International Distinguished Scientist Award for Dundee Professor

Professor Ogden was presented with the accolade at the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 97^th General Session and Exhibition of the IADR, held in Vancouver.

“I am deeply honoured to have received this award from IADR, which represents colleagues from around the world,” said Professor Ogden. “It is obviously very nice to be the focus of such recognition from one’s peers. It also shows the impact Dundee has made in dental research and the international reputation we hold.”

The Oral Medicine and Pathology Research Award is one of the highest honours bestowed by IADR. The Award recognises outstanding and sustained peer-reviewed research that has contributed to the understanding of the mechanisms governing the health and disease of the oral cavity and associated structures, principally encompassing skin, bone and the oral soft tissue. The award consists of a monetary prize and a plaque.

Professor Ogden is chair in oral surgery at the University and is also dean of the dental faculty at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. He completed his PhD on `cytoskeletal and nuclear morphology of normal and malignant oral epithelium’ at the University of Dundee and his post-doctoral research focused on the effect of alcohol on cell function and morphology.