Contact
d.gopinath@ajman.ac.ae
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Ajman Campus
Divya Gopinath

  • Divya Gopinath

  • Assistant Professor
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Dr Divya Gopinath is an oral pathologist and a committed researcher with more than 10 years of experience in research and dental education. She obtained her PhD from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong (QS rank 1) and also has obtained an MPhil degree in Molecular Virology from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong. She completed her bachelor's in dental surgery (BDS) from Governmental Dental College, Calicut University, India, and her Master's in Dentistry (MDS) in Oral Pathology & Microbiology from Government Dental College, University of Kerala, India. Presently she works in the division of Basic Medical and Dental Sciences Dept, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, UAE. She has more than 40 Q1 and Q2 publications and has won several research awards and grants to her credit. She serves as an Editorial board member of prestigious journals like Scientific reports and BMC Oral health. Her research interests mainly focus on exploring the relationship between microorganisms and oral diseases and Evidence-based dentistry/oral medicine. She is highly committed to furthering the advancement of clinicians in research.

Education
  • PhD, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2020
  • MPhil (Virology), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2020
  • MDS (Oral Pathology and Microbiology), Govt Dental College, Trivandrum, University of Kerala, India
  • BDS, Govt Dental College, Calicut, University of Calicut. India
Teaching Area
  • Oral Pathology
  • Oral Diagnosis
  • Oral medicine
  • Oral Histology
  • Oral Physiology
  • Oral Microbiology
Research
  • Oral and maxillofacial diseases
  • Role of microbes in oral disease
  • Evidence based treatment in Oral diseases
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • Invited speaker in the workshop on Systematic review and meta-analysis @ International conference of oral microbiology and immunology, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. October 2022
  • Invited speaker on Oral mucosal lesions in Dental practice: Clinical reasoning and diagnostic approach, Dental teachers association, Dhaka, Bangladesh January 2021
  • Invited speaker on Recent Advances in Dental research in Digital age, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College & Hospital, Gujarat, India, November 2020
  • Invited Speaker on Viruses & Dentistry: Evidence Based Practice, Word Dental Conference, Chennai, October 2020
  • Invited speaker on Unravelling the current Dilemmas in Dentistry in the wake of Covid-19 Pandemic, Manipal University, India, August 2020
  • Invited speaker "Salivary Microbiome in Oral Cancer & OPMD", D Y Patil University, Pune, india July 2020
  • Speaker on Viral Concerns in Dental Practice, IMU Evening lecture series, Malaysia, May 2020
  • Invited speaker on Exploring the research avenues in Dentistry, Manipal University, India March 2019
  • Invited Speaker on " Role of oral microbiome in OPMD" at International Symposium on Oral Submucous Fibrosis @Vadodara, Gujarat, Oct 2018
  • Invited speaker at International oral cancer workshop @ Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, April 2018