Elham Emami FCAHS is an Iranian-Canadian clinician scientist. She is the dean of McGill University Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences. Born and raised in Iran, Emami moved to Canada in 2002 to pursue her PhD and MSc at the Université de Montréal.

Elham Emami
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

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When she moved to Canada in 2002, Emami already had 17 years of experience with general dental practice in Iran. She has two degrees from the Université de Montréal: a PhD in biomedical science and an MSc in prosthodontic rehabilitation.[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

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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.[3] She took on the role of adjunct professor at the McGill University in 2011.[1] Later, Emami and Igor Karp received a research grant to study the link between oral health and colorectal cancer.[4] She received an IMHA-supported CIHR Clinician Scientist program award.[5]

Emami has sat on various editorial boards for dentistry journals, including the Journal of Dental Research, Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, and Trials.[6] She became the Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Dentistry in 2018.[7] Also in 2018 she was appointed as a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Advisory Board.[8] The following year, she was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences[9] and Académie dentaire du Québec.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ 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. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0501.2008.01693.x. PMID 19515032. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Seidman, Karen (October 5, 2012). "Study probes oral health, cancer link". The Province. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. ^ "Researcher Profile" (PDF). cihr-irsc.gc.ca. April 2015. p. 4. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "PROF ELHAM EMAMI". ncohr-rcrsb.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Dr. Elham Emami Appointed Dean of McGill FOD". adea.org. American Dental Education Association. March 14, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Two Faculty Members appointed to roles on the CIHR". mcgill.ca. October 3, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  9. ^ Clement, Jason (September 23, 2019). "Eleven McGillians among the 2019 Canadian Academy of Health Sciences new Fellows". reporter.mcgill.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  10. ^ "Drs. Retrouvey and Emami Named ADQ Fellows". mcgill.ca. February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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