Dr. Ana Bedran-Russo Named MOST Director at U of IL at Chicago College of Dentistry

CHICAGO - Dec. 23, 2014 - PRLog -- Dr. Ana Bedran-Russo, Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry, has been named Program Director of the Multidisciplinary Oral Science Training (MOST) program at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, supported by a T32 National Institutes of Health training grant.

         The MOST program prepares students for research in clinical, basic, and translational sciences in craniofacial/dental research.

         She succeeds Dr. Luisa DiPietro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, who will remain active with the MOST program.

         “It is truly an honor to become the new Program Director of MOST,” Dr. Bedran-Russo said. “The timing was perfect. Dr. DiPietro successfully renewed the T32 grant a year ago, and this puts me in a great position to keep the ball rolling and grow the program.

         “What I learned as a grad student and still believe is that an excellent program is built on great students and an excellent environment,” Dr. Bedran-Russo said. “We have an amazing group of students in the MOST program.

         “My major work as Program Director is to offer an outstanding training environment,” she concluded.