Explorer WINTER 2026 . VOLUME 14
PENN DENTAL MEDICINE VERNON BRIGHTMAN RESEARCH SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
CONTENTS 2 VBRS Executive Board
Advancing Research Across Disciplines A Selection of Figures from DMD Student Publications
2 A Message from the
VBRS Co-Presidents
2 Upcoming Events 3 VBRS Executive Board 4 Binglan Xue, MD 5 Past Events 6 Student Research Programs 8 2025 DMD Research 10 Modupe Coker, BDS, MPH, PhD
11 Aleena Defreitas D’28 12 Shuying (Sheri) Yang, MD, MS, DMD
14 Qinyuan (Doris) Chen, DMD
16 Yesul Ashley Kang, D’27 17 2025 DMD Student Publications
18 2025 Student Presentations 20 Zhaoxu Chen, D’27
See citations for these figures and a list of all the DMD student publications on page 17.