Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss.

Biography Text: Dr. Bain is currently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). She received her dental degree in 2009 from UMMC. She then completed her MSPH in Clinical Research (2010), Certificate of Residency Training in Periodontology (2012) and PhD in Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine (2014) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Bain joined the faculty at UMMC in 2014. Her primary educational role is in directing the predoctoral didactic and clinical periodontal curriculum. Dr. Bain is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, She has been an Examiner for the American Board of Periodontology since 2021. Dr. Bain’s accomplishments over the past 10 years include: Completion of the AAP LEAD program and ADEA Leadership Institute. Also she has received the following awards AAPF Educator Scholarship, Volpe Prize Winner, Balint Orban Memorial Competition Winner, AAPF Teaching Fellowship, American Association of Women Dentist Research Scholar Award, recipient of institutional wide Regions TEACH Prize andd HEADWAE Awards, American Academy of Periodontology award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in Periodontics, Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Dentists Outstanding Teacher Award. Finally she was recently inducted into the inaugural class of the Academy for Excellence in Education at UMMC. She is a member of the AAP Education committee and previous Chair of the Predoctoral Directors Organization.