AO CMF Research Symposium: Funding, Training, and Global Collaboration in CMF Research
Tracks
Salón Punta Cana 1-2-3
Sunday, November 2, 2025 |
2:20 PM - 4:00 PM |
Salón Punta Cana 1-2-3 |
Ponente
Dr. Rodrigo Pereira
Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Welcome and introduction
2:20 PM - 2:25 PMBiografía
Dr. Thomas Dodson
Worthington Professor And Chair
University of Washington School of Dentistry
Introduction to AO Research Commission & global opportunities
2:25 PM - 2:35 PMBiografía
Dr. Thomas Dodson is the Philip Worthington Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Washington School of Dentistry.
He received his dental degree from Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his OMS training at University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). Additional post-doctoral training included a Dental Public Health residency and a NIH-funded fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology at UCSF. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Prof. Martin Stoddart
Vice Director
AO Research Institute Davos
ARI: mission and Fellowship opportunities
2:35 PM - 2:45 PMBiografía
Prof. Martin Stoddart, FRSB is Vice Director and Program Leader, responsible for the Regenerative Orthopaedics Program at the AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), Switzerland. His interests include the use of patient derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for bone and cartilage repair, in particular the role of mechanoregulation during the initiation of MSC chondrogenesis. He is Professor at the Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany and Honorary Professor at Keele University, UK. In 2016 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB). He was recipient of the 2020 TERMIS-EU mid-term Career Award and was inducted as a Fellow of the International Combined Orthopeadic Research Societies (FIOR) in 2022. He is the author of over 180 scientific papers and book chapters with a H-index of 51.
Heron Gebretsadik
AO
ITC: mission and Fellowship opportunities
2:45 PM - 2:55 PMBiografía
Dra. Alejandra Giselle Juarez Rebollar
Dds/omfs/pg Clin Research
Colegio Covam
Learnings and Challenges in the AO Foundation ITC Fellowship
2:55 PM - 3:05 PMBiografía
Master en Clinical Research Harvard Medical School, Boston US 2023-2024
Maestria en Administración de Hospitales y Salud Publica (Instituto IESAP Mexico) 2020-2022
Fellowship en Suiza, Chile y NC USA (2022,2023 y 2025)
Especialidad en CMF en Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI (IMSS, Mexico)
Cirujana Dentista por la UNAM, Mexico
Prof. Sergio Olate
Profesor
División Cirugía Oral y Maxilofacial, Universidad Estadual de Campinas
Strategic Research Roadmap in LATAM
3:05 PM - 3:15 PMBiografía
Dr. Rafael Cypriano
Jefe de servicio de Cirugia Orall y Maxilofacial
Vitória Apart Hospital
Research Mentorship Program
3:15 PM - 3:25 PMBiografía
- Cirujano Oral y Maxilofacial
- Fellowship en Universidad de Basiléa - Suiza
- Faculty Internacional fundacion AOCMF
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Roundtable: research scenario in Latam. Research in Latam: experiences and challenges and how AO can contribute
3:25 PM - 3:55 PMBiografía
Dr. Rodrigo Pereira
Universidad Federal de Río de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Closing
3:55 PM - 4:00 PMBiografía
