IADR PRESS RELEASES

"The topic of my research is disparities in oral health, and I am very aware of these disparities and inequalities in this country and the world. I am very aware of the gaps that exist in oral health and quality of life between minorities. I am also aware of the various disparities that researchers experience and building resilience is an important aspect of that."

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- Joana Cunha-Cruz, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington, Seattle

Peter J. Polverini is the Jonathan Taft Distinguished University Professor of Dentistry and Dean Emeritus of the University of Michigan Dental School and a Professor of Pathology in the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor. 

Polverini  is a leader and influential figure in the field of vascular and cancer biology. His current research focuses on the role of cancer stem cells in the progression of premalignant oral lesions and exploring strategies to integrate precision medicine into dental practice. 

Polverini is an AADR Past President (2013-14) and the recipient of the 2006 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award in Oral Medicine and Pathology. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Alexandria, VA, USA – On September 14, 2018 AADR held the “Oral Health Effects of Tobacco Products: Science and Regulatory Policy” meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The papers resulting from this conference are published in the latest issue of Advances in Dental Research, an e-Supplement to the Journal of Dental Research (JDR).

Alexandria, VA, USA – 2019 marks the Centennial of the Journal of Dental Research (JDR). Over the last century the JDR has been dedicated to the dissemination of new knowledge and information on all sciences relevant to dentistry and to the oral cavity and associated structures in health and disease.

Jessica Scoffield is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology in the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Scoffield has a B.S. and M.S. in Biology from Tuskegee University, Alabama and a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Auburn University, Alabama. Scoffield’s research studies antimicrobial mechanisms used by oral commensal bacteria to inhibit bacterial pathogens in polymicrobial infections.