DDS, MMedSc, PhD, Odont Dr (Karolinska Inst.), FICD, FDS RCS ad hominem (Edinburgh)
Prof. Jin is the Modern Dental Laboratory Professor in Clinical Dental Science and Professor of Periodontology at the HKU Faculty of Dentistry. He joined HKU in 1994, and was awared the FDS RCS ad hominem (Edinburgh) in 2007. He was a FDI Councillor (2015-2021), Chair of FDI Global Periodontal Health Project Task Team (2016-2021) and FDI Science Committee Chairman (2012-2015); Member of IADR Board of Directors (2018-2021), President of IADR-Asia Pacific Region (2019.12-2020) and Chair of IADR-Task Group in Periodontal Disease – GOHIRA (2009-2012); President of Asian Pacific Society of Periodontology (2011-2013); and Founding Member of the Specialty Board in Periodontology of CDSHK (2001-2017). He is a Board Member of International Academy of Periodontology (2012-), and the editorial/advisory board members of J Clin Periodontol (2011-), J Periodontol (2006-), J Periodont Res (2007-) and JDR (2010-2015). He has contributed to organizing various local/national and international conferences like FDI World Oral Health Forum (2017) and Asian Pacific Dental Congress (2004/2009/2016). He has received 10 GRF grants (PI) from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and his team has obtained multiple international prizes. He has primarily supervised research projects for 40 postgraduates, delivered 230 invited lectures nationally/internationally, and published 273 journal papers/book chapters.
Topic of lecture:
Oral / Periodontal Healthcare for Systemic Health and Wellbeing: Scientific Rationale, Updates, Clinical Relevance and Practical Tips