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Ana Lucia Seminario (top left), Waranuch Pitiphat (top right), Immaculate Opondo (bottom left), Arthur Kemoli (bottom right), presenting at the 2025 IADR Symposium. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Washington\u2019s Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health convened a symposium at the 2025 International Association of Dental and Craniofacial Research (IADR) conference in Barcelona, titled \u201cCreating Research Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.\u201d Recognized by the conference organizers as \u201chot topic research,\u201d the session spotlighted innovative strategies to empower researchers an strengthen oral health infrastructure across diverse regions. The speakers emphasized the need to address systemic barriers and tailor research agendas to local priorities, aligning with the IADR\u2019s mission to advance global health equity.<\/p>\n

The symposium featured a panel of experts sharing region-specific experiences. Dr. Arthur Kemoli (University of Nairobi) presented on integrating oral HIV research into Kenya\u2019s health system, underscoring the importance of addressing cultural and structural obstacles to care. Dr. Immaculate Opondo (Maseno University) highlighted the roles played by mentors in her research career and how \u00a0mentorship in research impacted her career\u00a0 growth, Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat (Khon Kaen University) discussed building a network of over three hundred researchers in Southeast Asia through an NIH-funded training program targeting high-risk populations. Dr. Ana Lucia Seminario (University of Washington) examined how HIV and alcohol use disorders impact oral health in Peruvian men who have sex with men, highlighting how tailored interventions and research infrastructure can meet community needs, and presented an overview of the UW DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Immaculate Opondo at 2025 International Association of Dental Research (IADR) conference. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The symposium was well-attended and successfully highlighted the need to identify sustainable capacity-building strategies, understand the role of mentorship and collaboration, and evaluate successful case studies for application in other low-resource settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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