Melbourne Dental School's new Head, Prof Mike Morgan

ADAVB congratulates Professor Mike Morgan on his appointment as Head of the Melbourne Dental School.

Prof Morgan has been actively involved in ADAVB and ADA Inc. He is also a Board member of eviDent, a dental practice-based research network, which is supported by the Branch.

He holds the Chair of Population Oral Health, at the Melbourne Dental School, and has been Acting Head of School since last January. He has been involved in dental education and research, both in Australia and internationally.

Prof Morgan is a Program Leader in the Oral Health CRC based at the School. His principal teaching responsibility is in population oral health, focusing on oral disease causation in relation to common risk factors and disease prevention at a population level - with an emphasis on community water fluoridation. He has a strong research background and interest in the causes and prevention of oral disease, economic evaluation and clinical trials of dental caries preventive agents.

Currently appointed to the Board of VicHealth, he is President of the Australian Dental Council Board of Governors. Prof Morgan also chairs the Health Professions Accreditation Councils’ Forum, representing all entities appointed under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme to accredit health profession education programs in Australia.

The Dean of the Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services Faculty, Professor Stephen K Smith, said: “This is an excellent appointment and recognises Mike’s work in research and teaching, and his leadership roles within the dental profession”.