Staff contribute to international meeting
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Dental Institute staff made major contributions to the International Association of Dental Research (IADR) 88th General Session and Exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, from 14 to 17 July. The annual meeting provides opportunities for exhibitors, sponsors and delegates from around the world to exchange ideas and promote awareness of recent advances in dental, oral and craniofacial research.The meeting, which was held in the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona, was attended by more than 6,500 leading scientists and featured more than 3,500 scientific abstracts, 32 symposia, 29 lunch and learning tables, five hands-on workshops and three Distinguished Lecture Series speakers. Tom Lehner, Professor of Basic and Applied Immunology in the Dental Institute, was invited to give one of the Distinguished Lectures. His presentation was titled: ‘The contribution of oral immunology to our understanding of dental and oral diseases.’
The BSODR Graham Embery Memorial Lecture was given this year by Francis Hughes, Professor of Periodontology in the Dental Institute. During his lecture, titled ‘Regenerating the Periodontium - A Challenge for the Surgeon’, Pathologist or Tissue Engineer’, Professor Hughes considered how current knowledge may be applied to achieve predictable periodontal regeneration.
The meeting also featured a major IADR initiative and a symposium on Global Oral Health Inequalities where guest speakers included Professor Sir Michael Marmot, from University College London, and the Director of NIDCR (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) Dr Larry Tabak. Professor Stephen Challacombe spoke on global inequalities in oral mucosal infections.
The oral and poster sessions provide research scientists, clinical academics, graduates and dental students with the opportunity to present, discuss, and critique their investigations. Those showcasing their latest cutting-edge research from the Dental Institute included Professor Gordon Proctor and Dr Guy Carpenter from the Mucosal Biology and Disease Research Group and Professor Timothy Watson, Director of Research and Head of the Biomaterial, Biomimetics and Biophotonics Research Group.
Shimae Soheilipour, a PhD student in the department of Oral Health Services Research & Dental Public Health won the student award of the Behavioural, Epidemiological and Health Services Research Group of the IADR. Her research is reported in S. Soheilipour, S.M. Dunne, C. Dickinson, and J.T. Newton. Providing information on antibiotic prophylaxis: a randomised controlled trial. J Dent Res 89(Spec Iss B): 4627, 2010.
In addition, the IADR meeting provides an opportunity for exhibitors to promote awareness of their academic institution, company or government agency at the two-day exhibition. The Dental Institute received much interest at their booth from visitors wishing to find out more about the Institute’s activities, including the full range of graduate courses and research programmes and the flexible PhD programmes for graduates and established faculty.
The Dental Institute also held its traditional dinner where representatives of the Institute’s partner universities around the world were entertained and collaborations discussed.
The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a non-profit organisation with more than 12,000 members worldwide from over 100 countries. Its mission is to advance research and increase knowledge for the improvement of oral health worldwide, to support and represent the oral health research community and to facilitate the communication and application of research findings.
Posted on 3 August 2010
The BSODR Graham Embery Memorial Lecture was given this year by Francis Hughes, Professor of Periodontology in the Dental Institute. During his lecture, titled ‘Regenerating the Periodontium - A Challenge for the Surgeon’, Pathologist or Tissue Engineer’, Professor Hughes considered how current knowledge may be applied to achieve predictable periodontal regeneration.
The meeting also featured a major IADR initiative and a symposium on Global Oral Health Inequalities where guest speakers included Professor Sir Michael Marmot, from University College London, and the Director of NIDCR (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) Dr Larry Tabak. Professor Stephen Challacombe spoke on global inequalities in oral mucosal infections.
The oral and poster sessions provide research scientists, clinical academics, graduates and dental students with the opportunity to present, discuss, and critique their investigations. Those showcasing their latest cutting-edge research from the Dental Institute included Professor Gordon Proctor and Dr Guy Carpenter from the Mucosal Biology and Disease Research Group and Professor Timothy Watson, Director of Research and Head of the Biomaterial, Biomimetics and Biophotonics Research Group.
Shimae Soheilipour, a PhD student in the department of Oral Health Services Research & Dental Public Health won the student award of the Behavioural, Epidemiological and Health Services Research Group of the IADR. Her research is reported in S. Soheilipour, S.M. Dunne, C. Dickinson, and J.T. Newton. Providing information on antibiotic prophylaxis: a randomised controlled trial. J Dent Res 89(Spec Iss B): 4627, 2010.
In addition, the IADR meeting provides an opportunity for exhibitors to promote awareness of their academic institution, company or government agency at the two-day exhibition. The Dental Institute received much interest at their booth from visitors wishing to find out more about the Institute’s activities, including the full range of graduate courses and research programmes and the flexible PhD programmes for graduates and established faculty.
The Dental Institute also held its traditional dinner where representatives of the Institute’s partner universities around the world were entertained and collaborations discussed.
The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) is a non-profit organisation with more than 12,000 members worldwide from over 100 countries. Its mission is to advance research and increase knowledge for the improvement of oral health worldwide, to support and represent the oral health research community and to facilitate the communication and application of research findings.
Posted on 3 August 2010