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Research Day 2022
17th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer
From Global to Local: Research and Academia’s Contribution to Dentistry
Abstract: The practice of dentistry in Canada and throughout the world is subject to multiple influences including academia and research, which compete for attention with patients, the media, the business of dentistry, regulatory authorities, dental associations and others. This talk will explore the contribution of dental research and academia to dental care using examples that span direct interaction of dental schools with their community and dental students as drivers of change, to national dental care issues and global oral health.
Presented By Dr. Paul Allison, Professor of Dental Public Health and Former Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University
Dr. Paul Allison is a dentist with specialist training in oral and maxillofacial surgery and dental public health. He completed his PhD in 1998 before becoming a professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University in 1999. He became the Director of the Quebec-based Oral and Bone Health Research Network during 2005-08 and served two mandates as Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill University during 2008-18. He was President of the Association of the Canadian Faculties of Dentistry during 2015-19 and of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences 2019-20 and was Governing Council of the Canadian Institute of Health Research during 2018-21.
Dr. Allison’s research interests include the social determinants of oral health and dental care, access to dental care and related policies. In 2014, he chaired a CAHS assessment on improving access to oral health care and is currently a member of The Lancet Commission on Global Oral Health, as well as leader of a national Canadian research team working with Statistics Canada on the oral health element of cycle 7 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
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.
Schedule
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8:30-8:50 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. John Yoo, Dean, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry |
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8:55-9:55 am |
Student Oral Presentations |
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10:05-10:55 am |
17th Annual John T. Hamilton Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Paul Allison, Professor of Dental Public Health and Former Dean, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University |
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10:55-11:15 am |
Panel Discussion and Q&A Discussants: |
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11:15-11:30 am |
Break |
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11:30 am-12:00 pm |
Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
Schulich Dentistry Research Day Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation
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1st award $1000 Travel award
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Winner: Abby Hensel Project: Psychosocial Stress Mediates the Association of Low Social Capital and Poor Oral Health Supervisor: Dr. Noha Gomaa |
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2nd award $500 Travel award
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Winner: Jennifer Boogaards Project: Torque Expression of Active and Passive Self-Ligating Brackets with Different Arch-wire Sizes Supervisor: Dr. Ali Tassi |
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3rd award $250 Travel award
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Winner: Naima Abouseta Project: Neighbourhood-Level Inequalities in Dental Care Outcomes of Adolescents and Young Adults in Southwest Ontario Supervisors: Dr. Sharat Pani & Dr. Jeff Dixon |
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Presentation
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1st award $1000 Travel award
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Winner: Sanaz Karami Project: The Role of Teledentistry in Oral Health and Oral Health Inequalities Supervisor: Dr. Noha Gomaa |
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2nd award $500 Travel award
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Winner: Caitlin Loo Project: Recognizing and Managing Implicit Bias in Dental Education Supervisor: Dr. Bertha Garcia & Dr. Javeed Sukhera |
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3rd award $250 Travel award
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Winner: Rachel Brunswick Project: Correlation of Household and Nutritional Factors with Oral Health Status: A Prospective Study Amongst the Underserved Adolescents in Lesotho, Southern Africa Supervisors: Dr. Abbas Jessani |
Canadian Dental Association-Dentsply Sirona Student Clinician Research Program Nominee
Winner: Kevin Zhou
Project: A Craniofacial Statistical Shape Model for Reconstruction of Bilateral Maxillary Defects
Supervisors: Dr. Trevor Thang
Ontario Dental Association Summer Research Studentship from Summer 2021
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Winner: Alicia Gordon Project: Preparing Dentists to Provide Geriatric Dental Care: Exploring the Acceptance of Geriatric Dentistry Programming for Undergraduate Dental Students Supervisor: Dr. Cecilia Dong |
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Winner: Kate Jacques Project: S100A7 as a Marker for Predicting Malignant Transformation in Actinic Cheilitis Supervisor: Dr. Mark Darling |
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Winner: Kevin Zhou Project: Rapid Development of a Novel and Open-Access Mixed Reality Resource for Dental Education Supervisor: Dr. Trevor Thang |
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Winner: Melika Pahlevan Project: Efficacy of Vital Pulp Therapy Strategies in Mature Permanent Teeth with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis Supervisor: Dr. Georgia Nikoloudaki |