Elham Emami

Elham Emami FCAHS is an Iranian-Canadian clinician scientist. She is a full professor and the Dean of McGill University Faculty of Dentistry. Born and raised in Iran, Emami moved to Canada in 2002 to pursue her PhD and MSc at the Université de Montréal.

Elham Emami
Born
Iran
Academic background
EducationMSc, PhD, Université de Montréal and McGill University
DDS., University of Tehran
ThesisA randomized follow-up study of the general health and quality of life of an elderly edentulous population wearing either mandibular two-implant overdentures or conventional dentures. (2008)
Academic work
InstitutionsMcGill University Faculty of Dentistry

In 2019, Emami was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and Académie dentaire du Québec.

Early life and education

Emami was born and raised in Iran. After graduating from high school, she moved to Canada in 2002 to pursue her MSc in prosthodontic rehabilitation followed by her PhD in biomedical science at the Université de Montréal and McGill University (joint program).[1] She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in dental public health at McGill University and in Cancer Epidemiology at Université de Montréal. [2]

Career

In 2009, Emami was a visiting professor at the University of McGill's Division of Oral Health & Society under supervisor Christophe Bedos.[3] During this time, she co-authored with Jocelyne Feine a study titled Impact of implant support for mandibular dentures on satisfaction, oral and general health‐related quality of life: a meta‐analysis of randomized‐controlled trials.[4] She eventually joined the faculty at McGill University Faculty of Dentistry in 2011 as an Adjunct Professor.[1] The following year, she co-led a study with Igor Karp to study the link between oral health and colorectal cancer. They found that people with little to no teeth were more at risk to colorectal cancer.[5]

In 2015, Emami received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) clinician‐scientist salary award to co-publish A 30‐Year Follow‐Up of Partial Removable Dental Prostheses in a University Dental School Setting.[6] She also began her multi-year research project titled Fostering Oral Health Through Interdisciplinary Research: Intervention, Access and Impact with funding from the CIHR. The project's aim was to examine how to grant greater access to dental care by testing prosthetic treatments, addressing social and geographical barriers to receiving treatment, and studying how poor oral health can affect people's general health.[7]

Emami has sat on various editorial boards for dentistry journals, including the Journal of Dental Research, Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, and Trials.[8] In 2018, Emami became the Dean of McGill University's Faculty of Dentistry for a five year term[9] and appointed to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Advisory Board.[10] The following year, she was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences[11] and Académie dentaire du Québec.[12]

She was appointed Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Dentistry in 2018, taking over from Paul Allison. [13]

References
  1. Kaukonen, Brenna (February 19, 2018). "Appointment of new Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry". mcgill.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. "Elham Emami". mcgill.ca. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  3. "Past Fellows and Visiting Professors". mcgill.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. Emami, Elham; Heydecke, Guido; Rompré, Pierre H.; de Grandmont, Pierre; Feine, Jocelyne S. (2009). "Impact of Implant Support for Mandibular Dentures on Satisfaction, Oral and General Health-Related Quality of Life: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized-Controlled Trials". Clinical Oral Implants Research. 20 (6): 533‐544. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. Seidman, Karen (October 5, 2012). "Study probes oral health, cancer link". The Province. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  6. Singh, Balendra Pratap; Gauthier, Gilles; Rompre, Pierre; De Grandmont, Pierre; Emami, Elham (August 19, 2015). "A 30‐Year Follow‐Up of Partial Removable Dental Prostheses in a University Dental School Setting". Journal of Prosthodontics. American College of Prosthodontists. 25: 544–549. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  7. "Researcher Profile" (PDF). cihr-irsc.gc.ca. April 2015. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  8. "PROF ELHAM EMAMI". ncohr-rcrsb.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  9. "Dr. Elham Emami Appointed Dean of McGill FOD". adea.org. American Dental Education Association. March 14, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  10. "Two Faculty Members appointed to roles on the CIHR". mcgill.ca. October 3, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  11. Clement, Jason (September 23, 2019). "Eleven McGillians among the 2019 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences new Fellows". reporter.mcgill.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  12. "Drs. Retrouvey and Emami Named ADQ Fellows". mcgill.ca. February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  13. "Dr. Elham Emami Appointed Dean of McGill FOD". adea.org. March 14, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2020.

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