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Alexandria, Va., USA - The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) announced David Williams, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK, as the 2021 recipient of the IADR Gold Medal Award. Williams was recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, held in conjunction with the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the 45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), on July 21-24, 2021.
Williams is a Professor of Global Oral Health at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK. He is currently Co-Chair of the FDI World Dental Federation Vision 2030 Working Group, a member of the Advocacy Task Team, a member of the Oral Health Observatory Task Team and Chair of the Science Committee of the FDI. He is joint Chair of the project team, comprised of
What to know about the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Tokyo
What to know about the Olympic Open.
The Tokyo Olympics get underway Friday with the Opening Ceremonies, the once-every-two-years display of pomp, circumstance, parades, oath-taking, flame-lighting and various cultural oddities.
While the International Olympic Committee sets a pretty strict format for these type of events, a few things will differentiate this year s proceedings in Tokyo, most conspicuously that they will take place in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus pandemic and will begin three years after the previous Opening Ceremonies, at the PyeongChang Games.
Here s what you can expect as the Tokyo Games finally get going.
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Alexandria, Va., USA - The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) announced Bruno Loos, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands, as the 2021 recipient of the IADR Distinguished Scientist Award in Research in Periodontal Disease. Loos was recognized during the Opening Ceremonies of the virtual 99th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR, held in conjunction with the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the 45th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), on July 21-24, 2021.
Loos is Director of the Postgraduate Master s program in oral health sciences at the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands. He started his undergraduate studies in Amsterdam, where he completed a bachelor s degree in dentistry. After that he completed a M.S. in periodontology at Loma Linda University, Calif., USA where he investigated several questions, including the eff