IAPD 2015 - 25th Congress

Agnes Bloch-Zupan

Agnes gained a DDS from Louis Pasteur University in 1988, Certificate A Buccal Biology, Option Histology-Embryology, 1989 and a Master of Biological and Medical Sciences, Option Histology-Embryology, 1990. She completed her Certificate B in Pedodontics-Prevention in 1990 and Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) of Molecular and Cellular Biology 1991. Agnes did her PhD on Developmental Biology, at ULP, 1994. At present, Agnes is a Professor in Oral Biology at the Strasbourg Faculty of Dentistry and an Honorary Professor in Paediatric Dentistry, since 2009. Her previous positions include Senior Clinical Lecturer with Honorary Consultant status in Paediatric Dentistry, University College London, and Associate Professor in Paediatric Dentistry. Agnes was Board-Member of the European Society of Human Genetics, until 2013, President of the Scientific Committee of the Association Hypophosphatasia Europe, and Member of the National College of French Teachers in Oral Biology since 2006. She is a Member of the French Society of Human Genetics and President of the AFNOR S 91N committee Oral care products since 2006. Agnes was awarded the Jean Verne Prize from the French National Academy of Dental Science (Laureate) 1993, Signal (Elida Gibbs-Faberge) Prize for Research Encouragement 1994 and the J. MORITA Prize XVI Congress of IAPD, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1997. She also won 5th Prize of Hospital Odontology (College Hospital Chief officers and Micro Mega) 2005 and Scientific Excellence Award 2009-2013.

Jan Clarkson

Jan graduated in Dentistry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1987 and after 10 years at the University of Manchester, she joined DHSRU (Dental Health Services Research Unit) at the University of Dundee. Since 1998, she has been the Effective Dental Practice Programme Director, conducting high quality research and promoting implementation of research evidence in dental primary care. She is a founding member of the Cochrane Oral Health Group and her role as Co-Ordinating Editor has influenced her research activity. She is on the specialist list for Paediatric Dentistry. Jan is Director of the Scottish Dental Practice Based Research Network which has undertaken unique trials in healthcare, both in clinical practice and education. As Director of the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, she is responsible for the development, production and dissemination of guidance in priority areas for dentistry in Scotland. The long term collaboration with researchers affiliated to DHSRU in particular the Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, has created an international research collaboration which is currently taking forward knowledge transfer to inform both service and educational policy in dentistry. Jan is Joint Principal Investigator in 3 NIHR HTA funded UK Multi Centre Trials and is an experienced trialist having successfully initiated, developed and conducted more than 20 clinical research trials in primary dental care.

Peter Day

Peter qualified from Bristol in 1997. He spent two years in general practice and hospital dentistry in Newcastle and a further year in Bolton as a senior house officer in oral and maxillofacial surgery. He started his specialist and academic training in Paediatric Dentistry in 2000 and has been in Leeds ever since. In 2009 he spent a six months sabbatical working at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. He returned to England in January 2010 to take up a joint academic appointment with University of Leeds and Bradford Salaried Dental Service. 
His PhD was in the field of dental trauma and was completed in 2009. It included chapters investigating the design, development and assessment of a computer database for dental trauma (CDDT); a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of two root canal medicaments for the management of avulsed and replanted teeth and a Cochrane review of the avulsion literature.
He is an author of the latest IADT and BSPD guidelines on Tooth Avulsion. In dental traumatology, he has contributed to various European guidelines, Cochrane reviews, national e-learning teaching tutorials and 15 peer-reviewed publications. He was elected as an IADT Director in 2012 and is currently chairman of the Research Committee.

Kevin Donly

Kevin is currently Professor and Chair in the Department of Developmental Dentistry and Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Previous positions include Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Clinical Studies at the University of Iowa, Associate Professor, Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston and Associate Professor, The University of Texas Medical School. He received his D.D.S. in 1984, Certificate in Paediatric Dentistry in 1986, and M.S. in 1986 from the University of Iowa. Kevin is a Diplomat of the American Board of Paediatric Dentistry, was on the Board of Trustees for the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry, was on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry Foundation, is the previous Chair of the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry Council on Post-doctoral Education, is Past-President of the American Society of Dentistry for Children, past Chair of the Public Information Committee for the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and past Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry. He is currently the Paediatric Dentistry Commissioner for the Commission on Dental Accreditation. He has published over 300 chapters, manuscripts and abstracts associated with paediatric dentistry and dental restorative materials research and clinical utilization. Presently, he is a principal investigator on an R01 Grant sponsored by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. He has received grants or research support from the 3M, ESPE, Premier, Bisco, GC, Dentsply, Ivoclar, Kerr, NuSmile, Procter and Gamble, Church and Dwight, Optiva, Oral-B, Enamelon, Atrix Laboratories, Inc. and Guidor companies.

Ivar Espelid

Graduated as a Dentist in 1975 (University of Bergen), doctoral degree in 1987. Specialist training in Paediatric Dentistry fulfilled 1982. From 1993, Professor in Paediatric Dentistry at University of Bergen, Norway, and from 2002 to present Professor and Head of the Dept.of Paediatric Dentistry and Behavioural Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. In the period 2009-2011 Director of the Public Dental Health Service Competence Centre of Northern Norway. Research interests are in the borderline between cariology and Paediatric Dentistry with special emphasis on oral epidemiology and clinical decision making.

Marie Therese Flores

Marie is Professor of Paediatric Dentistry and Director of the Clinic of Paediatric Dentistry at the Graduate Dental School of the Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile. She served as President of the IADT from 2003 to 2006. She is co-author of the Guidelines for the Management of Traumatic Dental Injuries, published by the IADT in 2001, 2007 and 2012; co-author of the Andreasen’s Traumatic Dental Injuries -A Manual- 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition, and has also contributed in three chapters of the Textbook of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth, 4th ed. She is Associate Editor of the Journal Dental Traumatology. She is an active clinician at the University Clinic, a referral Centre for children and adolescents affected by traumatic dental injuries. Since 2011, she is Program Director of a 300-hour blended online Diploma in Dental Traumatology. She has developed educational campaigns to raise the awareness on prevention and immediate care of dental trauma. She is co-author of the “Save your Tooth” poster, which is available in thirteen languages at: www.iadt-dentaltrauma.org. She has lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally on dental trauma. In 2012, she received the IADT recognition for “Outstanding Leadership”.

Lainie Friedman Ross

Lainie is the Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago where she is also a Professor in the Departments of Paediatrics, Medicine, Surgery, and the College. She is an Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, and Co-Director of the University of Chicago Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM).Lainie earned an A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1982; an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1986; and a PhD in Philosophy from Yale University in 1996. Lainie received her Paediatrics training at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and at Columbia University in New York City. 
Her research focuses on ethical and policy issues in organ and tissue transplantation, research ethics and human subjects protections, genetic testing and screening, and paediatrics. She is the author of 2 books (Children, Families and Health Care Decision Making [1996] and Children in Research: Access versus Protection [2006]) both published by Oxford University Press and has written or co-written several hundred articles published mainly in the medical literature. She is currently completing Transplantation Ethics, second edition with Robert Veatch, PhD (Georgetown University Press, 2014). Lainie just completed a term on the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP). In 2012, she served on an Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule. She currently serves as the chair of the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) Section on Bioethics Executive Committee.

Fiona Gilchrist

Fiona is a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Sheffield. She was awarded an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship in 2012 to support the development of a caries-specific measure of oral health-related quality of life for children which forms the basis of her PhD. Fiona graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1998 and completed two years of General Professional Training before spending three years as a Senior House Officer in Glasgow Dental Hospital and School. She then completed specialist training in paediatric dentistry at the Edinburgh Dental Institute in 2006 and following this spent six months as a Senior Registrar in the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne before moving to Sheffield and completing her NHS clinical training in 2009. Fiona’s interests include research with children, questionnaire development and design and dental education.

Linda Greenwall

Linda is a Specialist in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics. She is an international lecturer and an authority on tooth whitening, aesthetic dentistry and practice management. As well as running a multidisciplinary private practice in Hampstead, London where she works with a specialist team in the practice which has an Endodontist, Periodontist, Implant Surgeon, Oral Surgeon and Orthodontist. She is an immediate past Chairperson for the Alpha Omega Society 2012/13 and Editor-in-chief of the journal Aesthetic Dentistry Today.

Her first book, Bleaching Techniques in Restorative Dentistry, won the award for Best New Dental Book 2001. Linda lectures extensively in the UK, Europe and internationally on tooth bleaching, aesthetic and restorative dentistry, practice management and controversies surrounding tooth whitening. She has written many papers for dentistry journals. Her latest book Success Strategies for the Aesthetic Dental Practice has recently been published by Quintessence.
In 2008, Linda launched and is past chair of the British Dental Bleaching Society (BDBS), which aims to lobby for changes in the controversial bleaching legislation, and to educate dentists in tooth whitening. In 2011 she launched the Dental Wellness Trust, a charity aiming to provide preventive oral health programmes and dental awareness in less fortunate communities such as the elderly and vulnerable kids. The Dental Wellness trust promotes wellness through oral health through their innovative supervised brushing programmes in 5 schools. In 2015 she will be opening two dental clinics in the townships of South Africa for the children with no access to dental care. She has created evening health clubs for the children in the Township called the LiveSmart Club. Children are taught good brushing, hand washing and personal safety.
In June 2014, she co led a dental outreach programme with the Dental Wellness Trust which was held during the IADR Convention in Cape Town South Africa. This was a collaboration with the University of the Western Cape Dental School. During this time 280 children were treated by 15 international dentists attending the convention.

Gideon Holan

Born on Israel, Gideon studied Dentistry in the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Hebrew University and Hadassah in Jerusalem, Israel, where he also completed his postgraduate training in Paediatric Dentistry in 1983. Gideon spent a one-year sabbatical in the United States, in Columbus Ohio Children’s Hospital and the Ohio State University. Gideon is the Reviewer of the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, Paediatric Dentistry (Journal of the AAPD), Dental Traumatology and Journal of Clinical Paediatric Dentistry. He was chairman of the Israel Society of Paediatric Dentistry, Member and Chair Professional Committee of Paediatric Dentistry and Director of the postgraduate program at the department of Paediatric Dentistry, Hebrew University. Gideon is member of the Editorial Board of Paediatric Dentistry, the Journal of the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry. He was also Chairman of the Israel Board Exam Committee of Paediatric Dentistry.

Shun-Te Huang

Professor Shun-Te is a Professor of Special Care Dentistry and Faculty of Oral Hygiene in the College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, and President of the Taiwan Association for Disabilities and Oral Health. He was trained and certified in Anesthesiology, Paediatric Dentistry and Special Care Dentistry. His previous positions include Director of Faculty of Oral Hygiene, Department of Dentistry, and Dean of the College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, and President of the Taiwan Dental Association. He held the position of president of several international and domestic academic associations and organised numerous international conferences as chairmen. His fields of interest are Paediatric Dentistry, Special Care Dentistry, Dental Anesthesiology and Preventive Dentistry. Shun-Te received an award for his medical dedication and oral health promotion activity from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (previous Department of Health) in 2011 and 2013 respectively for his contribution to establish special care dentistry in Taiwan. He also awarded the Best Global Chinese Dentist by the Chinese Dental Science Association (2010, in Xiamen), and awarded for his contribution to society and human being by the Alumni Association of Kaohsiung Medical University in 2012.

Satoshi Imazato

Satoshi gradated with his DDS from the Osaka University, School of Dentistry in 1986 and his PhD in 1992. Satoshi has held numerous posts including Assistant Professor at Department of Operative Dentistry and Visiting Researcher, Department of Oral Biology, Newcastle University UK. Satoshi was Associate Professor at Department of Restorative Dentistry and Endodontology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry. Most recently, Satoshi is Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomaterials Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry. He also serves as Vice Dean for the same institution. Satoshi was President of IADR, Dental Materials Group until 2009; he is current Chair of IADR Heraeus Travel Award Committee, and Convenor of ISO TC106 Dentistry, SC1, WG15. 

Allison James

Allison is Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth (CSWCY) at the University of Sheffield. She is also Professor 2 at the Norwegian Centre of Child Research, NTNU, Trondheim. Allison has worked in the sociology/anthropology of childhood since the late 1970s and has helped pioneer the theoretical and methodological approaches to research with children which are central to the new childhood studies. Her early work focused on children as social actors and her research has included exploring children’s language and culture in relation to theories of socialisation, children’s attitudes towards sickness and bodily difference and children's experiences of everyday life at home and at school. In her more recent research, she has explored children’s perceptions and experiences of hospital space and children’s family food practices. Key publications include: (1990/1997) Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood. Basingstoke: Falmer Press ( with A.Prout) ; Theorising Childhood (1998)Cambridge: Polity Press (with C.Jenks and A.Prout) and Research with Children (2000) London: Falmer ( with Pia Christensen): Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice (2004) Basingstoke: Palgrave ( with A.L.James.) Children, Food and Identity 2009). Basingstoke: Palgrave (with A.Khørholt and V. Tingstad). Her latest book, Socialising Children was published in 2013 by Palgrave.

Paul King

Paul was appointed Consultant/Senior Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at the Bristol Dental Hospital and School (UHBristol) in 1994 having previously been a Consultant/Hon.Senior Lecturer at the Eastman Dental Hospital, London from 1989. His clinical, teaching and research interests centre around the oral habilitation and rehabilitation of patients with significant developmental and acquired defects such as hypodontia, cleft lip and palate, tooth structure disturbances, trauma and tooth surface loss. He is Lead Clinician (Restorative Dentistry) for the SW England Cleft Network and runs the clinical dental implant programme at the Hospital and School. Bristol Dental Hospital is a major referral centre for patients with significant developmental dental anomalies running a well established Orthodontic/Restorative/Paediatric MDT Clinic. He has a major commitment to postgraduate education and training and is an elected FDS Board Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), recent Chair of the SAC in Restorative Dentistry and Past-President of the British Society for Restorative Dentistry.

Norbert Kraemer

Norbert graduated from the Dental School at the University of Erlangen, Germany, in 1986. He obtained his PhD from the University of Erlangen in 1997. In 2000, he was elected for a period of four years as President of the German Society of Paediatric Dentistry. Between 2006 and 2009 he was the head of the Department of Paediatric Dentistry in Dresden. In 2009, he was appointed to the Director of the Policlinic of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Gießen. Norbet was Board Member in the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (President) and Editor of the German Journal of Paediatric Dentistry (Oralprophylaxe and Kinderzahnheilkunde. He is in the Editorial Board of several international journals (Am J Dent, J Dent, Up2date, Quintessenz). Norbet has published over 150 research papers/books/articles (cum IF: 74; H-factor: 20). His expertise is in dental materials, dental public health and controlled clinical studies.

Zoe Marshman

Zoe joined the University of Sheffield in 2002 and currently works as a Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health and as an Honorary Consultant. Her main interest is child-centred dental research to improve the oral health and treatment experiences of children and their families by influencing policy and clinical practice. She co-ordinates the University of Sheffield’s Children and Young People Oral Health Research Group, a multidisciplinary team conducting research with children using a range of research methods. She has published widely on this topic and is involved in several National Institute for Health Research-funded projects in this area.

Alan Milnes

Alan has been in private Paediatric dental practice in Kelowna, British Columbia from 1997 to the present. He has served as the Chief of Dentistry at Kelowna General Hospital. Prior to moving to Kelowna, Dr. Milnes was Associate Professor and Head, Paediatric Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Dentistry from 1978 to 1990 and Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry, University of Toronto from 1990 to 1997. He received his undergraduate dental education at the University of Toronto; Paediatric dental education at the Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto; and Ph.D. in Oral Microbiology from the University of Manitoba. Dr. Milnes is a former examiner and past chief examiner in Paediatric Dentistry for the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Alan has represented both the dental profession and paediatric dentistry by serving on local, provincial, national and international dental organisations and has made numerous scientific and continuing education presentations to community groups, parenting organizations and dental societies. He has lectured to thousands of dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. Alan has helped develop practice guidelines and policies for the Canadian and American Academies of Paediatric Dentistry, the Canadian Dental Association and the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia. He is a founding and current faculty member of the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry continuing education program - Contemporary Sedation of Children for the Dental Practice - Enteral and Parenteral Techniques.

Nigel Nicholson

Nigel is a senior Professor at London Business School, where he has wide-ranging involvements in research, executive education and business. He writes, teaches, speaks and advises on leadership, family business, executive development, management in finance, and interpersonal skills. Major books include Managing the Human Animal (Texere, 2000), Traders: Risks, decisions and management in financial markets (Oxford University Press, 2005), Family Wars: Classic conflicts in family business and how to deal with them (Kogan Page, 2008), and most recently The ‘I’ of Leadership: Strategies for seeing, being and doing (Jossey-Bass, 2013). He directs two of the School's major open enrolment programmes (Proteus and High Performance People Skills). He has strong links with business in Africa and India.

June Nunn

Since 2010, June has held Dean position at the Scohool of Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin and is a Professor of Special Care Dentistry and Dublin Dental School and Hospital. June was previosuly a Seniot Lecturer/Honorary Consultnat in Child Dental Heath, Univerisity of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1993-2001. June is past President of both the British Society for Disability and Oral Health and the International Association for Disability and Oral Health. She was a founding member of the Irish Society for Disability and Oral Health. June is Chair of the HTA Trials Steeting Committee for the FiCTION Project. She is author of over 100 papers and 18 chapters/textbooks. She is also the Emeritus Editor, Jorunal of Disability and Oral Health.

Anne O'Connell

Anne received her specialty training in Paediatric Dentistry from Eastman Dental Center and a further degree in Cariology from the University of Rochester, New York, USA. She held academic positions in Eastman Dental Center and at the University of Maryland until she was recruited to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland. Anne continued in both clinical and basic science research and was appointed Director of Clinical Research Core and Acting Clinical Director of NIDCR, NIH. She returned to Ireland in 2000 and established the post-graduate training programme in Paediatric Dentistry and initiated the Trauma Clinic within the Dublin Dental University Hospital. Her areas of interest include cariology, pulp therapy, trauma, infant oral health and developmental defects of the dentition and she has published and presented extensively. She serves on numerous national and international scientific committees/organisations including ISDC, AAPD, IADR and IADT.

Kitae Park

Kitae is currently a Professor in the Institute of Oral Health Science at Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine. He served as a Chairman of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics at the same institution. He received his D.D.S. from Yonsei University in 1985. In 1991, he received a Certificate in Paediatric Dentistry at New York University and his M.S. in Dental Materials Science in 1992. He completed his Ph.D. in Paediatric Dentistry from Yonsei University in 1997. He received a Certificate and M.S. in Orthodontics from Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, in 1999. He has been working at both areas of paediatric dentistry and orthodontics and his main area of interest is early orthodontic treatment. He has served as the chair of scientific program committee for the IAPD 2013 Congress in Seoul. He has published over 25 international and national scientific papers and has given many presentations at national and international meetings. He has contributed chapters in two textbooks and he is an author of the textbook "Practical Approaches in Early Orthodontic Treatment" (in Korean, 2009).

Nichola Rumsey

Nichola is Professor of Appearance Research at the University of the West of England. She is Co-Director of the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), which was established at UWE in 1992 and now comprises 27 researchers and doctoral students. Following the completion of her PhD “Psychological Problems Associated with Facial Disfigurement” in 1983, Nichola has built an international reputation for her research in this field, has published widely and has attracted over £7m funding to support research on appearance. Current projects include establishing the psychosocial needs of people who are distressed by their appearance, developing interventions to meet these needs and interventions to promote positive societal attitudes towards diversity in appearance. She was the British Psychological Society’s consultant to the Dept of Health from 2004-2010. She was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the BAAPS in 2009, and of the South African Burns Society in 2011.

Murray Thomson

Murray is an experienced Dental Researcher and NZ-registered specialist in Dental Public Health. His epidemiological and health services research encompasses a wide range of oral conditions and concerns, and it has been funded by the US NIH, the NZDA, the NZ HRC and the NZ Ministry of Health. To date, Murray has published 239 research papers and 5 book chapters in the scientific literature. Thomson was honoured with a Distinguished Scientist Award (the 2010 H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award, for meritorious research in epidemiology and public health) from the International Association for Dental Research in 2010, and received the Sir John Walsh Research Award (for research over an extended period by a member of the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry) in 2010. In 2009, he was awarded the Alan Docking Award for distinguished research in dentistry by the Australia-New Zealand Division of the International Association for Dental Research. He is Associate Editor for both the European Journal of Oral Sciences and Gerodontology, and was the Editor of the New Zealand Dental Journal from 2007 to 2014.

Roberto Valencia

Roberto graduated in Paediatric Dentistry from the University of Texas. He has a Diploma of Applied Health Statistics, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Roberto did his Postgraduate Degree in Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry at the Children’s Hospital Mexico. Roberto is Professor of Masters at the Centre for Advanced Studies of Orthodontics. Roberto is an active member of various associations and academies both nationally and internationally. He currently serves as Chair of Paediatric Dentistry and the University of Technology, Mexico. Roberto is Advisor to the Association of Schools and Colleges of Dentistry. He is President and Founding Partner of the Mexican Academy of Paediatric Dentistry and member of the Advisory Group for the Academy. Roberto is Chairman of the Scientific Committee and Secretary for the Mexican Dental Association Federation. He won the Cum Laude Award from the Mexican Dental Association. Roberto received a distinguished student award from the University of Texas, San Antonio recognising his contribution to Paediatrics Dentistry. Robert is author of a book and five chapters with more than 30 clinical research and scientific papers.

Richard Watt

Richard is Professor of Dental Public Health and Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He also holds an honorary consultant post with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. He graduated in dentistry from the University of Edinburgh in 1984 and proceeded to study for an MSc and PhD in Dental Public Health at the University College London.

His research has focused on the social determinants of oral health inequalities and the development and evaluation of health improvement interventions. He has recently been awarded the 2014 International Association for Dental Research Distinguished Scientist Award for Behavioural, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research. He has sat on a variety of expert working groups for the Department of Health, Public Health England, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, WHO and E.U. He is co-author of Essential Dental Public Health and has published more than 220 publications.

Richard Welbury

Richard qualified in Dentistry (1978) and Medicine (1984) from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was appointed Professor of Paediatric Dentistry in Glasgow in 2001. He has published over 150 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals, 10 book chapters, and is a co-author of five textbooks. He was President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (2001-2002), President of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (2006-2008) and is currently Dean of the Dental Faculty and Vice-President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He is Congress Chairman ofIAPD 2015 Glasgow.