Alexandria, VA, USA – The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) has announced Robert J. Weyant as the 2024 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award, John Greenspan Global Oral Health Research Award. Weyant, from the University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, was recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the 102nd General Session of the IADR, which was held in conjunction with the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, on March 13-16, 2024, in New Orleans, LA, USA.
Weyant is Professor and Chair in the Department of Dental Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine. He undertook his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh where he also gained his MPH and DMD graduate qualifications. He then completed his PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Weyant has published more than 260 publications in a wide range of international journals. His main academic interests focus on evidence-based dentistry, dental public health, health promotion, oral health inequalities, and advanced methods in dental research. He is a long-standing member of IADR and has served on numerous state, national, and international professional committees and panels as a dental public health expert advisor. He has worked collaboratively with colleagues in Canada, the UK, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, India, Japan, and Thailand. He was a co-author on the Lancet Oral Health Series and is a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Oral Health.
The IADR John Greenspan Global Oral Health Research Award is supported by Haleon. One of the 17 IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards, it is one of the highest honors bestowed by IADR. The IADR John Greenspan Global Oral Health Research Award honors IADR and AADOCR Past President John Greenspan, who was the founding President of the IADR Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Network and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health’s Global Oral Health Interest Group. The award consists of a monetary award and a plaque and recognizes research that addresses inequalities in global oral health.
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