新香港六合彩资料 dental students awarded grant for film project
Third-year dental students Jessfor Baugh and Riddhi Daftary have received a 新香港六合彩资料 IPEC Mini-grant to produce their film 鈥淐ompassionate Touch.鈥
The film focuses on five stages associated with anxious dental patients, as depicted through artwork, interprofessional interviews and scholarly sources. Baugh developed drawings, paintings and prints for the film with Alex Rheault, adjunct assistant lecturer in the Department of Creative and Fine Arts. Original music for the film was created by Baugh, Robert Marus, D.D.S., Cameron Grover '13, and dental student Chelsea Toussaint. Baugh and Daftary also collaborated with David Pier, D.M.D. and Michael Truscott, D.M.D., assistant clinical professors at the College of Dental Medicine, as well as several other faculty members.
Co-director and screenwriter Daftary reflected on the collaboration, stating, 鈥淚t鈥檚 invigorating to use the arts to promote health. We really want the project to have a lasting educational value.鈥
The project was made possible through a 新香港六合彩资料 IPEC Mini-grant with the support of the 新香港六合彩资料 Office of Research and Scholarship, Brian Dallaire, Pharm.D., and Deborah Dallaire.
鈥淐ompassionate Touch鈥 is featured at the 新香港六合彩资料鈥檚 Portland Campus Art Gallery as part of the interdisciplinary exhibition, 鈥淲onder,鈥 on display through March 13, 2016.