Position: Professor and Chair

Organization: Department of Pathophysiology - Periodontal ScienceFaculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical SciencesGraduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical SciencesOkayama University

Biography Text: Shogo TAKASHIBA, D.D.S., Ph.D. JSP Board-Certified Periodontist, JSP Board-Certified Instructor Department of Pathophysiology - Periodontal Science, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University 2-5-1 Shikata-Cho, Kita-Ku, Okayama 700-8525, Japan 1990 Ph.D. Okayama University Graduate School of Dentistry 1986 D.D.S. Okayama University Dental School 2002 - present; Professor and Chair, Department of Pathophysiology - Periodontal Science, Okayama University, Japan 2001 - 2002; Associate Professor, Department of Pathophysiology - Periodontal Science, Okayama University, Japan 1996; Recipient of Travel Research Fund (Okayama University) supported by MEXT, Japan March - April: Visiting Scientist, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Professor Charles F. Shuler's Lab) May: Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Developmental Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH (NIDCR Director Dr. Harold C. Slavkin's Lab) 1995 - 2001; Associate Professor, Department of Periodontology and Endodontology, Okayama University, Japan 1994 - 1995; Instructor, Department of Periodontology and Endodontology, Okayama University, Japan 1992 - 1994; Visiting Scientist (Postdoctoral Position), Department of Periodontology, Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, New York (Professor Thomas E. Van Dyke's Lab) 1990 - 1994; Instructor, Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, Okayama University Hospital of Dentistry, Japan 2023 - ; President, International Academy of Periodontology (IAP) 2021 - 2022; President, Periodontal Research Group, IADR 2007 - 2023; Editorial Board Member, Journal of Periodontal Research 2002 - 2004; Editorial Board Member, Journal of Dental Research 2001 - 2004; IADR/AADR Abstract Reviewer for Periodontal Research (Pathogenesis) 2009 R. Earl Robinson Periodontal Regeneration Award: AAP 2001 Research Award (Lion Award): JSP