CV Professor Iain L. C. Chapple

Prof. Iain Chapple is currently Professor and Head of Periodontology and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Birmingham Dental School and Hospital. He is former Scientific Editor of the British Dental Journal and is currently Associate Editor of Journal of Periodontal Research and Editorial Board member of the Journal of Clinical Periodontology and Periodontology 2000. He is also the Periodontal Editor of a series of 7 textbooks by Quintessence and author of 6 of these texts. He was President of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Periodontal Research Group (2006-2007), former Chairman of the British Society for Dental Research (BSDR) Periodontal Research Group, Chair of the BSDR’s strategic review committee for Oral and Dental Research and member of the Department of Health’s working group on Dentists with Special Interests in Periodontology in the UK. He is the clinical lead for a hospital specialist periodontal service with a referral base of over 6 million. Prof. Chapple also leads a periodontal research team active in the investigation of host-microbial interface and pathobiological aspects of periodontal disease diagnosis and development. He has published over 160 full papers and abstracts in his field and was awarded the Rizzo Research Award of the IADR Periodontal Research Group in Chiba Japan 2001. He is also a former winner of the British Society of Periodontology (BSP)’s Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize, has been a council member of the BSP since 1994 and former Honorary Treasurer and founding member of the BSP’s Education and Conference Committees. Currently he is also Treasurer of the European Federation of Periodontology. Prof. Chapple has a strong interest in free radical and antioxidant biology in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases had has delivered annual keynote lectures/symposia at IADR, EuroPerio and BSDR on the subject.