Iain Chapple is Professor of Periodontology, consultant in Restorative Dentistry and lead for Birmingham’s NIHR Biomedical Research Centre theme in Oral, Intestinal and Systemic Health, College of Medicine and Health at the University of Birmingham UK. Iain is Honorary Director of the ODRT and Honorary Consultant to the Office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO).
His research interests involve the infectious and immunological processes in periodontal diseases, periodontal-systemic disease links and novel diagnostic solutions.
He was IADR Distinguished Scientist in Periodontal Research 2018, EFP Eminence Award recipient in 2022, won the Charles Tomes Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2011 and was awarded a membership of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in Queen Elizabeth’s 2022 New Yars Honours list for services to Oral & Dental Health. He has published >300 manuscripts, 10 textbooks and 33 book chapters and over £13.5M in research grants.
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