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DDS, PhDProfessor of Orthodontics and Research Methodology, the Universidad Complutense of Madrid (UCM) Faculty of Odontology, Madrid, Spain
She is a specialist in Orthodontics, having completed a 3-year postgraduate program at the University Complutense of Madrid and complementary postgraduate studies at UCLA. She received her Doctorate Degree in Odontology (Dr Odont) at the University of UCM. She is a specialist in Statistics and Experimental Design, having completed a Masters’ Degree at the University Autonoma in Barcelona. Now She is also on the editorial board of the European Journal of Orthodontics. She is currently the PI of the research group “Craniofacial Biology: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics” (BIOCRAN) officially recognized and funded by the Spanish Government. Her past responsibilities in research involved the participation in two other research groups, one dealing with masticatory muscle physiology and neuromuscular activity in different malocclusions (mainly posterior cross-bites), and the ETEP research group: a multidisciplinary research group in aetiology and therapy of periodontal diseases, that covered topics such as biology of tooth movement, antimicrobial approaches in the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis and peri-implant infections and bone and soft tissue biology.
Full-Professor Ajou University School of Medicine Adjunct Professor the Forsyth Institute
Tenured Professor at the University of Alberta Director, Graduate Orthodontic Program, University of Alberta Director, School of Dentistry Graduate Studies, University of Alberta
Director, Graduate Orthodontic Program, University of Alberta (since July 10)
Director, School of Dentistry Graduate Studies, University of Alberta (since March 20)
Associate Editor, The Angle Orthodontist, Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of World Federation of Orthodontics, Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research
More than 150 international presentations around the topics of Clinical Orthodontics, Evidence-based Dentistry and Evidence-based Orthodontics (Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Romania, Uruguay, USA, Scotland, Switzerland, and Spain)
9 book chapters related to Evidence-based Dentistry, 380 peer-reviewed articles and 43 commentaries published
Chief Scientific Officer The ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA
He was recruited to UCLA where he rose the ranks to simutaneous chairmanship in two top schools (Bioengineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, and Advanced Prosthodontics in UCLA School of Dentistry). He was also Director of the UCLA Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, and Professor in the Department of Materials Science and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UCLA. His research focused on the understanding of biomaterials-tissue interactions, and advanced manufacturing of novel materials at scale. His research program has produced over 250 peer-reviewed articles, >30 patents, and >22,000 citations. He has been continuously funded by the NIH and NSF for over 20 years and three of his start-ups have FDA clearance. He serves on numerous advisory boards for government, academia, industry, and non-profit, and is an active clinical prosthodontist.
Professor of Department of Orthodontics School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
In addition, he is a member of Editorial Review Board of Angle Orthodontist, a Peer reviewer of AJODO, EJO, PIO and other journals, and an Associate Editor in Orthodontic Craniofacial Research and AJODO-Clinical Companion. He received a 2009 CDABO Case report of the year in Boston AAO meeting and gave presentations in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, and 2024 AAO meetings. He published more than 200 articles in prestigious orthodontic and surgical journals and around 50 books. His subspecialty is diagnosis and treatment of Class III malocclusion, cleft and craniofacial anomalies, and artificial intelligence.
Lysle E Johnston, Jr. Collegiate Endowed Professor of Orthodontics Chair of the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry University of Michigan
DDS, PhDProfessor and Chairman of the Department of Orthodontic Science, Graduate School Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
He studied at TMDU, the University of British Columbia, Canada and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Prof. Ono worked and has been working as an Adjunct/Visiting Professor at 6 domestic and 7 international universities. He also serves as an editorial board member for 14 international peer-reviewed journals. He has published 11 book chapters and 301 scientific articles and has been invited extensively for lecturing nationally and internationally. Prof. Ono is a recipient of IADR/AADR Williams J. Gies Award in 2018, SIDO Anthony Gianelly Award. He has been appointed as Chairman of the 9th International Orthodontic Congress (IOC) in 2020 and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO).
Orthodontic Faculty of UCLA Peer Panel Reviewer AJODO
Professor of Orthodontics Dean of the School of Dentistry Chairman of the Postgraduate Orthodontic Program Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Università degli Studi di Firenze, Director of the Division of Dentistry, University Hospital of Careggi
Professor of Orthodontics, Chauncey M. F, Egel Endowed Chair Director of Postdoctoral Orthodontics program, Department of orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Chung is Chauncey M. F. Egel Endowed Chair and Director of Postdoctoral Orthodontics Program of the Department of Orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He served as the Director of the American Board of Orthodontics (2010-2018), and the President of the American Board of Orthodontics (2017-2018). Dr. Chung received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 1986 and Orthodontic Certificate/Master of Science in Oral Biology in 1992 from the University of Pennsylvania. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation Award, and the American Association of Orthodontists Award as the Co-chair of the Scientific Program of the Annual Session of the American Association of Orthodontists in Washington DC, 2018 and Miami, 2022. In addition, he has published numerous articles in refereed journals. Dr. Chung has been an active member of the E. H. Angle Society of Orthodontists since 2003, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics since 2002.
BDS, MDS, PhDCo-chair of IOF Founding Committee Editor-in-Chief, Progress in Orthodontics Professor Emeritus, Division of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, UConn Health, USA Adjunct Faculty, The ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA
He is also an adjunct faculty at the ADA Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, USA. He is an innovator of various appliances in orthodontics. His research and clinical interests include adolescent and adult orthodontics, the biology of tooth mobility, craniofacial orthopedics, biomechanics and developing efficient mechanics to deliver orthodontic care.
DMD., DMEDSCAdjunct Faculty, The ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA Executive Director of IOF Co-chair of IOF Science Committee
Dr. Eric Kang Ting graduated from Harvard school of Dental Medicine with high honor and the gold award with DMD in 1991 and PhD, and an orthodontic certificate from Harvard in 1994. He currently is an adjunct faculty at the ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA. He was formerly the Academic Senate Tenured Professor since 2002 and founding chair in the Division of Growth and Development at UCLA. The Division comprises the Sections of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry. Besides his teaching and clinical responsibilities in Orthodontics. Dr. Ting has google scholar h-index of 62 – as one of the top three highest orthodontists globally. Ting’s original research has received well over 12,000 citations. It has been published in many leading journals, including Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Investigation, PLOS One, and Biomaterials, etc as the principal author. Dr. Ting has been served as a PARC AAOF committee member since 2015. In 2018, Professor Ting and his team received the International Space Station (ISS) Innovation Award for Biology and Medicine for Development of NELL-1 Bone-Growth Systemic Therapy by the American Astronautical Society. Dr. Ting has received over US 30M in funding from the US government as a key investigator in his career. Stemmed from his research, two novel biologic drugs are currently in FDA clinical trials for scar reduction, and bone regeneration respectively.
Director of Orthodontic and Research Faculty member The ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA
She is the president-elect of IADR Orthodontic Research Group in 2024. Dr. Wu obtained her DDS degree from West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University. Following her DDS training, she acquired her PhD degree and orthodontic specialty training at University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Wu is actively involved in translational and clinic studies, including development of preventive and therapeutic tools against orthodontic-related oral infectious diseases and craniofacial deformity. The novel technologies developed by Dr. Wu were licensed by several dental companies. In addition, Dr. Wu’s basic research focuses on using molecular approaches to study oral microbial pathogenesis with a specific focus on microbial biofilm, inter-species interaction and signal transduction. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented her research at national and international conferences. Dr. Wu has received awards and funding from National Institutes of Health, American Association of Orthodontists, American Association of Orthodontists Foundation.