Professor and Associate Dean Academic, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Walter Siqueira is a dental clinician-scientist recognized internationally for his expertise in saliva. He completed his DDS, and PhD in oral biology/biochemistry in Brazil and, a postdoctorate in oral biology in the USA, and is currently Professor and Associate Dean, Academic at the University of Saskatchewan, where he also leads the Salivary Proteomics Research Laboratory. His translational research program uses salivary components to investigate a wide variety of oral health conditions and to develop saliva-based diagnostics and therapeutics. He is highly involved with the Canadian ...

Professor & Chairman, Dept of Oncology, McGill University

Eduardo L. Franco, DrPH, FRSC, FCAHS, OC, PhD (Hon.)is James McGill Professor and Chairman,Department of Oncology, and Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, McGillUniversity, Montreal. Since 1985, he has conducted epidemiologic research onthe causes of cancer and on the means to prevent it or to improve patientsurvival, topics on which he has published 460 articles and two books. He is mostly known for his contributions to our understanding of human papillomavirusinfection as the cause of cervical cancer and using this knowledge to prevent this cancer via vaccination and improved ...

Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola's work addresses the unmet health needs of three vulnerable groups – children, families, and ethnocultural communities – producing transdisciplinary syntheses with practical impacts. He developed an important clinical guide for work with immigrant families, providing tools for effective therapy with ethnocultural communities, migrants, and refugees. His work on child psychiatric problems across cultures remedies gaps in understanding problems such as eating disorders, selective mutism, and trauma by integrating ethnocultural factors into child psychiatric treatment. ...