b'Meet the EditorsStop by and say hello to the new editorial team on Saturday, November 11, 10:00-10:45 am and 3:00-3:30 pm in the Journals area at the Member Resource Center in Austin.(UF) in 2005. She completed a post-doctoral fellowshipAmerican College of Dentists, and the immediate Past in oral microbiology at UF in 2006. She worked atPresident of the AAP Foundation. Dr. Pirih brings in hard the UF Periodontology Department from 2006-2018.work and determination towards increasing the academic Currently at UK, she directs all research activitiescommunitys understanding of periodontology and at the College of Dentistry, actively participates indisseminating that knowledge to others. Periodontology and other courses at UK and severalI am excited to contribute towards the elevation of local and national/international committees, and hasperiodontal research.a clinical translational research program that has been supported by the NIH since 2009, with a main focus in immunological, microbiological, and geneticDiego Velsquez, DDS, MSD factors involved with localized aggressive periodontalCAP Associate Editor/Co-disease (Grade C molar incisor pattern) in children andEditoradolescents. She has over 75 publications, has been a member of NIH study sections, is an editorial boardDr. Diego Velsquez, is a member for the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, andgraduate of the Pontificia is the recipient of several research student-mentoredUniversidad Javeriana School awards and personal awards, including the prestigiousof Dentistry, Colombia. He holds AAP Teaching Award and the UF and UK Professorshipcertificates in prosthodontics and dental materials, a Awards. Master of Science in Dentistry from Indiana University, and I am looking to increase the quality of the science anda certificate in periodontics and dental implants from the the impact of JOP in our field. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Velsquez works in private practice in Fenton, Michigan and is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the School Flavia Q. Pirih, DDS, PhDof Dentistry at the University of Michigan. He is the co-CAP Associate Editor/Co-Editor,editor of the book Microsurgery in Periodontal and Implant JOP Associate Editor DentistryConcepts and Applications. He is Past President of the Midwest Society of Periodontology, Michigan Dr. Flavia Q. Pirih is a Professor,Periodontal Association, and the AAP Foundation.the Tarrson Family Endowed ChairI am looking forward to collaborating with the editorial in Periodontics, and the Chair ofmembers of Clinical Advances in Periodontics to continue the Division of Regenerative andmaking this publication the premier clinical journal and a Reconstructive Sciences at the UCLAmust-read for all members of the worldwide periodontal School of Dentistry. Dr. Pirih is a Diplomate of thecommunity.American Board of Periodontology, a Fellow of the AAP Periospectives| 43'