Elham Emami 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.
In 2019, Emami was elected a Fellow of the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
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and
Académie dentaire du Québec.
Early life and education
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
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in prosthodontic rehabilitation.
She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in dental public health at
McGill University and in Cancer Epidemiology at
Université de Montréal.
Career
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.'' She took on the role of Adjunct Professor at the
McGill University in 2011.
Later, Emami and
Igor Karp received a research grant to study the link between oral health and
colorectal cancer
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. She received an IMHA-supported CIHR Clinician Scientist program award.
Emami has sat on various editorial boards for dentistry journals, including the ''Journal of Dental Research'', ''Journal of the Canadian Dental Association'', and ''Trials (journal), Trials''. She became the Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Dentistry in 2018. Also in 2018 she was appointed as a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Advisory Board. The following year, she was elected a Fellow of the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) is one of three national academies that comprise the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), the highest honour granted to scholars in Canada. The two other CCA academies are the Royal Society of Canada ...
and
Académie dentaire du Québec.
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Living people
Academics of Iranian descent
Iranian women academics
McGill University faculty
Université de Montréal alumni
University of Tehran alumni
Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Medical journal editors
Dentists
Year of birth missing (living people)