Elham Emami
Dental Public Health
- Professeure associée
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Faculté de médecine dentaire - Département de dentisterie de restauration
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Research expertise
Dr Emami’s research program is dedicated to multidisciplinary, practice-relevant research, with the ultimate goal of decreasing the burden of poor oral health in general population. In particular, her research activities focus on the following 3 themes:
- Intervention: The effectiveness of prosthodontic treatment modalities in edentate individuals
- Impact: The impact of oral health on general health
- Access: Social inequalities in oral health care access, with particular emphasis on rural populations
Beyond her research program, Dr Emami is collaborating in several other related research activities. Specifically, she contributes to protocol development, data analysis, knowledge transfer and dissemination activities including systematic reviews and meta-analysis along with a team of national and international scientists.
Biography
Dr Emami is a clinical scientist, with a postgraduate professional training in Prosthodontics(MSc, Université de Montréal), research training in Biomedical Science(PhD, Joint program, McGill University & Université de Montréal), Dental Public Health(Postdoctoral fellowship, McGill University), and Cancer Epidemiology(Postdoctoral fellowship, Environmental Epidemiology and Population Health research group, Université de Montréal).
Dr Emami is an associate professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, and the Director of Oral Health and Rehabilitation Research Unit at the “Université de Montréal”. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, at McGill University and a Research associate at the CRCHUM (Centre de recherche Hospitalier l’Université de Montréal). Dr Emami holds a CIHR Clinician-Scientist Salary Award, and her research activities are supported by Canadian government grants, as well as industry grants.
education
- 2011 — Études postdoctorales, santé publique dentaire publique (2009-2011) — Épidémiologie et biostatistique, Médecine dentaire — Université McGill
- 2009 — Doctorat — Épidémiologie et biostatistique — Université de Montréal
- 2006 — Diplôme [Science, option réhabilitation prosthodontique] — Médecine dentaire — Université de Montréal
- 1986 — D.D.S.[Doctor in Dental Surgery] — Médecine dentaire — Université de Téhéran
Affiliations and responsabilities
Research affiliations
Research units
Membre
- Chercheuse régulière, Centre de recherche du centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais, Québec, Canada
- Membre : Réseau canadien de recherche en santé buccodentaire (NCOHR)
- Membre, Département de stomatologie, centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal.
- Membre, Canadian Rural Health Research Society
Teaching and supervision
Student supervision
Theses and dissertation supervision (Papyrus Institutional Repository)
Association entre la maladie parodontale et le cancer colorectal sporadique
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Appreciative inquiry in evaluating the integrated primary oral health services in Quebec Cree communities
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Mise en œuvre d’un programme de santé buccodentaire dans le contexte d’une école dans un quartier multiculturel défavorisé : une étude qualitative
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Comparaison des mesures auto-recensées et objectives de sommeil chez la population âgée souffrant d'apnée du sommeil
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
The impact of nocturnal wear of the prosthesis on the oral health-related quality of life of an apneic edentulous population
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
L’effet du port nocturne des prothèses complètes sur l’activité rythmique des muscles masticateurs chez les personnes âgées souffrant de troubles du sommeil
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
A comparison between DNA-DNA checkerboard hybridization and culture techniques for the detection of Candida species in denture stomatitis
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Analyse de la morphologie buccofaciale et des voies aériennes supérieures chez des porteurs de prothèses complètes souffrant des troubles du sommeil
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Within-subject comparison of two- versus three-implant-assisted mandibular overdenture : patient-based outcomes
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Candida species and inflammation mediators in denture stomatitis : detection in biological samples
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Pratique dentaire en milieu rural : perspectives des étudiants en médecine dentaire du Québec
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
La santé orale compromise comme facteur de risque potentiel pour le cancer colorectal sporadique (COLDENT) : une étude de faisabilité
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Phase-I clinical trial on the effect of palatal brushing on denture stomatitis
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Les attentes, la satisfaction et la qualité de vie des édentés suite à une réhabilitation par mise en charge immédiate d'une prothèse totale reliée à deux implants non jumelés : une étude pilote expérimentale
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
La survie implantaire suite à une réhabilitation par mise en charge immédiate d’une prothèse totale mandibulaire reliée à deux implants non jumelés : une étude pilote expérimentale
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
The association between caries and periodontal diseases
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Development and evaluation of a research-based prosthodontic clinical record
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Relation entre la satisfaction et la qualité de vie reliée à la santé bucco-dentaire chez les patients totalement édentés
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
A randomized controlled trial evaluating the quality of life and the sense of coherence in seniors wearing complete conventional dentures or mandibular two-implant overdentures
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Projects
Research projects
Winning pathways toward accessibility: the case of dental services for people using wheelchairs
Planning meeting: Culturally-adapted musical intervention for patient-centered health care
RSBO - Réseau de recherche en santé buccodentaire et osseuse - "Award for best présentations at the Annual Research Day" (prix obtenus par les étudiantes Amal Idrissi Janati et Richa Srivastava)
Culturally Adapted immersion of the Brain in the Digital Arts to improve Patients-Centred Care
L'infrastructure pour la recherche clinique interdisciplinaire en santé buccodentaire
Oral Health Integrated into Primary Care: Participatory Evaluation of Implementation and Performance in Quebec Cree Communities
Favoriser la santé buccodentaire grâce à la recherche interdisciplinaire: Intervention, accès et impact
FAVORISER LA SANTÉ BUCCODENTAIRE GRÂCE À LA RECHERCHE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE: INTERVENTION, ACCÈS ET IMPACT
THE EFFECT OF NOCTURNAL WEAR OF DENTURES ON SLEEP AND ORAL HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE : A RANDOMIZED CROSS-OVER TRIAL
Planning meeting: The Performance of Oral Health Care in an Integrated Community Primary Health Care Organization in Rural and Remote Aboriginal Communities.
Phase II clinical trial on the effect of palatal brushing on denture stomatitis
Fostering oral health through interdisciplinary research: intervention, access and impact
INVESTIGATING URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES IN ORAL HEALTH AND ORAL HEALTH SERVICES: A QUEBEC PROFILE
The eefect of omeprazole affecting bone healing and osseointegration
The effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors affecting bone healing and osseointegration
Within-subject comparison of mandibular implant-assisted prostheses with two versus three implants: patient-based outcomes and clinical outcomes.
INTÉGRER LA MÉDECINE DENTAIRE AUX SOINS DE SANTÉ COMMUNAUTAIRES DE PREMIÈRE LIGNE : UNE ÉTUDE DE PORTÉE
Integration of Oral Health Care with Primary Care in Rural and Remote Aboriginal Communities
The impact of oral health on cognitive impairment: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
THE EFFECT OF NOCTURNAL WEAR OF DENTURES ON SLEEP AND ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY : A RANDOMIZED CROSS-OVER TRIAL
Development of an instrument for assessing occupational exposures in cancer case-control studies and its implication to the cancer of lung, brain, ovary and colon
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES IN CANCER CASE-CONTROL STUDIES AND ITS IMPLICATION TO CANCERS OF LUNG, BRAIN, OVARY AND COLON
INVESTIGATING URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES IN ORAL HEALTH AND ORAL HEALTH SERVICES : A QUEBEC PROFILE
THE IMPACT OF RANIBIZUMAB ON BONE HEALING : AN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL STUDY
ELABORATION DE PROTOCOLES D'ETUDES D'INTERVENTION ET DE PREVENTION : UNIVERSITE DE MONTREAL, MCGILL ET SAO PAULO : UNE ETUDE CLINIQUE DE PHASE II SUR LA PREVENTION DES MALADIES INFLAMMATOIRES BUCCODENTAIRES
RESEAU DE RECHERCHE EN SANTE BUCCODENTAIRE ET OSSEUSE (RSBO) PROMOTING RURAL DENTAL PRACTICE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PROCESS
RESEAU DE RECHERCHE EN SANTE BUCCODENTAIRE ET OSSEUSE (RSBO) LES DISPARITES URBAINES-RURALES A L'EGARD DE LA SANTE ET DES SERVICES BUCCODENTAIRES: LE PROFIL DU QUEBEC
Phase I clinical trial on the effect of palatal brushing on denture stomatitis
Outreach
Publications and presentations
Disciplines
- Dentistry
- Public Health
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Areas of expertise
- Canada
- Canada (Québec)
- Oral health
- Oral health - promotion
- Public health - prevention and interception
- Social inequality
- Oral health, one health
- Diagnostic tools