10 October 2023

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Seven Full-Time Faculty Appointments and One Promotion Highlight Recent Academic Personnel Moves

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The UCLA School of Dentistry recently appointed seven scholars to full-time faculty positions, while an eighth has earned a promotion.

“It brings me great joy to welcome these colleagues into the School of Dentistry’s full-time faculty ranks,” Dean Paul H. Krebsbach said. “Several of these scholars completed dental school and/or postgraduate training here in Westwood, reinforcing the strong didactic and clinical curriculum – as well as research opportunities – that exist within the School.”

Meet these eight faculty members below.

• Payam Afzali, D.D.S., M.D. '13, OMFS '15 - Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Vinodh Bhoopathi, M.P.H., D.Sc.D. - Associate Professor - Public and Population Health
• Yi-Wei Chen, M.S., Ph.D. - Adjunct Assistant Professor - Biosystems and Function
• Mijoo Kim, D.D.S., Ph.D. - Adjunct Assistant Professor - Restorative Dentistry
• Feng Li, M.Sc., Ph.D. - Adjunct Assistant Professor - Biosystems and Function
• Reeva Mincer, D.D.S., GPR '19 - Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor - Special Patient Care and Maxillofacial Prosthetics
• Kelly Vitzthum, D.D.S. '20, GPD '21 - Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor - Public and Population Health, Special Patient Care and Maxillofacial Prosthetics
• Yan Wang, Ph.D. '19 - Adjunct Assistant Professor - Public and Population Health

Source: https://dentistry.ucla.edu/