Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry News Archive
![Six IPCC team members talk with a simulated patient on Zoom. Image features UM/Rady Faculty logo and name of a student, HaKyung Bang.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IPCC-story-4-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interprofessional curriculum readies students to join health-care teams
July 19, 2021 —
The interprofessional collaborative care (IPCC) curriculum prepares Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students to thrive as part of a team in the modern health-care environment.
![Dr. Brian Postl at the 2021 virtual spring convocation.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Postl-screenshot-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty Class of 2021 celebrates Spring Convocation virtually
June 15, 2021 —
For the second year in a row, graduates at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences had their Spring Convocation online, viewing the celebration on screen rather than in person. But that didn’t dampen the spirits of the 387 graduates, their families and other supporters at the June 15 ceremony.
![A student wears a graduation cap and on the tassel is 2021.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Convocation-2021-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate
June 15, 2021 —
Manitoba’s newest health professionals will graduate this afternoon at a virtual Convocation ceremony.
![Dr. Rohan Kirtane sits in the dentistry clinic.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dentistry-Research-Day-Rohan-Kirtane-00212-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Dentistry students present studies at Research Day
May 12, 2021 —
Three years of hard work and sacrifice culminated in Dr. Rohan Kirtane winning first prize at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry Research Day. The effort the master of science in orthodontics student put into his research project paid off.
![Portrait of Dr. William Pope and Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Lectureship-2-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM alumnus creates first endowed dentistry lectureship
April 26, 2021 —
William Pope [M.D./70, LL.B/97] wanted to do something special for his wife Dr. Elizabeth Tippett Pope’s 75th birthday so he established a lectureship at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry in her name that will carry on her ideals for years to come.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Hygienist with Heart
February 17, 2021 —
Dental hygiene alumna Donna Scott, who practises in Yukon, is a passionate advocate for oral care access who says a key lesson of her career is "Don't judge."
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nine grad students receive Rady Faculty Dean’s Prize
February 12, 2021 —
The Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Achievement Prize was awarded to nine exceptional graduate students in 2020.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Making a good impression: Digital dentistry revolutionizes scanning
February 4, 2021 —
Students in the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry will use digital technology for the first time to create dental impressions of patients visiting the undergraduate clinic
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Explore health-related graduate programs at virtual Open House
February 3, 2021 —
The Graduate Studies Open House for health sciences programs at UM is being offered via Zoom this year, promising an introduction to a wealth of master’s and PhD degree opportunities.
![A dental student wearing personal protective equipment performs a dental procedure on a patient while a plastic funnel attached to plastic tubing vacuums aerosols away from the patient's chin area.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/UM-dental-clinic-150x150.png)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Saliva samples from UM dental personnel to aid COVID-19 research
January 27, 2021 —
Students, faculty and support staff in dentistry and dental hygiene at UM will soon be asked to contribute their saliva to a research study of COVID-19 at Canada’s 10 dental schools.