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I 25ortho3_2012 education_ NYUCD I _Dr. Cristina Teixeira, associate professor of orthodontics and of basic science and craniofacial biology, has been appointed chair of the department of orthodontics at New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD), effective immediately. Teixeira had been serving as the interim chair of the depart- ment of orthodontics since September 2011. The announcement was made by Dr. Charles N. Bertolami, Herman Robert Fox Dean and Dr. Richard I. Vogel, executive vice dean of New York University College of Dentistry. “As interim chair, Dr. Teixeira has demonstrated leadership in research, teaching and patient care,” Bertolami said. “Her accomplishments include for- mulating a comprehensive new curriculum for the advanced education program in orthodontics and co-foundingCTOR,theConsortiumforTranslational Orthodontic Research, at New York University. CTOR has facilitated research, development and clinical testing of new orthodontic treatments and tech- nologies.” “Dr. Teixeira’s appointment as chair offers pro- found academic recognition of a world-renowned scholar and researcher and experienced clinician whoundoubtedlywillleadthedepartmentofortho- dontics into new areas of clinical, educational and research excellence,” said Dr. Elliott M. Moskowitz, clinical professor of orthodontics at NYUCD and former editor of The New York State Dental Journal. Teixeira joined NYUCD in 2001 and has won NIH funding and other national and international rec- ognition for research in bone and cartilage biology. In the past few years, she has received the Out- standing Research Award from the University of Pennsylvania, the Young Investigator Award at the First International Conference on the Growth Plate, the B. F. Dewell Memorial Research Award from the American Association of Orthodontics Foundation and the Young Investigator Award at Conferences in Orthodontic Advances in Science and Technology. Teixeira has pub- lished extensively in peer- reviewedjournals,servedas amentortonumerouspost- graduate and predoctoral students and presented her work at national and inter- national conferences. As a founding member of CTOR, the first consortium of its kind dedicated to transla- tional research in the field of orthodontics, her efforts haveproducedtwopatents. Among other accom- plishments of the depart- ment of orthodontics during Teixeira’s tenure as interim chair was the formulation of a compre- hensive curriculum for the new three-year advanced education program in or- thodontics and the introduction of new patient care initiatives. TeixeiraisagraduateoftheUniversityofPennsyl- vania,wheresheobtainedaDMDdegree,acertificate in orthodontics, a master’s in oral biology and a PhD in developmental biology. _About New York University College of Dentistry Founded in 1865, New York University College of Dentistry is the third oldest and the largest dental school in the US, educating more than 8 percent of all dentists. NYUCD has a significant global reach and provides a level of national and international diversity among its students that is unmatched by anyotherdentalschool,accordingtotheuniversity._ Dr. Cristina Teixeira (Photo/Provided by NYUCD) Dr. Cristina Teixeira named chair of the department of orthodontics at NYUCD