UB Global Miles for Smiles Fund

Help provide training and preventive care for refugees and host communities in need around the world through this fund.

At the School of Dental Medicine, we believe that education and oral health should be available for all people around the world. Our Global Miles for Smiles program delivers free dental care and education to refugees and others in need throughout the world. Under the leadership of Dr. Othman Shibly, Miles for Smiles is training volunteers and teachers at refugee camps in Lebanon to perform basic education and oral health care.

Since 2011, Miles for Smiles has provided treatment for more than 15,000 refugees through medical missions in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Africa. To further meet the growing need, Miles for Smiles has opened two full-time clinics in Turkey which provide free dental care to thousands of refugees.

These missions are only possible because of the selfless volunteers, organizations and donors like you who are committed to helping those in need.

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Other Dental Medicine Funds

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SDM Centennial Endowed Chair
6/28/24
Support the betterment of UB’s dental school through this fund.
UB Fund for the School of Dental Medicine
6/28/24
Support initiatives and programs throughout the School of Dental Medicine through this fund.
Class of 1980 David Foti Memorial Award
6/28/24
Strong spirit, character and helpfullness define the dental students who receive this award.
BOCA (Buffalo Outreach and Community Assistance) Fund
6/28/24
This fund supports a student-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world.
Steven M. Robbins Memorial Scholarship Fund
6/28/24
Third-year dental students with demonstrated commitment and academic success receive scholarships through this fund.
Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Program
6/28/24
Support didactic and clinical training for dental students, surgery residents and graduate students through this fund.
Dental School Scholarship Fund
6/28/24
This fund provides general scholarships to students throughout the School of Dental Medicine.
UB Dental - Patient Care Fund
6/28/24
Help improve the quality of healthcare throughout Western New York by supporting this fund.
Dental Medicine Class of 1964 Endowed Scholarship Fund
6/28/24
Second- and third-year dental students receive scholarships through this fund.
Maryanne Mather Fund
6/28/24
Honoring the memory of a dedicated staff member, this fund provides annual scholarships for dental students.
Class of 1949 Endowment
6/28/24
Fourth-year dental students receive financial support through this fund.
Dr. Arnold Stern Fund in Endodontics
6/28/24
This fund supports summer research for dental students in periodontics and endodontics.
Oral Biology Graduate Student Research Fund
6/28/24
Graduate students within the department receive critical financial support for their research through this fund.
Sandford B. Sugarman Memorial Fund for Continuing Dental Education
6/28/24
Annual dental symposiums receive support through this fund.
Dr. Alan J. Drinnan Fund
6/28/24
Students in the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences in the School of Dental Medicine receive support through this fund.
Dr. Paul R. Crombach Scholarship Fund
6/28/24
Dental students demonstrating conscientiousness in studies, helpfulness and charity receive support from this fund.
Dr. John J. Cunat Fund
6/28/24
World-renowned experts in orthodontics speak at UB through the support of this fund.
Dr. Robert J. Genco School of Dental Medicine Speakers Series Fund
6/28/24
Named for a world-renowned researcher, this fund supports a forum for discussions regarding oral and general health.
Post-Graduate Prosthodontic Fund
6/28/24
This fund supports clinical excellence in UB’s prosthodontic post-graduate program.
Ortho Clinic Renovation Fund
6/28/24
Support upgraded spaces and equipment for orthodonics students, faculty, staff and patients through this fund.
UB Global Miles for Smiles Fund
6/28/24
Help provide training and preventive care for refugees and host communities in need around the world through this fund.
Thomas C. Labenski Scholarship Endowment Fund
6/28/24
Third-year dental students with strong academic credentials and character receive scholarships through this fund.

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UB donates hundreds of reusable face masks and face shields made by faculty and students to the Buffalo City Mission
12/3/20
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo has donated more than 200 reusable 3D-printed face masks and 100 face shields to the Buffalo City Mission for distribution to its clients and staff.
Chester Gary receives 2020 William J. Gies Editorial Awards
11/3/20
Chester J. Gary, clinical assistant professor of restorative dentistry in the UB School of Dental Medicine, received the second and third place 2020 William J. Gies Editorial Award from the American Association of Dental Editors & Journalists and the American Dental Education Association’s ADEAGies Foundation.
UB receives $1 million to establish Sunstar Robert J. Genco Endowed Chair in Oral Biology
10/26/20
Sunstar Group has donated $1 million to establish a new endowed fund in honor of longtime professor and prolific researcher Robert Genco.
2020 in review: How UB’s faculty, staff and students fought COVID-19
12/18/20
Members of the UB community found an abundance of ways to fight the pandemic in Western New York and beyond.
NIH awards UB $21.7 million for clinical and translational science
2/10/20
The award recognizes UB’s progress in bringing the benefits of clinical and translational science to patients, including the tripling of clinical trials since 2015.
Study: How saliva is made
11/17/20
Research reveals the details of how salivary glands collectively produce the constellation of proteins found in saliva, opening the door to important medical research.
UB dental van providing no cost care in Buffalo through October
9/4/20
The University at Buffalo S-Miles to Go dental van will provide free dental care to people of all ages in the Western New York community through Oct. 30.

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