Maria Orellana Valvekens
University of California, USA
Biography
Maria Orellana is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Predoctoral Orthodontics Program at UCSF. She received her D.D.S. from the National University of Cordoba in Argentina, a Ph.D. in Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology from the Medical College of Georgia and a M.Sc. in Medical Sciences (Orthodontics) and Certificate of Specialty in Orthodontics from the University of Alberta in Canada.She has mentored dozens of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students and is the recipient of the John Green Research Society Outstanding Research Mentorship Award, the 2015 UCSF Award on Global Oral Health, the 2014 Colgate Faculty of the year Award. Dr. Orellana served as the Chair of the UCSF School of Dentistry Admissions Committee and Chair of Faculty Council. Her research program focuses on identifying and characterizing issues of disparities in access to oral health care in Latino children and adolescents. She has recently received a UC MEXUS faculty grant to start a collaborative program with Universities in Mexico, Chile, Peru and Argentina. She has published extensively and has presented at national and international meetings on the issue of oral health and quality of life.
Abstract
Abstract : Caries, malocclusion and the worldwide impact in oral health related quality of life
