William V. Giannobile is a William K. & Mary Anne Najjar
Endowed Professor of Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering at the
University of Michigan. He is also the Director of the Michigan
Center for Oral Health Research and an Associate Editor of the
Journal of Periodontology.

Robert J. Genco is a State University of New York
Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology, and Microbiology, and
Immunology at the University at Buffalo. He is also the Vice
Provost and Director of the University at Buffalo Office of
Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach, and
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Journal of
Periodontology.

Brian A. Burt is Professor Emeritus, Department of
Epidemiology, and formerly the Director, Program in Dental Public
Health, School of Public Health; and Professor Emeritus, School of
Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. He was editor of
the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology from
1997 to 2007.