João Paulo Steffens

Graduated in Dentistry from the Federal University of Paraná - UFPR (2005), Specialization in Periodontics from Universidade Positivo - UP (2007), in Family Health from the Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC (2011) and in Medical Education from UFPR (2018 ), Master's degree in Dentistry, Integrated Clinical Concentration Area, Applied Clinical Therapeutic Research Line in Dentistry (Periodontics) from the State University of Ponta Grossa - UEPG (2009), and Doctorate in Dentistry, Periodontics Concentration Area from the Faculty of Dentistry of Araraquara from Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - FOAr/Unesp (2013), having completed his Sandwich Doctorate at The Forsyth Institute (Cambridge, USA; 2012-2013). He completed a Post-Doctorate at the Department of Physiology and Pathology at FOAr/Unesp (2013-2015). He is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Stomatology (Disciplines of Periodontics I, Periodontics II and Integrated Clinic) and Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Dentistry at UFPR. Currently Visiting Professor at the University of Birmingham, England. Leads the Basic and Applied Periodontics Research group, certified by UFPR. He is currently a member of the Board of the Undergraduate Dentistry Course, the Board of the Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, the Sectoral Research Committee of the Health Sciences Sector and the Research Advisory Committee of the Dean of Research and Postgraduate Studies. Graduation, from the Orientation Committee for Internships of the Dentistry Course, from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Health Sciences Sector at UFPR and from the Fiscal Council and the Periodontal Medicine Committee of the Brazilian Society of Periodontics and Implantology - SOBRAPI. INEP-MEC evaluator for Dentistry courses - Bank of Evaluators of the National Higher Education Assessment System (BASis). He participated in several short and medium-term courses, including Proteomics and Immunology courses at Harvard University. In research, he has experience with cellular and molecular biology techniques, such as ELISA, RT-PCR, Western Blot, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry and cell transfection; animal and in vitro studies; observational studies and randomized clinical trials; systematic review and meta-analysis. He has experience in the area of #8203;#8203;Dentistry, with an emphasis on Periodontics, working mainly on the following topics: periodontal surgery, drug therapy, clinical therapy, etiopathogenesis of periodontal disease and periodontal reproductive endocrinology. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)