Alan Roger dos Santos Silva

Dentist graduated from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (FOA-UNESP), institution where he began his training in Stomatology (Oral Medicine) and Oral Pathology through clinical internships at the Oral Oncology Center (COB) and which awarded him the academic laurel "Prof. Enyr Geraldo Arcieri" for his undergraduate performance. Soon after, he began his Master's Degree in the Post-Graduation Program in Stomatopathology at the Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas (FOP-UNICAMP), in partnership with the Department of Stomatology of the A. C. Camargo Cancer Center and, later, the PhD course that was held in partnership with the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, England, through the Program for Doctoral Studies Abroad (PDSE/CAPES). He holds the titles of Specialist in Stomatology (Oral Medicine) and Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and habilitation in Hospital Dentistry and Laser Therapy (Photobiomodulation), granted by the Brazilian Federal Council of Dentistry. In terms of professional performance, he was a Dental Surgeon of the Oncological Dentistry Service of the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo (ICESP-FMUSP), and since 2011 he is part of the faculty of the Department of Oral Diagnosis of FOP-UNICAMP. At this institution, he holds the position of Associate Professor in theoretical and clinical teaching in the Undergraduate Dental School, the Postgraduate Courses (Master's and Doctoral Programs in Stomatopathology and Dental Materials) and Postgraduate Courses (coordinating the Specialization Courses in Stomatology, Specialization in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology and Distance Learning Modality Extension in the field of contemporary concepts of oral cancer). In the context of academic administration he has served as (elected) member of the Congregation of the FOP-UNICAMP, Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Stomatopathology of the FOP-UNICAMP [CAPES 6 (2012-2016)], (elected) member of the University Council of UNICAMP and, also, of the Superior Council of the Hospital das Clínicas of UNICAMP. In addition, he is a member of the ad hoc advisory board of FAPESP, CAPES, CNPq and FAEPEX/UNICAMP. His research activities focus on clinical and basic pathology studies directed towards the problem of oral and oropharyngeal cancer in Brazil and Latin America, with financial support from CAPES, CNPq, FAPESP and FAEPEX/UNICAMP. As a result of his academic-administrative activities, he was Secretary of the Brazilian Society of Stomatology and Oral Pathology (SOBEP), where he currently serves as Financial Director, and is a member of the Technical Chambers in Stomatology and Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology of the Regional Council of Dentistry of the State of São Paulo. In the international arena, besides being a member of the Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) in the Head and Neck Cancer session, he is also part of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group for the World Health Organization's Handbook on Oral Cancer Prevention. He was also elected to serve in the following positions: (i) Counselor for Latin America and the Caribbean with the International Association of Oral Pathologists (IAOP), (ii) Secretary General of the World Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy (WALT) and (iii) Reviewer of the World Workshop on Oral Medicine VIII, organized by the American Academy of Oral Medicine. He is also on the Editorial Board of the North American scientific journal Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and of the European journal Frontiers in Oral Health (Oral Cancers). As a lecturer, he has delivered lectures in teaching, research and clinical care centers in the 5 administrative regions of Brazil; abroad he has lectured, among others, in the following countries: Chile, USA, Finland, England and Mexico. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)