Dr. Preetha Kanjirath

Ann Arbor, MI - July 30, 2008 - Dr. Preetha Kanjirath has been selected to participate in the CRLT/UM Teaching with Technology Institute 2008. She is one of eight TTI grant winners this year. Through consultation meetings with TTI faculty and the support of technology expert Dan Bruell (SOD Digital Learning Lab), she will create a foundations module focused on diabetes and oral health. The grant will allow her to develop specific visual materials with animations and dynamic flow charts to simulate the multiple disease processes that simultaneously occur in the oral cavity of the diabetic patient.

The University of Michigan School of Dentistry is one of the nation's leading dental schools engaged in oral health care education, research, patient care, and community service. General dental care clinics and specialty clinics providing advanced treatment enable the School to offer dental services and programs to patients throughout Michigan. Classroom and clinic instruction prepare future dentists, dental specialists, and dental hygienists for practice in private offices, hospitals, academia, and public agencies. Research seeks to discover and apply new knowledge that can help patients worldwide. For more information about the School of Dentistry, visit us on the Web at: www.dent.umich.edu.

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