CDA Essentials 2019 • Volume 6 • Issue 6

22 | 2019 | Issue 6 N ews and E vents Dr. Asbjørn Jokstad was the recipient of the IADR Research in Prosthodontics and Implants Award, one of the 17 IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards and one of the highest honours bestowed by the IADR. This award gives recognition to outstanding research accomplishments in the field of prosthodontics. Dr. Jokstad is a professor in the department of clinical dentistry, faculty of health sciences at the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, and he was formerly professor and chair of prosthodontics at the University of Toronto (U of T). He has played a critical role in developing and implementing modern clinical studies in the field of prosthodontic and implant research. Dr. Jokstad graduated from the University of Oslo (Norway) dental faculty in 1979. His primary fields of research are restorative dentistry, temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and prosthodontics. He has also been actively involved with the FDI World Dental Federation, including serving as FDI scientific affairs manager. In 2005, Dr. Jokstad became the second Nobel Biocare chair in prosthodontics at the U of T, following the retirement of Dr. George Zarb. Dr. Jokstad has almost 200 publications and has held global courses focusing on evidence-based dentistry, clinical studies of dental materials, conventional and implant prosthetics, toxicology and bite function.  Dr. Walter Siqueira was the recipient of the IADR Salivary Research Award, one of the 17 IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards, recognizing outstanding and innovative achievements that have contributed to the basic understanding of the salivary gland structure, secretion, and function, or salivary composition and function. Dr. Siqueira is associate dean of graduate and postgraduate dental education and acting chair of the Schulich Dentistry Continuing Dental Education, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. Dr. Siqueira obtained his DDS from Santo Amaro University, São Paulo (Brazil) and his PhD in Oral Biology at the University of São Paulo (Brazil). He supervises a large research group at Western University and has established an international reputation as a leader in salivary research. Dr. Siqueira has demonstrated scientific excellence, reflected by his many publications and consistent success in obtaining research funding, including the “Leader’s Opportunity Fund” from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. He received the 2012 Salivary Researcher of the Year award from the IADR Salivary Research Group and has been the recipient of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award. Dr. Siqueira has served as councilor-at-large of the CADR and he will serve as CADR president for 2019–21.  Dr. Stephen Birch was the recipient of the IADR Behavioural, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research Award recognizing outstanding achievement in the areas of behavioural science and health services research as they relate to dentistry. The award is one of the 17 IADR Distinguished Scientist Awards, one of the highest honours bestowed by the IADR. Dr. Birch is director and Taylor Family chair of the University of Queensland (Australia) Centre for the Business and Economics of Health. He is also a senior scientist at the WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Workforce Planning at Dalhousie University and holds visiting professorial appointments at the University of Manchester (England) and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). Dr. Birch worked at McMaster University for 30 years, where he established a global reputation for his academic work on health economics. He is a pioneer in the field of health economics; he developed and applied new methods for the economic evaluation of health care systems, with particular emphasis on equity in health care resource allocation, and needs-based approaches to health care funding and health workforce planning. Dr. Birch has been a consultant with WHO and the World Bank, as well as serving on many national and provincial health department expert panels and advisory councils for health workforce planning in Canada and the UK. From 2015–17, he served on the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences expert panel on improving access to oral health care for vulnerable people living in Canada. a The IADR is a nonprofit organization with over 11,400 individual members worldwide, dedicated to: (1) advancing research and increasing knowledge for the improvement of oral health worldwide, (2) supporting and representing the oral health research community, and (3) facilitating the communication and application of research findings. Visit iadr.org