McGill University’s Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences sent a delegation to the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) General Meeting, held in Barcelona from June 25 to 28.
During the meeting, members of the delegation presented research, chaired sessions, and participated in workshops. Hundreds of presentations and thousands of posters were presented.
The delegation included Deans Elham Emami, Paul Allison, Pascaline Kengne Talla, Sreenath Madathil, Belinda Nicolau, and Sabrina Wurzba, as well as graduate students Newsha Toreihi and Harsimran Singh Kapoor.
The conference program included 354 oral presentations and 2,595 poster presentations, as well as a series of panel discussions, seminars, and workshops. McGill faculty, staff, and students participated in various activities:
Workshops and Seminars
“Antimicrobial Resistance in Oral Health Care: A Global Call to Action,” organized by Belinda Nicolau (Communications Organizer).
“Generalizability of Dental AI Models: Metrics, Bias, and Benchmarks,” organized and moderated by Sreenath Madathil.
“Unveiling Bias: Algorithmic Fairness in Dental AI Applications,” presented by Sreenath Madathil.
Oral Presentation
Keynote Presentation: “Sustainable Dentistry: Concepts and Practices,” presented by Newsha Toreihi.
Oral Presentation: “Dental Professionals’ Perceptions of Sustainable Dentistry and Their Educational Needs,” presented by Newsha Toreihi.
Poster Presentation
“Epigenetic Silencing of the TGM2 Gene is Associated with Poor Prognosis in HPV-Positive HNC Patients,” presented by Sabrina Wurzba.
“ConvAltumage: Enhancing Salivary Epigenetic Age Estimation with Convolutional Neural Networks,” presented by Harsimran Singh Kapoor, Belinda Nicolau, Albert Camacho (Concordia University; Mila – Quebec Institute for Artificial Intelligence), and Sreenath Madathil.
“Uncertainty Quantification in Large Language Models for Oral Lesion Diagnosis,” Mridul Sharma, Zaneta D’Souza, Samira Rahimi, Siva Reddy (Department of Computer Science; Department of Mila, McGill University), Peter Chauvin, and Sreenath Madathil.
“Implementing Canada’s National Oral Health Strategy,” Paul J. Allison, Leigha Rock (Dalhousie University), and Hetty Mulhall (National Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, Canadian Institutes of Health Research).
Affiliated Sessions
“Strengthening Oral Health Surveillance and Research Partnerships,” supported by FDI World Dental Federation, with participation from Paul Allison.
Graduate students Newsha Toreihi and Harsimran Singh Kapoor also assisted staffing the Canadian Association for Dental Research booth during the conference.
McGill’s presence in Barcelona showcased its extensive research strengths and its active role in advancing oral health science, education, and policy.