36th Australian Dental Congress

36th Australian Dental Congress
HIGHLIGHTS FROM A SUCCESSFUL
BRISBANE CONGRESS
The ‘Future’ was in Brisbane during the recent 36th Australian
Dental Congress held from Wednesday, 25 March to Sunday,
29 March 2015. Following are some brief highlights and photos
of the events through this successful event.
Professor Frauke Müller.
Congress Chairman, Dr David Thomson welcomes delegates to
the 36th Australian Dental Congress.
pRE-CONgRESS WORKShOpS
Three pre-Congress workshops were held on the Wednesday prior
to the Main Scientific programme.
These hands-on workshops were conducted at the new University
of Queensland Oral Health Centre, Griffith University at the Gold
Coast, the continuing education facility at the ADA Queensland
Branch and Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Professor Kishor Gulabivala.
Most days presented the opportunity of four available themes
from which delegates could choose to attend. In addition,
on three days there were up to 20 Lunch and Learn sessions
conducted. These permitted small group participation by attendees
with presenting clinicians. This format proved to be very popular
with most sessions sold out well in advance of the Congress.
The ADA/PFA National Emerging Young Lecturer Award
competition was incorporated into the main programme for this
congress. The quality of all presentations was of a high standard
with Dr Daniel Felman being presented with the award.
ALLiED DENtAL pERSONNEL
mAiN SCiENtiFiC pROgRAmmE
The three keynote speakers, Professors David Bartlett, Frauke
Müller and Kishor Gulabivala opened the programme on
Thursday morning with all three encompassing the theme of the
Congress – ‘The Future is Here’. They were supported by local
and international invited speakers presenting on all aspects of
contemporary dental practice.
A separate two-day programme was available for allied dental
personnel as well as a programme for dental assistants and practice
managers which was a combined programme on the Saturday.
FORumS
Professor David Bartlett.
In addition to the ADA Open Forum, forums for graduate dentists,
volunteers and one focussed on transitioning from practice to
retirement were incorporated into the programme for this congress.
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Congress afforded an opportunity for associated groups to host
functions and there were several breakfasts, lunches and dinners
held alongside official congress events.
EXhibitiON
Members of Federal Executive and Council were on hand to
answer questions at the ADA Open Forum held at the Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday, 25 March 2015.
ACCOmpANyiNg pERSONS pROgRAmmE
The accompanying persons had their own lounge space within
the exhibition and this was used for a series of presentations on
a range of topics including styling and jewellery. A tour of the
nearby Gallery of Modern Art proved to be popular and was
followed by a luncheon with media personality Mia Freedman in
the Sky Room at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Grey Street complex.
This exhibition was one of the largest ever held in conjunction with
a congress. The space available allowed dental and non-dental
exhibitors to showcase the latest in materials and equipment.
The ADA had a prominent central space where all members of
the ADA family were represented. There were also employment
seminars conducted by various groups and organisations which
highlighted career opportunities and an extended opening with an
associated sponsored cocktail event that was free-of-charge proved
to be popular on the Thursday evening.
thANK yOu
On behalf of all delegates I would like to thank the following:
• Local Organising Committee members, especially Ian Meyers
Scientific Division Chairman and Marcus Tod, Chairman of the
Entertainment and Accompanying Persons Division
• Keynote speakers and all invited speakers
• Sponsors and exhibitors
• Australian Congress Management staff – Oscar, Shana, Caitlin
and Jessica
SOCiAL pROgRAmmES
The Welcome Reception provided delegates the opportunity to
meet with old friends, make new ones and to enjoy a dazzling
Laserman performance and a spectacular ice-skating routine.
In addition to the themed Welcome Reception, there was the
Dentists Late Night where the very popular illusionist Cosentino
amazed and entertained the crowd at Cloudland and at The Tivoli
theatre where he performed for allied dental personnel.
The ADA Congress Management team for the 36th Australian
Dental Congress L to R: Jessica Cooper (Congress Speakers
Liaison), Caitlin Walker (Sales and Exhibition Coordinator), Oscar
van Elten (Federal Sales and Event Manager) and Shana Ludwell
(Assistant Manager).
mELbOuRNE 2017
The 37th Australian Dental Congress will be held in Melbourne
from Wednesday, 17 to Sunday, 21 May 2017. I wish Dr David
Curnow as Congress Chairman and his team all the best.
On a personal note, I would like thank everyone who attended
the congress in Brisbane. It is the individual dentists and delegates
who make events such as this the success they are. I know all of
you enjoyed the event and hopefully have put into practice those
things learnt during the Congress. Finally, I encourage all members
to attend in Melbourne to continue the experience that is the
Australian Dental Congress.
David Thomson
Chairman
36th Australian Dental Congress
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36th Australian Dental Congress
ADA AWARDS PRESENTATION
AT THE OPENING CEREMONY
ADA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE iN DENtAL JOuRNALiSm 2014
L to R: Neil Keene and Jane Hansen were joint recipients of
the Print Media Category Award for their series of articles that
formed part of the Daily Telegraph’s Stop the Rot’ campaign over
August- September 2013. The campaign called for fluoridation of
water to become a state government issue, taking it out of the
hands of councils.
L to R: Ruben Meerman and Geraldine McKenna received the
Electronic Media Category Award for their ‘Water Fluoridation’
story which aired on ABC TV’s Catalyst on 8 August 2013.
AuStRALiAN DENtAL JOuRNAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE
Scientific Article Category 2013 is presented to Dr Sharon Liberali
– ‘Oral conditions and their social impact among HIV dental
patients, 18 years on’.
Clinical Report Category 2014 is presented to Dr Firoz Iqbal –
‘Oral presentation of hisotplasmosis in an immunocompetent
patient: a diagnostic challenge’.
Unfortunately, the recipients of the Clinical Report Category 2013,
Professor Robert Jones (The management of benign salivary disease: a
case series) and the Scientific Article Category 2014, Dr Pinar Gümü˛s,
School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology Turkey (Graft
stabilization with cyanoacrylate decreases shrinkage of free gingival
grafts) were unable to attend Congress to receive their Awards.
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ADA hONORARy LiFE mEmbERShip
LOCAL ORgANiSiNg COmmittEE ChAiRmAN mEDAL
The Association’s highest award of Honorary Life Membership
was presented to Past President, Dr Karin Alexander.
ADA President, Dr Rick Olive presents the Local Organising
Committee Chairman Medal to Dr David Thomson.
ADA mERitORiOuS SERviCE AWARDS
Professor Laurence Walsh received the ADA Meritorious Service
Award for his outstanding service to dentistry, dental education
in Australia and overseas and the ADA for 30 years.
Dr Stuart Gairns received the ADA Meritorious Service Award for
outstanding service to dentistry and the ADA for more than 35
years.
Dr Geoff Knight receives the ADA Meritorious Service Award
for his outstanding service to dentistry and the ADA for more
than 35 years. From 1988 to 2013 Geoff contributed the muchread clinically orientated general dentist’s guide to minimal
intervention dentistry Aesthetic Update column in the ADA News
Bulletin five times every year.
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SCADA gives future leaders
A HEAD START
The dental world got an early look at some of its future leaders
when the 2015 Student Clinical Research Program (SCADA) was
held in conjunction with the 36th Australian Dental Congress
(ADC) in Brisbane in March.
The best dental research project from each university is chosen to
represent their school at the ADC, while the overall winner goes on
to represent the region at the American Dental Association Annual
Meeting, which this year will be held in Washington, DC in November.
High-quality participants and constructive research were the
hallmark of SCADA this year, exemplified best by the overall
winner, the University of Adelaide’s Mustafa Mian (Ahmed), whose
research focused on craniofacial deformities in premature suture
fusion.
2015 FiNALiStS AND thEiR tOpiCS
SCADA originated in 1959 as a joint venture between DENTSPLY
and the American Dental Association, with the aim of promoting,
supporting and recognising dental research by undergraduate
students, helping them develop professional networks and
providing them with ongoing research opportunities. The program
was introduced into Australia in 1982 and has become a bi-annual
feature of the ADC, with participation from Australia and New
Zealand, and more recently Fiji National University. The SCADA
program, which is still managed by DENTSPLY, now operates in
about 40 countries, with 5,000 students competing annually.
The 2015 Student Clinical Research Program (SCADA) finalists.
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Winner: Mustafa Mian (Ahmed) (University of Adelaide):
Craniofacial deformities in premature suture fusion.
Runner-up: Ahmad Al-Hassiny (University of Otago): The role of
angiogenesis in the pathogenesis of oral lichen planus.
David Zhang (University of Melbourne): Diabetic and cardiovascular
risk in patients diagnosed with periodontitis: A pilot study.
Ingrid Blomberg (James Cook University): Oral health-related
quality of life in adult patients attending a Far North Queensland
dental hospital.
James Heimuli (Fiji National University): Periodontal status and
treatment needs of Down syndrome individuals attending two
specialised institutions in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
Jonathan Lo (University of Western Australia): Description of
total population hospital admissions for cleft lip and/or palate in
Australia.
muStAFA miAN (AhmED): it’S iN thE gENES
Mustafa Mian (Ahmed), formerly from Melbourne, did his
premature fusion research as part of his honours degree. Speaking
after the SCADA event, he said a number of genes were believed
to be responsible for the disorder but the evidence was not
yet conclusive. The work is ongoing but so far Mustafa and his
fellow researchers have found that these are novel genes that are
affecting craniofacial morphogenesis. “They are having unique
effects that we didn’t previously think were happening.
“The direction of the research is towards efficacy and less invasive
treatments, reducing the frequency and the need for surgery,
and as part of a bigger question, can we use molecular-based
treatments for children with these conditions? It’s an area I want
to be involved in, in the future.”
Mustafa said that given the calibre of his fellow competitors
and their projects, he was genuinely surprised to win. “It was a
privilege to meet them and compete with them and it’s an honour
to go on and represent them in Washington. I’m very excited
about meeting the leaders in my field and talking to them about
the direction that our research is headed in.”
He sees real benefits for participants and dentistry in general in
the SCADA program. “The most significant thing is the way that
SCADA develops future leaders and future researchers. I spent four
days with the other finalists and I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if
any of them became specialists or heads of schools or are on the
board of the Australian Dental Association over the next five to 10
years.”
Mustafa said he would recommend the SCADA program to any
student doing dental research. “The biggest challenge is finding
the time alongside your normal study work but if I had the chance
to do it again I would absolutely jump on it. Far and away the
most important advice I would have for someone entering SCADA
is to choose a topic you’re interested in. When you’re presenting
and talking about your research, that passion comes through. It’s
one thing the judges look for: how engaging is your presentation
and your research?”
“the SCADA Australia research
entries were excellent and certainly
on a par with dental student research
in other developed countries...”
pRAiSE FOR SCADA AuStRALiA ENtRiES
DENTSPLY International Vice-President and Chief Clinical Officer,
Dr Terri Dolan was impressed by the young researchers she met in
Brisbane.
“The SCADA Australia research entries were excellent and
certainly on a par with dental student research in other developed
countries, including the US program,” she said. “Each student was
very appreciative of the SCADA experience. In some cases, this
was their first experience at a national dental congress and/or his
first trip to Australia. The group bonded almost immediately and
obviously enjoyed the fellowship offered by the SCADA program.
There is no doubt in my mind that each of these participants will
go on to do great things as leaders in the dental profession.”
Dr Dolan, former Dean at the University of Florida College of
Dentistry said there was concern, at least in the US, about how
to keep dentistry as a learned profession. “How do we identify
and support the creative and critical thinking of our new dental
students. How do we support them with their research and how
will we continue to develop a workforce that is creative and
understands and helps us develop new products and materials,
and advance the science with the ultimate goal of improving oral
health care?”
Dr Dolan said DENTSPLY was doing its part with the SCADA
program, which is a rare example of a research competition open
only to dental under-graduates. “The program is designed to
create an excitement, an experience, bringing together students
from across dental schools and across countries who are motivated
and interested in pursuing science in support of dentistry and
improving dental care. It is a research competition, so the
competition element is important, but to me as an educator the
greater importance is really the networking and the recognition
of these students. SCADA requires them to go above and beyond
their already busy lives, so it’s a really nice way to celebrate their
extra effort and encourage them to continue and become the
future leaders of dentistry.”
Dr Dolan also noted that through its global expansion, SCADA
had opened up opportunities for dental students in developing
countries.
Why WOuLD A DENtAL StuDENt ENtER SCADA?
SCADA participants invariably enjoyed the experience, Dr Dolan
said. “In most cases SCADA opens up a lot more possibilities for
them in terms of how they can direct their careers and what their
career development might look like. If I were to give personal
advice I would want to make sure they have the time and can
make the commitment to do the initial project. Once they do that,
it’s well worth the effort. Most of them tell us, ‘Wow, I didn’t
think this would be such a cool experience’.”
2015 winner, Mustafa Mian (Ahmed).
Peter Watt
DENTSPLY (Australia) Pty Ltd
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DENTAL VOLUNTEERS
Congress, Brisbane 2015
The Volunteers Committee had a busy presence at the Dental
Congress, with a three-pronged exposure requiring solid, behind
the scenes, preparatory work. It is a credit to the Committee
members that, by their own voluntary contributions, successful
outcomes in all three areas were realised.
vOLuNtEER FORum
At the 2015 Congress, one of the innovations was three
90-minute inaugural lunchtime fora. The forum on volunteering
was held on Friday, 27 March. With the Congress theme ‘The
Future is Here’ very much in mind, the Volunteers Committee
aimed at guided interaction with the attendees over several topics
and issues identified as common to many projects.
A panel of Committee members spoke briefly and engaged
actively with a wide range of volunteers and those interested
in volunteering in the future. The passion of establishing new
areas of help was powerfully expressed, while cynicism as to how
much help is really delivered was explored. Wonderful lifelong
commitment by individuals was noted, while the constraints
and frustrations of working within complex regulatory systems
was acknowledged and discussed. The time flew and it was
suddenly 2 pm and it was time to wrap up for more lectures.
Those attending left with valuable insights and a sense of shared
experience that will help sustain future efforts.
vOLuNtEER ACtivitiES
The second area of the Volunteers Committee’s activity was the
traditional lecture session. Held on the Thursday before lunch, Dr
David Digges spoke with eloquence and authority on the National
Dental Foundation (NDF) and its activities. Positing the activities
of the NDF in modern urban Australia, David demonstrated how
any ADA member can become involved in worthwhile effort in the
safety of their own environment. By extension David’s presentation
Dr Benlee Yap.
explored many issues that all projects face, whether domestic or
overseas, urban or remote. Following this, two young speakers
gave short expositions of their volunteer experience. Dr Benlee
Yap and Dr Thuy Tran spoke of their recent efforts and the affect
it has had on their outlook on practising their profession. As
representatives of the next generation of volunteers, they really did
show the ‘Future is Here’.
vOLuNtEER bOOth
Finally, there was a presence by the Committee at a ‘Volunteer
Booth’ within the ADA ‘family’ stand. As in past years, the booth
has power to entice new volunteers to enquire about projects.
A wonderful and cooperative spirit exemplified the carefully
organised and colourful display. Always with the power to stir
passions, the interchange amongst representatives of these
projects attending was a pleasure to observe. With literally
thousands of attendees as a passing parade, there is no doubt
there are many who now know more about volunteering within
our profession.
Volunteering is something which all ADA members should be
proud to undertake! The philanthropic efforts of so many of us
should be regularly shown to the community at large. How we are
appreciated as a profession, and ultimately what we can give back,
is at least partly defined by the opportunities that volunteer projects
afford. The Volunteers Committee continues to work to expand
that consciousness within and without the folds of the ADA.
Simon Shanahan
Chairman
SPC Dental Volunteers
Further information on volunteering is available at:
http://www.ada.org.au/members/Volunteers/dental_volunteers.aspx
Dr Thuy Tran.
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International
College of Dentists
INDUCTION IN BRISBANE
The Australasian Section of the International College of Dentists
conducted an induction ceremony in Brisbane on Friday, 27 March
at the time of the 36th Dental Congress. The induction and dinner
were attended by 120 Fellows and guests. Thirty-one new Fellows
were inducted into the International College.
NEW FELLOWS
Chrys Antoniou (NSW)
Ramesh Balasubramaniam (WA)
Thomas Berekally (SA)
Mina Borromeo (VIC)
John Brabant (NSW)
Penny Burns (NSW)
David Figdor (VIC)
Patricia Gerish (QLD)
Max Guazzato (NSW)
Robert Hazlewood (QLD)
Raymond Heffer (QLD)
Jeffrey Hislop (QLD)
Christopher Ho (QLD)
Steven Kazoullis (QLD)
Kang Kim (WA)
Poon Lai (QLD)
Mark Leedham (NT)
Thomas Lind (NSW)
Michael McCullough (VIC)
Paul McHugh (SA)
Stephen Routley (WA)
Lakshman Samaranayake (QLD)
Jocelyn Shand (VIC)
Murray Thomas (ACT)
Inducted in absentia were:
Manish Arora (USA)
Justin Boulton (QLD)
Mark Evans (VIC)
Pauline Ford (QLD)
Ross Fulcher (QLD)
Mohammed Mansour (QLD)
Patrick Tseng (NSW)
Petrina Bowden speaks about the M’Lop Tapang Program in
Cambodia.
guESt SpEAKER
Dr Petrina Bowden (Queensland) was the guest speaker at the
induction ceremony. Petrina gave an inspiring presentation about
her volunteer work in Cambodia over the past ten years.
New Fellows inducted into the Australasian Section of the International College of Dentists at the ADA Congress held in Brisbane in
March 2015.
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Dr Clive Ross CNZM, Master International College of Dentists with
Dr Jackie Robinson, President ICD.
Dr Peter Noblet AM, Honorary Life Member International College
of Dentists.
SpECiAL pRESENtAtiONS
NEXt iNDuCtiON – AuCKLAND
Special presentations were made to Dr Peter Noblet AM (SA) and to
Dr Clive Ross CNZM (NZ). Peter was made an Honorary Life Member
in recognition of his contributions to the Australasian Section of ICD.
Clive was made a Master of ICD in recognition of his contribution
to ICD spanning 15 years. Clive has served on both the Australasian
Board and on the International Council and Executive.
The next ICD induction ceremony will be held in Auckland
on 20 August 2015 at the time of the New Zealand Dental
Association Conference.
Jackie Robinson
President
International College of Dentistry
Annual Scientific Meeting
Dates: Thursday - Saturday, 12 - 14 November 2015
Venue: Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa and Clinical Skills Centre, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD
Scientific Program:
Thursday: Emergency Management Skills Workshop (CPD: 6 Scientific Hours)
Can you implement DRSABCD and ABCDE protocols in an emergency? This workshop develops the practical skills and knowledge to recognise and manage the deteriorating patient and medical emergencies. This day is designed to prepare participants for the Friday Medical Emergencies and the Sedated Dental Patient sedation re-endorsement course, but is also very useful if you are operating on sedated
patients or have already done your re-endorsement elsewhere to improve your performance in future emergencies.
Friday: Medical Emergencies and the Sedated Dental Patient (CPD: 6 Scientific Hours) - Sedation Re-endorsement Course
The ultimate immersive experience with hi-fidelity simulation of medical emergencies to improve performance, teamwork and communications during emergencies. This is an accredited refresher course for AHPRA re-endorsement of intravenous dental sedationists. We
recommend attendance at the Emergency Management Skills Workshop to get the most out of this course. (Limited to 36 participants)
Saturday: Annual Scientific Meeting (CPD: 6.5 Scientific Hours)
Dr Keira Mason, Harvard University, an internationally renowned Paediatric Dental Anaesthetist, Vice President World Society of Intravenous Anaesthesia and author of Paediatric Sedation Outside the Operating Room, speaking on this and Improving Safety in Sedation
Prof Mike Nordstrom, Medical Physiologist, Adelaide University School of Medicine & RACDS Examiner on the Physiology of Collapse
Kellie Dell’Oro (Meridian Lawyers) and Leanne Toby (Guild Insurance) on Avoiding Costly Mistakes and Lessons to be learnt from cases
If you are involved in Sedation, you should be doing CPD in Sedation!
The Australian Society of Dental Anaesthesiology is the peak body in Dental Sedation in Australia, and a not-for-profit ADA Affiliated Society
dedicated to improving patient safety and comfort by the advancement of education in anaesthesiology, pain and anxiety management.
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CONVOCATION ACADEMY OF
DENTISTRY INTERNATIONAL
Australasia Section
On the evening of Thursday, 26 March distinguished guests,
Fellows, 24 new Inductees, their partners and guests gathered for
a memorable occasion at the prestigious Queensland Club for the
Academy of Dentistry International (ADI) – Australasian Section
Convocation.
iNDuCtiON OF NEW FELLOWS
The new inductees were made Fellows of the Academy. Officiating
was the retiring Regent Dr Eddie Street AM and the incoming
Regent Dr John Pearman. With the assistance of Past Regent
and Past International President, Dr Reg Hession AM and in the
presence of Dr Ramon Baez, current International President and
Dr Robert Ramus the official party witnessed the meaningful
induction of the very worthy candidates.
SpECiAL CitAtiON – ALiStAiR DEvLiN
A special moment for all occurred when the wife and son of the
late Dr Alistair Devlin were called upon to receive a special Citation
honouring the induction of Alistair to the K R Allen Award that
was posthumously conferred after Alistair’s untimely passing in
2013. This award honours the memory of Kevin Allen who, at the
time of his sudden death in 1997, was the Regent for this Section
of the Academy of Dentistry International and also the Presidentelect of the International body.
Alistair Malcolm Devlin was born in Australia on 6 November
1947 and passed away on 22 March 2013 aged 65 years. He was
a musical, humourous, generous, diplomatic, humble, sporting
family man.
DiNNER
Following photos on the terrace of the historic Queensland
Club building, the group retired to dinner as the guest of Eddie
Street AM. We were Eddie’s guests and, as is his wont, he did
not disappoint! As mentioned Eddie is the retiring Regent, but
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Eddie Street with Helen and Richard Devlin as Alistair Devlin’s
posthumous citation for the Kevin R Allen award is presented.
Newly inducted Fellows of the Academy of Dentistry International
– Australasian Section and Board members.
Music was skilfully presented; an audio-visual presentation
commenced a thematic creation that went on through the
entertainment for the evening. Firstly, by video, we witnessed a
captivating presentation by The Queensland Symphony Orchestra
as a ‘flash mob’ celebrating their move to the South Bank (the
ADA Congress venue) with a rendition entitled ‘Building Bolero…’
The Bolero theme then continued with live music by the string
ensemble, The Brisbane City Soloists, a group founded in 2013 by
Russian born director, Emin Tagiev. Finally in his inimitable style,
Eddie Street concluded the Bolero theme with a belly dancer
(Middle Eastern dance specialist), Ambyr Johnston. Never (rarely?)
have the hallowed halls of the Queensland Club quite vibrated
to this third and final Bolero interpretation! The dance ended
with this correspondent draped with a muslin veil and the crowd
wanting more. Eddie once again demonstrating that he remains
ever the ‘Master of the Occasion’.
Throughout the night, speeches by Ramon Baez the International
President, toasts and an address by both John Pearman and Eddie
Street were enjoyed by all at what could be described as a very
successful mid Congress function.
Simon Shanahan
Vice Regent
Academy of Dentistry International – Australasia Section
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ADRF news
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projects cannot be funded due to limited resources, highlighting
the importance of your support.
The juxta positioning of these two issues (high quality research
and limited funding dollars) was no more evident than in the last
round of Foundation funding.
“...last year the Foundation undertook
a strategic review of its aims
and directions...to increase the
level of funds available...”
Dr Jessri delivered a short speech, thanked the Foundation
for funding and supporting her research on oral cancer, and
recognised the mentorship of her supervisor Professor Farah.
Not only was the quality of the research grant recognised by
the Foundation, but indeed by the Australian and New Zealand
Division of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
where Maryam took out top honours by winning the postgraduate
category in the Colgate Competition for research she had
undertaken with Foundation funding.
Maryam was privileged to represent the ANZ Division of the IADR
at the recent General Meeting of the IADR in Boston 2015, and
compete for the coveted IADR Unilever Hatton Award. It was no
surprise then to find out that she was the first place winner of the
Senior Clinical Research Category of this prestigious award, a fact
I did not appreciate fully until meeting this young, enthusiastic
and well supported researcher. As Chair of the Foundation, my
pleasure in presenting Dr Jessri with her awards was magnified
by my knowledge of the importance of her recent success in
Boston. The research funding by ADRF enabled her to undertake
such high quality research and not only to compete with the best
in the world, but was able to surpass this in such a competitive
international environment.
L to R: Maryam Jessri and Pam Clark.
ADRF At CONgRESS
At the recent Australian Dental Congress held in March at the
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, I had the pleasure
in recognising one such talented dental researcher at the
Foundation’s Cocktail Party held on the evening of Friday, 27
March 2015 in the Plaza Gallery. The event was well attended
with over 80 guests from ADA Federal and Branch representatives,
ADIA and Exhibitors at Congress. The Party was an opportunity
to meet with the ADRF Board of Directors, ADRF supporters and
benefactors, researchers who had received ADRF funding, and
Award winners. The Cocktail Party highlighted the importance
of dental research and the need for ongoing support by the
profession and industry of the Foundation.
It was at this function I was introduced to Dr Maryam Jessri, a
recently completed PhD student under the supervision of Professor
Farah formerly at the University of Queensland. Maryam had
secured funding for three projects with her supervisor, and was
the winner of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia Research
Award for the highest ranked research project in the area of oral
medicine, and the Australian Dental Industry Association Award
for the highest ranked research grant in the 2014 round.
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It is no secret that the dollar value of the grants the Foundation
supports is much less than those provided by government
organisations such as the National Health and Medical Research
Council. The Foundation is proud to offer our best researchers
with appropriate funds to undertake the highest quality research
and provide them with the opportunity to leverage these funds to
grow their research initiatives and collaborations as was the case
in this example with additional funding contributions provided to
Dr Jessri’s supervisor by Agilent Technologies and Life Technologies.
What is evident is the Foundation not only plays an important role
in initiating and stimulating dental research at the undergraduate,
postgraduate, and early career researcher levels, but is an
important mechanism for fuelling larger scale research activities by
our senior researchers.
thANK yOu tO ALL SuppORtERS
On behalf of the Foundation Executive, I wish to sincerely thank all
ADA and ADIA members for their ongoing generous support of
the ADRF, and draw your attention to the opportunity to donate*
to the Foundation so we may continue to fund dental research
of the highest quality, and support the dental researchers of
the future as they build their careers. After all, it is only through
fostering and supporting dental research that we can improve the
oral health of our community.
Pam Clark
Chair
Australian Dental Research Foundation
Donation form enclosed with this issue.