Dentistry Research Day
Dentistry Research Day and 17th Annual John T. Hamilton Lecture
Spring 2021
Our Distinguished Lecturer will be Dr. Paul Allison, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University
Dr. Allison gained his dental degree (BDS) from University College London (UK) in 1986. He then pursued specialist training in oral and maxillo-facial surgery and in dental public health and in 1994 moved to McGill University in Montreal and completed his PhD in 1998. He became a professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, in 1999. He became Director of the Quebec-based Oral and Bone Health Research Network during the period 2005-08 and served two five-year mandates as Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill during 2008-18. He was President of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry during 2015-19 and is currently President of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He is also currently a member of the Board of the Canadian Council of Academies and on Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Dr. Allison’s research interests include psychosocial and social determinants of oral health and oral health care, including issues of access to health care. His research has particularly focused on people with head and neck cancer, with Down syndrome, young children and other vulnerable groups. In 2014, he chaired a CAHS panel that published a report on improving access to oral health care. Most recently, he was an author in a The Lancet series on oral health (www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140673619316393).
The John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecture
The John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lectureship is awarded to an outstanding dental researcher. This lectureship was founded in 1997 in honour of Dr. John T. Hamilton, who served from 1983 to 1996 as Assistant Dean for Research of the (then) Faculty of Dentistry. The Hamilton Lecture is presented in conjunction with Dentistry’s Annual Research Day.
Previous Distinguished Lecturers:
16th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer – 2018
PAIN CONTROL: From Current Therapy to NextGen Analgesics
Ken M. Hargreaves, DDS, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics
San Antonio School of Dentistry
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
Health Research - From Particles to Policy
Jocelyne S. Feine, DDS, HDR
Professor, Oral Health and Society Division, Faculty of Dentistry
Associate Member, Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine
McGill University
14th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2015
Future Prospects for Oral and Periodontal Regenerative Medicine
William V. Giannobile, DDS, DMSc
William K. & Mary Anne Najjar Professor of Dentistry & Biomedical Engineering
Chair, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine Periodontics and Oral Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Dental Research
University of Michigan Schools of Dentistry and Engineering
13th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2014
Advances in defining the factors and mechanisms controlling development and regeneration of periodontal tissues
Martha J. Somerman, DDS, PhD
Director, National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA
12th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2013
Biomaterial Microenvironments for Stem Cells to Regenerate Dental and Craniofacial Tissues
Peter X. Ma, MSc, PhD
Richard H. Kingery Endowed Collegiate Professor of Dentistry Biologic and Materials Sciences
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
11th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2012
Balancing Sugar & Caries / Fluoride & Fluorosi
Jaime A. Cury, DDS, MSc, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Cariology Cariology at the Piracicaba Dental School
University of Campinas, Brazil
10th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2011
State-of-the-Art Etch-and-Rinse Adhesives
David H. Pashley, DMD, PhD
Emeritus Regents' Professor of Oral Biology College of Dental Medicine
Georgia Health Sciences University
9th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2010
Salivary Diagnostics: Scientific and Clinical Frontiers
David Wong, DMD, DMSc
President - American Association for Dental Research Associate Dean of Research
UCLA School of Dentistry
8th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2008
Effects on Implant Surface Topography on Cell Behaviour In Vitro and In Vivo
Donald Brunette, BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences Faculty of Dentistry
University of British Columbia
7th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2006
Dental Research Gone Wild – Join the Party
Stephen Bayne, MS, PhD, FADM
Professor & Chair Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics
President, International Association for Dental Research
University of Michigan
6th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2004
Apatite crystal formation in dental enamel: implications for hypoplasia, fluorosis and caries
Colin Robinson, PhD
Director of Research, Leeds Dental Institute
University of Leeds, U.K.
5th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2003
Anabolic Actions of Parathyroid Hormone in Bone: Models and Mechanisms
Laurie K. McCauley, DDS, MS, PhD
Chair, Dept of Periodontics, Prevention & Geriatrics Faculty of Dentistry
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
4th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2001
Periodontal Disease and Systemic Health: Current Evidence and Possible Mechanisms
James Beck, PhD
Kenan Professor, Dept of Dental Ecology Co-director of the Centre for Inflammatory Disorders and the
Centre for Oral and Systemic Diseases
University of North Carolina
3rd Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 2000
Christopher McCulloch, DDS, PhD, FRCD(C)
University of Toronto
2nd Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 1999
Design of Dental/Orthopaedic Implants. The Bone-to-Implant Interface: The Meeting Ground for the Biological and Materials Sciences
Robert Pilliar, PhD, PEng
Director, Centre for Biomaterials
University of Toronto
1st Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer - 1997
David Goltzman, MD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology
Director, Centre for Advanced Bone and Periodontal Research
Director, Calcium Research Laboratory
McGill University Health Centrte
