The Canadian Oral Health Summit was organized by: z The Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry (ACFD) z The Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) z The Network for Canadian Oral Health Research (NCOHR) z The Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (CIHR-IMHA) The federal Minister of HealthMarkHolland (l.) attended the event, officially announcing the launch of the Canadian National Oral Health Research Strategy. considered and incorporated when analyzing the data. The workshop also provided users with best practices when analyzing the data and provided an overview of the oral health component, past and present, including hands-on examples of analyzing oral health data. Further workshops topics included a vision for sustainable virtual oral health care, patient and public engagement in research, and how to get published, among others. “The symposia and workshops that I attended were excellent and extremely relevant to both researchers and anyone who cares about oral health in Canada,” says Dr. Astha Shah, health policy advisor and scientific editor at CDA. “As well, there were meetings for smaller groups with specific shared interests. On behalf of the Journal of Canadian Dental Association (JCDA), I attended a meeting of editors from different scientific journals to discuss our work and policies. Dr. Nicholas Jakubovics, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Dental Research, answered questions from fellow editors, and as a group, we had a productive discussion on many topics, including one on policies surrounding the use of AI in research.” “I came away from the sessions that I attended with some overarching themes that pertain to this moment in oral health research,” says Dr. Diego Proaño, a PhD candidate in dental public health who works on special projects for CDA. “One is that with oral health data, we need to be very aware of what we have and what is 21 Issue 5 | 2024 | News and Events
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