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FACULTY MEMBERS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS and a first for TAMHSC-BCD By Jennifer E. Fuentes It was a late March afternoon when Dr. Gerald Glickman gave his incoming address as president of the American Dental Education Association in a ballroom at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek.
Just days later and less than 100 miles away, Dr. Rena D’Souza was installed as president of the American Association for Dental Research during the organization’s 2012 annual session at the Tampa Convention Center.
The occasion is one for the dental school’s history books. For the first time, two current, full-time Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry faculty members simultaneously hold the presidencies of both AADR and ADEA. In fact, as D’Souza points out, it’s the first time the leaders of both highly influential dental organizations are separated by — literally — one floor, which gives her hope that AADR and ADEA can collaborate on mutual goals. So what happens now?
Chairs D’Souza and Glickman, of Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Endodontics, respectively, have served their organizations for the past two years, most recently as president-elect, so when it comes to their goals for AADR and ADEA, each of them has a sharper focus than ever before.
Dr. Rena D’Souza
AADR served as D’Souza’s ‘window to the world’ during her years as a developing faculty member. That fact may explain her zeal for strengthening its membership, reaching
out to dental schools that lack research infrastructure and developing opportunities for junior researchers to network with seasoned professionals. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 22)
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