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Published June 12, 2015 This content is archived.
School of Dental Medicine Dean Michael Glick will conclude his service as dean on Aug. 14, Charles F. Zukoski, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, and Michael E. Cain, MD, vice president for health sciences, announced today.
Glick will focus his full effort on his faculty role as a scholar and educator in the Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences. In the coming weeks, Zukoski and Cain will seek input from the school’s faculty and staff regarding an interim dean appointment.
Well-known for his medicine-oriented approach to dental care, Glick was appointed dean of the School of Dental Medicine in 2009.
As dean, Glick has prepared students for today’s rapidly evolving health care landscape, to provide oral health care to those most in need and grow research to improve the quality of life for dental patients.
“Under Michael’s leadership, research expenditures and research proposal yield have increased,” said Zukoski and Cain. “He has been an active supporter of interprofessional education in the health sciences at UB and has grown enrollment through the International Dental Program, which serves international students who received dental degrees outside of the U.S. and Canada.
“We thank Michael for his service as dean. We wish him continued success on his research and scholarly pursuits.”
Glick’s research interests are primarily focused on the care of the medically complex dental patient, and he has published extensively and lectured worldwide on this topic. He is editor of the prestigious Journal of the American Dental Association and is a fellow in the International College of Dentists and the American College of Dentists.