2nd INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON DENTAL RESEARCH
UFG Postgraduate Program in Dentistry (PPGO/UFG) Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
March 20 -23 , 2024
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Confirmed International Speakers
Quamarul
Hassan
• School of Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA
• Craniofacial Biology; Human Genetics
Carlos
Flores-Mir
• Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada
• Evidence-based Dentistry; Orthodontics
Abbas
Jessani
• Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, Canada
• Oral health needs of vulnerable populations; Health services research
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
We are delighted to announce that the UFG Postgraduate Program in Dentistry (PPGO/UFG) will host the second edition of its International Meeting for Dental Research (IMDR) from March 20th to 23rd, 2024, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
This time, IMDR will be held entirely in person and will be open to researchers, undergraduate and graduate students as well as health professionals of all institutions, with free registration.
The primary objective of the 2nd IMDR is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, experiences and methodologies among researchers worldwide, fostering interactive discussions and group interactions focused on current research topics related to oral health and strengthening lasting and collaborative partnerships.
Program
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
2pm - Opening Ceremony*
2:30pm - Discussion Panel: "Strategies and Policies of Internationalization:
Paths to Human Resources Qualification and Research Strengthening"
* With the participation of coordinators from financial agencies and authorities from UFG
4pm – Poster presentations & Networking coffee
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Symposium: Perspectives in Oral Health: The Research and Researchers
Moderators: Prof. Lidia Moraes Ribeiro Jordão and Prof. Rejane Faria Ribeiro-Rotta
8am - “Health conditions of minorities and HIV patients” Prof. Abbas Jessani
8:45am - “How can community service learning contribute to equitable dental care? Perspective from the community and learners” Prof. Abbas Jessani
9:40am - “Student engagement and teaching: experiences from a Canadian university”: Profs. Liliani Vieira and Abbas Jessani
10:30am - Networking coffee break
10:45am - “PPGO/UFG Research group’s presentation”: Diagnosis and treatment of oral and maxillofacial complex diseases: training, research, and extension center; Dental public health.
12:30pm - 2pm - Lunch break
Symposium: Cellular Biology in Dentistry
Moderator: Prof. Gileade Pereira de Freitas
2pm - Studies to understand the miRNA regulations on bone formation and homeostasis" Prof. Quamarul Hassan
2:30pm - "Osseointegration of dental implants: cellular mechanisms involved in the interaction between osteoblastic cells and titanium with nanotopography" Prof. Márcio Mateus Beloti
3pm - "Cell therapy for bone formation" Prof. Adalberto Luiz Rosa
3:30pm – “Photobiomodulation on bone repair” Prof. Emanuela Prado Ferraz
4pm - Networking coffee break
Symposium: Oral Manifestations of Genetic Diseases
Moderator: Prof. Gileade Pereira de Freitas
4:30pm - “Genetic counseling and the dentist's potential for practice” Prof. Aparecido Divino da Cruz
5pm – “Validation of causal inference of genetically determined diseases with bone phenotype" Prof. Pedro Paulo Chaves de Souza
5:30pm – “LncRNA Regulation During Skeletogenesis" Prof. Quamarul Hassan
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
Symposium: Systematic Reviews
Moderator: Prof. Maria Alves Garcia Santos Silva
8am - “Systematic reviews with or without meta-analyses vs. Scoping Reviews - impact in practice” Prof. Carlos Flores-Mir
9am – “Scoping reviews” - Prof. Graziela De Luca Canto
10am - Networking coffee break
10h30am-12h30pm - Round table and discussion: "The importance of international research networks" Profs Eliete Neves da Silva Guerra, Graziela De Luca Canto, and Carlos Flores-Mir
12:30pm - 2pm - Lunch break
2pm – “Opportunities for research and collaboration discussion” - Profs Abbas Jessani, Liliani Vieira and Dental Public Health & Diagnosis and treatment of oral maxillofacial complex diseases research groups*
*Participation in this activity requires previous confirmation with the event coordination (intmeeting.ufg@gmail.com)
4pm - “Application of evidence in managing obstructive pediatric sleep apnea in day-to-day dental practice - maxillary expansion in Pediatrics OSA cases” – Prof. Carlos Flores-Mir
5pm: Closing ceremony
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
8am-12pm - “Network meeting: research projects in bone biology” Profs. Quamarul Hassan, Márcio Mateus Beloti, Adalberto Luiz Rosa, Emanuela Prado Ferraz, Pedro Paulo Chaves de Souza, and Gileade Pereira de Freitas*
*Participation in this activity requires previous confirmation with the event coordination (intmeeting.ufg@gmail.com)
Instructions & guidelines for abstract submission and poster presentation
Important dates and deadlines (updated on 10/3/24):
• February 22nd, 2024
Abstract submission form opens
• March 14th, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Brasilia time
Abstract submission form closes
• March 15th, 2024
Accepted abstracts notification e-mailed to presenters
• March 16th – March 18th, 2024
Presenters send slide presentation via e-mail
• March 20th, 2024
Presentation session (Poster Viewing Times: 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.; Oral Poster Presentation: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m)