Dr Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti is a Professor of Dental Public Health at the State University of Paraiba (UEPB). He is Editor in Chief of Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada [Brazilian Research in Pediatric Dentistry and Integrated Clinic Journal and International Journal of Dentistry (1687-8736). He received his M.S. in Paediatric Dentistry in 1997 at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) Brazil. He received his PhD in Stomatology at the Federal University of Paraiba in 2002. He has been a postdoctoral scientist at the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 2014. In 2016 he was promoted to Associate Professor. Moreover, Dr. Cavalcanti holds a research productivity scholarship (Level 2) from CNPq, a Brazilian funding agency. Dr Cavalcanti has been Professor of the Public Health Dentistry Discipline at the State University of Paraiba since 2002, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate dental students. In the postgraduate course, he also teaches about dental research and manuscript writing. At the moment Dr Cavalcanti is member of the board of the IADR - International Association for Dental Research. His areas of research are Epidemiology, Pediatric Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry and Public Health. He has published over 300 articles in peer-reviewed Brazilian and international journals. His areas of research are Oral Epidemiology in Children; Violence and Public Health.
Possui Pós-Doutorado em Odontopediatria pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Doutorado em Odontologia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba e Mestrado em Odontologia pela Universidade de São Paulo. Atualmente é Professor Associado da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Editor Cientifico dos Periódicos Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada (1519-0501) e International Journal of Dentistry (1687-8736), Professor dos Programas de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública (Mestrado) e em Odontologia (Mestrado e Doutorado). Possui H-Index = 15. Atuou como Coordenador do Mestrado em Saúde Pública (2011-2016). Desempenha atividades como Membro do Corpo Editorial de periódicos internacionais, a exemplo do Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (0976-2361), Journal of IMAB ? Annual Proceeding (1312-773X), International Journal of Clinical Dentistry (1939-5833), Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia, Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial (1646-2890), Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal (1012-8700) e Ciência & Saúde Coletiva (1413-8123). É Revisor Ad Hoc de periódicos nacionais (Revista de Saúde Pública, Odonto Ciência, Arquivos em Odontologia, entre outros) e internacionais (International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, Human Resources for Health, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Acta Stomatologica Croatica, Brazilian Oral Research, Journal of Applied Oral Science, Indian Journal of Dental Research, Pakistan Oral & Dental Journal e African Health Sciences). Tem experiência na área de Saúde Coletiva, com ênfase em Epidemiologia, e em Odontopediatria, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Prevenção e Promoção de Saúde, Epidemiologia, Violência e Causas Externas de Morbi-mortalidade.
