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 Educators Who Endorse the AAOF
Dr. Glenn T. Sameshima
University of Southern California
I am extremely grateful for the AAOF funding I received early in my career. The two research grants I received made it possible for me to develop two focused areas of research resulting in many publications. These publications were crucial in the development of my academic career, but more importantly, it showed me that the profession, if not the university, appreciated what I was trying to do in clinical research.
Junior faculty need all the support they can get from us. Orthodontic faculty with PhDs are particularly vulnerable to the whims of the tenure system. Even at the beginning of their careers, they must teach in the clinic, teach predocs, develop didactic courses and seminars, mentor resident research, perform administrative functions, and participate in school and university level activities- all of this while still expected to do high level research with federal funding! I have made full time academics my career and I am very proud of our profession. We continue to attract the finest young men and women into our specialty, and I hope the AAOF continues to support and encourage the best of these to become our future program directors and chairs. |
