Table of Contents:
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Chapter
- Organization Goals
- What We Do
- Represent Your Class and School
- 2020-2021 Events
- Cabinet Members
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Chapter
The American Student Dental Association is a national student-run organization that protects and advances the rights, interests, and welfare of students pursuing careers in dentistry. As a national professional organization, ASDA provides a forum for expression of dental student concerns. It introduces students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry. ASDA currently has more than 22,000 predoctoral members at each of the 66 U.S. dental school chapters.
Organization Goals:
- Promote welfare of dental students
- Advocate just treatment of dental students
- Represent needs, interests and welfare of association members
- Identify and promote needed change in dental education
- Introduce and promote organized dentistry (ADA, MDS)
- Disseminate pertinent information to dental students
- Improve dental care and delivery to all people by identifying public dental needs
What We Do:
- National Dental Student Lobby Day
- National Leadership Conference
- ASDA Small Council Meetings
- ASDA Annual Session
- ADA District Caucuses
- MDS House of Delegates
- Interschool Debate (Tufts, Harvard, BU)
- Tufts Pre-dental Day (w/ Tufts ADEA)
- Vermont Special Olympics
- ASDA Smile Share & Care
- New England Center for Homeless Veterans
- Hale House
- Yankee Dental
- ADPAC Drive
- Socials
- Health and Wellness
- Wellness
- ASDA Vendor Fair
- Leadership Summit
Represent Your Class and School:
Leadership within Tufts ASDA: Class reps, Committee chairs, Legislative Liaison, and other Leadership Positions
Leadership at the National Level: Elected Positions (elected by House of Delegates or chapter delegates at Annual Session), Appointed Positions (selected from a pool of applicants by board of trustees)
Externships in Washington, D.C. and Chicago
2020-2021 Events
- 8/12 – 8/14 – ASDA Fever Month Social Media Campaign
- 8/14 – ASDA Virtual Social
- 8/20 – Meet the Reps
- 8/25 – Advocacy 101
- 8/27 ASDA Health and Wellness Q&A
- 9/25 Make Your Own Origami Tooh w/Wellness
- 9/30 Wellness Workout with George
- 9/30 Mid-Level Providers Discussion via Zoom
- 10/6 Pre-Dental Gap Year Webinar
- 10/20 PDS Dinner & Learn
- 10/27 Dental Student Issues in 2020 Election via Zoom
- 11/04 Vaping and Vaccines Advocacy via Zoom
- 11/10 B&B Dental on INDBE Exam via Zoom
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Falzone
CABINET MEMBERS:
2020-2021
| D21 Class Representative | Alexandra Penta |
| D22 Class Representative | Alia Osseiran |
| D23 Class Representative | Giang Nguyen |
| D24 Class Representative | Sam Rivera |
| Advocacy | Mentor – Sho Taniguchi (D21) |
Chair – Jamie Abraham (D21) | |
Vice Chair – Jenn Duffy (D22) | |
| Member – Heddinah Otete (IS22) | |
| Wellness | Mentor: D1/Liaison – Kristina Caravelli (D21) Events – Shannon Dugan (D21) Logistics – Emily Abay (D21) |
Chair – Carla Kruyff Arciniega (D22) | |
Vice Chair – Mehak Baig (D22) | |
| Member – Shafa Nathani (D24) | |
| Events & External Affairs | Mentor – Eva Sidhu (D21) |
Chair – Maggie Wu (D22) | |
Vice Chair – Eric Lin (D23) | |
| Member – Garima Yadav (IS22) | |
| Fundraising | Mentor – Samantha Parad (D21) |
| Chair – Russell Smith (D22) | |
Vice Chair – Erica Broussard (D23) | |
| Member – Therese Abely (D24) | |
| Pre-Dental | Mentor – Mehran Payandeh (D21) |
Outreach Chair – Jessica Boucher (D22) | |
Outreach Vice Chair – Diego Lopez (D22) | |
Outreach Member – Andy Tran (D23) | |
| Mentorship Chair – Pooja Shah (D22) | |
| Mentorship Vice Chair – Macie Mattila (D23) | |
| Communications | Creative Director – Darien Lam (D22) |
| Lead Video/Photographer – Darien Lam (D22) | |
| Assistant Video/Photographer – Edwin Scott (D23) | |
| Social Media Guru – Alex Nguyen (D21) | |
Social Media Assistant – Connie Wang (D23) | |
| Lead Designer – Shikha Gupta (D22) | |
| Assistant Designer – Jacob Mack (D22) | |
| Editor in Chief – Courtney Eato (D22) | |
Co-editor – Janki Shingala (D22) | |
| Dental Central Liaison – Meggie Hodgson (D23) | |
| Gold Crown Chair – Timothy Lo (D23) | |
| Newsletter Member – Aimee Parado (D24) | |
| Smile Share & Care | 4th Year Lead – Claire Droumbakis (D22) |
2nd Year Co-Lead – Binh Phan (D23) | |
| First Year Lead – Michelle Stevens (D24) | |
| Hale House | 4th Year Lead – Olivia Capotorto (D21) |
| 2nd Year Lead – Anna Wang (D23) | |
| NECHV | 4th Year Lead – Shelby Jackson (D21) |
| 2nd Year Lead – Kayla Birde (D23) | |
| Cards for a Cause | 4th Year Lead – Dylan Batlle (D21) |
| 1st Year Lead – TBD (D24) | |
| Virtual Community Service | Giselle Clarke (D23) |
| Jacqueline Flynn (D24) |