of Toronto will be presenting an inter- active program fo-
cused on student assessment and competency. Specific information regarding the program may be found through this link. This year, we have incorporated the Faculty Council meeting within the program instead of during the lunch hour. This is going to allow for a dis- cussion and feedback from faculty regarding remedia- tion. The Executive Council President, Dr. Stuart Schrader, will run the session.
These events along with others may be found in the IUSD dental events calendar. If you are planning events, rather they are departmental/unit, staff or student based, please make sure to refer to the calendar to ensure your dates will not be in conflict with other IUSD unit or department event. Also, make sure to
inform Kristy Beach so she may add your event to the master calendar.
September 14 was the first IUSD Town Hall for the 2023-24 Academic
Calendar. It began with highlights from the past year and then dis- cussed three of the Strategic Plan Domains: organi-
zation, patient care, and people. The purpose of the town hall was to provide information to our IUSD com- munity concerning what has been accomplished to this point, and what are the action plans for this academic year. While all the information is important to our community of faculty, staff, and students, the people domains three priorities consist of:
1) Establish an infrastructure that advances diversi- ty, equity, inclusion, and belonging through recruit- ment, education,
and training of students, faculty, staff, and patients 2) Reimagine the current oper- ating procedures and policies to
create shared governance and operational excellence where all people are engaged and valued
3) Create opportunities and programs to advance the health, wellness, and professional development of our people so they may deliver the best care for our constituents are noted here
Much work has been done in these areas - creating pathway programs for students and faculty, establishing structures, processes, programing, and events to our students, staff, and faculty. There is still work to be done.
The IUSD Promotion & Tenure Guidelines were re- cently revised and approved by IUSD Faculty Council on August 30, 2023. They are now posted on the IUPUI
You can find the IUSD Clinical Track Guidelines and the IUSD Tenure Track Guidelines via the included links. Please
IUSD Revised P&T Guidelines
October 19th – 20th McCormick’s Creek State Park 250 McCormick Creek Park Rd, Spencer, IN 47460
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Monday, October 9th Basics of EndNote
Time and Location: 2:00 – 3:00 pm, Online - Zoom Presenter: IUPUI Library
Register
Thursday, October 12th
Academy of Teaching Scholars: Reliability and Validity in Education Re- search (OFAPD)
Time and Location: 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Online - Zoom Presenter: Steven Graunke
Register
Monday, October 23rd
Redefining Readiness: Digital Literacy and AI’s Role in Tomorrow’s Professions (CTL) Time and Location: 1:00 – 2:00 pm, Online - Zoom
Presenter: Various Register
Tuesday, October 24th
Maximize Your Literature Search in PubMed Time and Location: 3:30 – 4:30 pm, Online - Zoom Presenter: IUPUI Library
Register
Wednesday, October 25th
Academy of Teaching Scholars: Methods for Evaluating Education Programs (OFAPD) Time and Location: 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Online - Zoom
Presenter: David Rogers Register
Wednesday, October 25th
Speed Dating with Learning Technologies (CTL) Time and Location: 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Online - Zoom Presenters: Michele Kelmer, April Law, Yvonne Wittman Register
Wednesday, October 25th
ePortfolios on the Fives: Simplifying and Streamlining ePortfolio Building for Students and Faculty (AA)
Time and Location: 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Online - Zoom Presenters: Deborah Oesch-Monir, Rachel Swinford Register
Wednesday, November 1st
Teaching Foundations :Making Active Learning More Inclusive and Equitable (CTL) Time and Location: 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Online - Zoom
Presenter: Douglas Jerolimov Register
Wednesday, November 1st
Academy of Teaching Scholars: How to Conduct Focus Groups for Educational Research (OFAPD) Time and Location: 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Online - Zoom
Presenter: Shanna Stuckey Register
Enhance your teaching and research
skills.
Faculty Development Opportunities
There are many opportunities for professional development during the month of October. The following list of programs were selected from various resources on the IUPUI Campus including the Office of Academic Affairs (AA), the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Office for Women (OFW), the Indiana University School of Medicine, Office of Faculty and Professional Development (OFAPD), the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) and the IUSD Office of Continuing Education. Campus programs are at no cost to faculty.
O F F I C E O F F A C U L T Y A F F A I R S
IU http://ce.dentistry.iu.edu
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T eac hin g Conf er ence, O ct. 19 -20
University P&T Workshops
Enhancing Your Inner Mentor
IUPUI’s School of Medicine is offering a course called En- hancing Your Inner Mentor:
Clinical and Translational Researchers. This course will consist of four sessions, and all sessions are required in order for you to receive a completion certificate. The content of each session in this curriculum is designed to address the key concerns and challenges identified by clinical and translational research mentors. While the individual activities included in the curriculum may focus on a specific type of research or a specific aspect of a mentoring relationship, the curriculum as a whole is designed to include activities relevant to a broad range of mentors across diverse areas of research and varied stages of their mentoring relationships. The sessions consist of:
Friday, October 6, 2023, 12:00–1:30 pm – Session 1: Maintaining Effective Communication
This session will focus on communicating effectively across diverse dimensions including varied backgrounds, disciplines, ethnicities, positions of power, etc., and ac- cepting and using constructive feedback. Identifying dif- ferent communication styles/approaches and the use of multiple strategies for improving communication (in person, at a distance, across multiple mentors, and with- in proper personal boundaries) will be discussed.
Friday, October 13, 2023, 12:00–1:30 pm – Session 2: Aligning Expectations; Assessing Understanding This session will cover effectively establishing mutually beneficial expectations for the mentoring relationship
tions. This discussion takes into account the importance of all four domains of a scholar’s life to their overall career satisfaction and how to utilize a structured pro- cess designed to initiate and support conversations on the challenges of achieving better work/life integration.
Friday, October 20, 2023, 12:00–1:30 pm – Session 3: Addressing Equity and Inclusion; Fostering Inde- pendence
In this session, scholars work to improve and expand their understanding of equity and inclusion, and how diversity influences mentor-scholar interactions. You will learn to recognize the impact that conscious and unconscious assumptions, preconceptions, biases, and prejudices bring to the mentor-scholar relationship and how to manage them.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 12:00–1:30 pm – Session 4: Promoting Professional Development; Articulat- ing Your Mentoring Philosophy and Plan
In this session, you will discuss developing a strategy for guiding professional development using a written docu- ment and how to initiate and sustain periodic conversa- tions with mentees on professional goals and career development objectives and strategies. In addition, you will focus on encouraging open dialogue on balancing the competing demands, needs, and interests of mentors and mentees, e.g., research productivity, grant funding, creativity and independence, career preference deci- sions, non-research activities, personal development, work-family balance, and other factors that influence mentor-mentee relationships.
Please visit here to view all of the events and to regis- ter. These sessions will be presented by Matthew Allen, The IUPUI
O f f i c e o f A c a d e m i c Affairs will be offering several Promotion and T e n u r e workshops in the month of October. See the following for upcoming opportunities:
• D o s s i e r P r e p a r a t i o n— Integrative Cases—DEI and Th em at ic on Tu es d ay , October 10 from 1:00—2:30 pm via Zoom
• Navigating Promotion and Tenure: The Case for Underrepresented Faculty on Friday, October 13 from 2:00—3:30 pm at the Campus Center in room 305
• Promotion on Teaching for Clinical Faculty on Tuesday, October 17 from 2:00—3:30 pm via Zoom
• Promotion on Service or Balanced Case for Clinical Faculty on Thursday, October 19 from 1:00—2:30 pm via Zoom
• LIFT Mentoring Circles—The Dossier as Story Crafting, a Two-Part Workshop on Friday, October 20 from 11:00 am—1:00 pm at INUL 1126
• Promotion for Women on Monday, October 30 from 2:00—3:30 pm at the Campus Center in room 305
You may register for these workshops by clicking on the link for each event, where you will also find additional information. These workshops are hosted by the IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs.
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It has been said that stories and older trees have something in common. Both have many branches. Each day of our lived expe-
rience creates another addition to the story of our individual existence, our organization’s existence, our global existence. Determining what to hang on to and what to offer others as support is a lifegiving part of the outcomes of sensemaking.
Respecting the challenges but not dodging the responsibilities of sensemaking is essential to having a healthy organization designed to meet the needs of an increasingly diversifying population (e.g., faculty, staff, students, pa- tients, caregivers). Although often it is tempt- ing to use a breakdown in or lack of connec- tivity as an excuse for inactivity, having a pre- existing sense or expression of community among the population (e.g., faculty, staff, stu- dents, patients, caregivers) is not as critical as other factors for sensemaking. Drs. Andreas Georgiou and David Murillo, authors of
“From strangers to social collectives? Sense- making and organizing in response to a pan- demic,” contend that having a creative, others -focused mindset supplemented by supporting actions is fundamental for building communi- ty even during the most strained of conditions or environments. In other words, how we
plan to behave to foster healthy sensemaking for a strong organization is more important than whether there is a pre-existing sense of community.
Because sensemaking is retrospective, our beliefs about a person’s or group’s behavior, our reliance upon our relationship to social norms, and how bound we are to our convic- tion about our competence to deliver what is or might be needed in the context, all have direct relationship to the quality of oral health care (literal and/or figurative) that is provided to the communities we are here to create, serve, build, and sustain. In their 2017 article
“Midwestern Latino caregivers’ knowledge, attitudes and sense making of the oral health etiology, prevention and barriers that inhibit their children’s oral health: a CBPR ap- proach,” Drs. Kimberly Walker, Angeles Mar- tinez-Mier, Armando Soto, et al., present research underscoring the necessity of providing oral health care (literal and figura- tive) that is considerate of our gaps in under- standing the known and unknown dis-eases that bring us into relationship with the family representative(s) before us seeking help to address disease and/or dis-ease. What we say and how we say it—figurative oral health care—verbally and physically defines further the story of our individual and collective ex- istence, recalling that in essence, we are all one family.
This “collective” ideology returns us to the use of “faculty, staff, students, patients, care- givers.” A first-year student in an interprofes- sional education discussion group asked how could an interprofessional team be started if her academic and training experience is re- stricted to only her school. This is where sensemaking and making meaning can form a powerful trunk, drawing from what has ori- ented and informed one’s experience (sensemaking) and utilizing that wealth to birth and extend purpose (making meaning) for the type of future desired. The more we interact with one another and infuse value by not seeing a faculty member, a staff member, a student, a patient, or a caregiver in isolation as a participant on our health (e.g., oral, emo- tonal, social) care team, the greater becomes our collective competence in being able to treat the dis-eases impacting our wellbeing.
Sensemaking expert Dr. Karl Weick pur- ported that sensemaking involves invention and discovery. Each one of us has a vial of healing in our possession. The more genera- tive our communication becomes among each other, the co-creation of meaning enables us, as a tree, to stretch wider, reach higher, an- chor more firmly in an environment not ham- pered by the social determinants of health, but instead leveraging and inventing the agen- cies our various means of individual and collective access provide.
Sensemaking in Dentistry
Proposal Development Services
IU's Proposal Development Services (PDS) collaborates with researchers to help plan, prepare, and manage applications for external funding. Services offered include consultation and project coordination, which includes:
Reviewing the responsiveness of your proposal to a particular funding oppor- tunity
Identifying potential collaborators and project team members
Working with the project lead to estab- lish a timeline
Providing iterative, reviewer-focused guidance and feedback
Processing reviewers' comments during revision
Organizing and managing the proposal preparation process
Coordinating with IU's Office of Re- search Administration
You can also take advantage of the learning opportunities provided, which includes:
Identifying funding opportunities
Proposal-writing seminars
Networking and peer review workshops
Information sessions about specific fund- ing opportunities
Events featuring funding agency leaders
Complete the online request form at least 6-8 weeks in advance of the agency deadline for standard proposals and allow 4-6 months lead time for large, multi-component proposals, such as Center or Training grants.
If you are unsure when to get in touch, email [email protected] to schedule a consulta- tion.
These services are available at no cost to IU faculty members. Services are available only for externally funded opportunities, not inter- nal funding programs at IU. Visit https://
research.iu.edu/funding-proposals/proposals/
proposal-development-services.html for more information.
IUPUI’s Accessible Educational Services (AES), the student disability services office, has implemented Accommodate, a software platform for communicating with faculty and students regarding accommodations. The platform helps put the student in control of their accommodation information and gives them responsibility for contacting their in- structors.
Using Accommodate, instructors will need to follow the prescribed process for adminis- tering accommodated tests, quizzes, and exams and provide AES a digital or paper copy of the test no later than 4:00 pm one business day before the test is scheduled for administration.
If AES does not receive the test by the deadline, the AES accommodated test ap- pointment will be canceled. After cancella- tion, it is the instructor's responsibility to administer and provide the exam to the stu-
dent with their approved accommodations.
You will receive an email as soon as your student requests an accommodated test. You must respond to this email in order to com- plete the test scheduling. The email asks you to confirm or clarify the test information the student provided AES and asks you to pro- vide any additional information such as the standard length of the quiz or exam, your return preference, and permitted exam ma- terial (calculator, notes, graphing tools, etc.).
If AES does not receive your response, the test will be administered using the parame- ters outlined in the email.
Test information should be provided to AES as soon as you are able and at least 24 hours before the test. You can attach a digi- tal copy of the test to the reply email for AES to print. If a student has submitted re- quests for all of your tests, and the test in- structions are the same for each test, you
may use the email to respond to all requests at one time by indicating that you are doing so. Similarly, if you have multiple students requesting accommodations for the same test, you may include their names on the response email and use one form for all re- questing students. After receiving your reply and test details, AES will schedule the test appointment with the student, and you will receive a confirmation email with the test details.
Learn more by viewing a short AES video and find details and specific information about test accommodations, using the Ac- commodate platform, and access the Instruc- tor Portal through the Instructor Resources page on the AES website.
You can email AES directly at [email protected] or Natalie Albert, AES interim director, at [email protected] for answers to your ques- tions or for more information.
Accommodated Tests Changes
Drs. Thankam Thyvalikakath, Angela Bruzzani- ti, and Mythily Srinivasan received a $4.7 mil- lion five-year National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)-funded U01 grant titled, "Establishing Readiness of Dental Professionals in Practice-Based Research and Inter-Professional Care." The grant’s clinical
and will be used to develop a salivary hypo- function index in combination with salivary biomarkers to detect patients susceptible to Sjögren’s Disease.
Congratulations also to Dr. Chiaki Yamada, who was the 2023 Indiana Center for Muscu- loskeletal Health (ICMH) Retreat Poster
“Protective Role of Neutral Ceramidase in Periodontal Lesions.” The ICMH was held on September 7-8, 2023. The poster competition had 3 categories (assistant professor, graduate students, and postdocs). Dr. Yamada was assigned to the poster competition for the postdocs and was the poster competition
Faculty News
Applications are now being accepted for the Colgate Award for Research Excellence (CARE). The CARE program is a 1-year research grant ($30,000.00 USD) to foster the development of first-time-in-career (0 to 5 years) academic oral health or dental re- searchers.
The goal of the program is to advance oral healthcare therapies in the realm of basic science, translational science, and clinical care.
In order to be eligible to apply for the CARE grant, you must:
have a primary appointment as a full- time faculty at an accredited dental school in the USA or Canada
be in the first five years of your initial
academic appointment
have additional sources of financial sup- port for the proposed study
Applications will be accepted at https://
colgategrant.smapply.io/ through October 2 7 , 2 0 2 3 . V i s i t h t t p s : / / www.colgateprofessional.com/care-program/
information for more information, including further details on the CARE Program guide- lines and a list of FAQs.
CARE Program Applications Open
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O F F I C E O F F A C U L T Y A F F A I R S Dr. Jung Min Hong, assistant
research scientist in the de- partment of Biomedical Scienc- es & Comprehensive Care for the IU School of Dentistry, is in
her final full month with the school. In No- vember Dr. Hong, a dedicated molecular and cellular biologist, has been mentored infor-
mally for several years by IUSD’s director of PhD Studies & Research Development, Dr.
Angela Bruzzaniti. Dr. Hong (MS, PhD) has been a core member of Dr. Bruzzaniti’s re- search team since beginning as a postdoctor- al research fellow in 2016. From that launch, Dr. Hong has advanced in her career trajec- tory by accepting an offer to work with Dr.
Bruzzaniti in the role of visiting assistant research professor, which then led to Dr.
Hong’s current role as assistant research scientist. In addition to Dr. Hong’s significant contributions toward successful grants and publications, she has mentored high school students, undergraduate students as well as DDS students. Her expertise will be missed.
Faculty Transitions
Dr. Scott Papineau this month begins his new faculty appointment as clinical assis- tant professor in the depart- ment of Biomedical Sciences &
Comprehensive Care. His primary teaching responsibilities will focus on didactic and clinical instruction in pharmacol- ogy and pharmacotherapeutics at the pre- and post-doctoral levels. His teaching role may also include collaborating with and sup- porting the school’s clinical residency pro- grams. Dr. Papineau (DDS, PharmD) has
distinguished private practice experience in pediatric dentistry and has held pharmacist positions at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Walgreens Pharmacy. He additionally has served as a pharmacology lecturer for the pediatric dental residency programs at the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Indiana University Riley Chil- dren’s Hospital.
Dr. Aline de Castilho this month begins her new faculty appointment as assistant professor on tenure-track in the department of Pediatric Dentistry. Her primary teaching
responsibilities include clinical instruction for pre-doctoral students, student counseling and mentoring, work with post graduate program pediatric dentistry resi- dents, and support of evidence- based learning and clinical care.
Dr. de Castilho (DDS, MS, PhD) joins IUSD from the Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas (Piracicaba, SP, Brazil), where she was visiting assistant professor for the school’s Pediatric Dentistry DDS program, residence program, and graduate program.
Welcome New Faculty
The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the inaugural Plater-Moore Conference on Teaching and Learning, which will be held on Friday, April 5, 2024, at the IUPUI Campus Center.
Building upon the legacy of the William M.
Plater Institute on the Future of Learning and the Edward C. Moore Symposium, the inau- gural Plater-Moore Conference seeks to accomplish the following goals:
Promote a culture of teaching and learning that values inclusion, collegiali-
ty/belonging, equity, and continuous improvement,
Provide opportunities for educators to share best practices and innovative ideas for teaching and learning,
Promote collaboration and/or inter- professional dialogue among educators from diverse departments and disci- plines, and
Provide opportunities for professional development and networking.
This conference will bring together a com- munity of educators from all IU campuses committed to creating inclusive, welcoming, and engaging learning environments that promote student success.
In this call for proposals, conference session proposals of the following types are being sought: interactive presentations; case stud- ies; workshops; panel discussions; short presentations related to college teaching and learning; scholarly practice; stories of persis- tence, success, and innovation; and evidence- based practices that exemplify the pursuit of teaching excellence.
The deadline for proposal submissions is Sunday, October 22, at 11:59 pm. Contact [email protected] with questions. Please visit https://ctl.iupui.edu/Workshops-Events/
Events/plater-moore-teaching-conference/
for more information and details on the proposal submission process.
Plater-Moore Conference
AADOCR and IADR Available Awards
The Enhanced Mentoring Program with Opportunities for Ways to Excel in Re- search (EMPOWER) provides support to IUPUI faculty who are historically un- derrepresented and/or excluded popula- tions in their discipline or area of scholar- ship and historically denied admission to higher education or that discipline. The program sustains mentorship opportunities through the EMPOWER Grant Program, supporting achievement of excellence in research and scholarly activity, and optimal attainment of academic career goals and objectives.
There are two categories from which faculty may apply. Category A is intended for assistant professors and untenured asso- ciate professors in tenure-track faculty posi- tions. The goal is to assist these faculty
members in becoming productive research- ers, and better positioned to successfully get through the tenure and promotion pro- cess. The mentees are assistant professors beginning a research agenda, and developing a plan for sustained external funding. The mentors are associate professors or profes- sors with successful research programs, who are willing to sponsor and support mentees, and assist with developing their research agenda. Category B is intended for associate professors in tenured faculty positions. The goal is to assist these faculty members in achieving a high level of excel- lence in sponsored research and scholarly activity, and be better positioned to suc- cessfully get promoted to the rank of full professor. The mentees are associate pro- fessors with a research program, and devel-
oping a plan for growth in external funding.
The mentors are professors with successful research programs, who are willing to spon- sor and support mentees, and assist with developing their research agenda. In both categories, mentors and mentees can apply separately to the program and get matched by the review committee, or apply together and get evaluated by the review committee.
Up to $10,000 total in support of the mentee’s research and professional develop- ment is available. Funding available to the mentor is $2,000. The mentoring program will be one calendar year in duration.
The deadline to apply for this opportunity is November 13. For more information and to apply, please visit https://research.iu.edu/
funding-proposals/funding/opportunities/
enhanced-mentoring/index.html If you are a member of the American Asso-
ciation for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) and International Associate for Dental Research (IADR), you may be eligible for one of many awards and fellowships available. The following awards need to have nominations submitted by Tuesday, October 17, 2023:
AADOCR Awards, Fellowships, and Grants:
• Anne D. Haffajee Fellowship—Available to women who hold a DDS/DMD and/or PhD at the post-doctoral, instructor, or assistant professor level
• Procter & Gamble Underrepresented Faculty Research Fellowship—Available to underrepresented racial groups who are within 10 years of their last profes- sional degree/terminal degree, and hold a DDS/DMD and/or PhD
• William B. Clark Fellowship
• William Butler Fellowship—Available to post-doctoral, instructors, or assistant professors with a DDS/DMD and/or PhD who demonstrate commitment to a re- search career in mineralized tissues and
oral biology
• Delta Dental Institute Oral Health Equity Research Award—This supports research that advances recommendations for greater oral health equity in populations that lack access to dental care and im- proves oral health literacy for under- served populations. Applicants must hold a DDS/DMD and/or PhD.
• Irwin D. Mandel Distinguished Mentoring Award—Each nominee must be an expe- rienced researcher with a record of com- mitment to the research training and career development of students, trainees and/or faculty.
IADR Awards and Fellowships:
• Colgate Research in Prevention Travel Award—Available to young investigators (up to five years post-graduation from dental, dental hygiene, specialty training, or pre-PhD) who have submitted an ab- stract which has a preventive component to support attendance to the IADR Gen- eral Session
• E.W. Borrow Memorial Award—
Nominee should be engaged in research
related to the oral health promotion for children, with a priority for caries preven- tion where fluoride in different formats is utilized.
• John J. Clarkson Fellowship—Applicant must hold a degree in dentistry or in a scientific discipline who is actively en- gaged in research in dental public health.
• KULZER Travel Award—Available to young investigators who have submitted an abstract which has a dental materials component for a travel award to support their attendance at the IADR General Session
• Lion Dental Research Award—Available to those with a dental degree and are a junior researcher in pursuit of a post- graduate degree who has an abstract accepted for presentation at IADR Gen- eral Session
• William J. Gies Award—Given for the best paper published in the Journal of Dental Research during the preceding year
To learn more about each award, visit:
https://www.iadr.org/awards/.
EMPOWER Applications Open
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Indiana University
School of Dentistry
Office of Faculty Affairs 1121 West Michigan Street, Room 102
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5186 Phone: 317-274-4561
Fax: 317-278-1071
Training for Faculty Search Committees
Search committee training will be required of all participants on faculty search committees, beginning in Au- gust 2023. These two-hour trainings review research-based practices to ensure equity and inclusion across every stage in the search process and are designed to help faculty generate diverse candidate pools and run effec- tive searches by:
• Strategically planning, and initiat- ing active and dynamic faculty
searches
• Developing well-defined criteria and evaluation processes to miti- gate biases
• Assessing candidate experience, expertise, through a DEI lens
• Generating the short list and in- terview questions that center DEI Training is required for all partici- pants involved in faculty search com- mittees. Formal assessment of candi- dates may only take place upon com-
pletion of the training. Training is val- id for a two-year period, after which it must be renewed.
There are two training sessions available in the next few weeks:
• Wednesday, November 1, from 9:30—11:30 am online via Zoom
• Friday, November 10, from 12:30—2:30 pm at Campus Cen- ter, INCE 309
Please click on the above links to register.
Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Location: Online—Zoom Register
Time: 10:00 —11:30 am
Presenter: IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs
This is an orientation to the basic process and substance of the review in the third year for pre-tenure tenure-track faculty. It will cover what candidates should prepare, what to expect during each stage, and what steps to plan next for future success.
