Esben Boeskov Øzhayat

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EDUCATION

Cand. odont. (2006), PhD (2010), odont. dr. (2018)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER 

2019-	Research Section Leader	Department of Odontology (DO), University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
2014-	Associate Professor	DO, UCPH
2010- 2014	Assistant Professor	DO, UCPH
2007-2010	PhD student	DO, UCPH
2006-2017	Dental practitioner	Private clinics and clinic for special prosthodontics (DO)
2004-2005	Pre-graduate researcher	DO, UCPH

POSITIONS OF TRUST (SELECTED)

2014-2018	President	Danish Society of Oral Rehabilitation
2008-2015	Vice-president and president	Young Scientist Club Odontology, UCPH
2018-2019	Member executive board	Graduate Programme for Oral Sciences, Forensic Medicine and Bioanthropology
2014-2019	Member PhD study board	Faculty of Health Science, UCPH
2018-2019	Member research council	DO, UCPH
2018-	Member advisory board	Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Aarhus University
2019-	Member of management	DO, UCPH
2019-	Member advisory board	The Research Unit for General Practice, UCPH
2019-	Member of management board	Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank (CAMB)
2018	Member of working group	The Council for Socially Disadvantaged
2020-	Member of working groups	The Ministry of Health

LEADING HIGH-IMPACT RESEARCH

I have been leading research projects since 2006, which in combination with UCPH courses on research leading (2018, 2020), has given me a clear view on my criteria for success: value for the society and the citizens that should benefit from it. This has made me the leading Danish expert in patient-focused dentistry and led to policy making (Act on unpaid dental care for the most socially disadvantaged citizens).

I have experience and success in all phases of research and project management and my funding the last 3 years is roughly DKK 4,1 mio. I have prior supervised 46 Masters, 3 pre-graduate researchers, 1 PhD student and 1 post doc. Currently I supervise 1 PhD student (co-PI), 3 research assistants, 1 Masters, and 1 assistant professor. Within a short period of time I will supervise additionally 2 PhD student. As research section leader I am leading 18 researchers in 5 research groups from PhD level to full professors.

CURRENT MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FUNDING (IN DKK)

2018-	Public benefit of oral rehabilitation in citizens on cash benefit (PI)	1,5 mio. (Faculty of Health Science, UCPH) 753,796 (Regional Funds for Joint Measure) 156,300 (Danish Dental Associations)
2019-	Quality of life, use of dental care system and view on dentistry in the Danish population (PI)	90,000 (Danish Dental Association)
2019-	Relationship between periodontitis and general health and related public expenses (PI)	39,000 (Danish Dental Association) 125,000 (Gerda og Aage Haench’ Fund)
2019-	Decision aids in oral rehabilitation (PI)	95,000 (Danish Dental Association)
2020-	Effect of municipal subsidy for health services in socially vulnerable citizens (PI)	39,000 (Danish Dental Association) 125,000 (Gerda og Aage Haench’ Fund) 426,520 (Faculty of Health Science, UCPH)
2020-	Oral health, self-efficacy, health literacy, and quality of life in Saudi Arabian adolescents (PI)	1,5 mio (PhD stipend Muneera Alzeer given by King Saud University)
2020-	Oral health and quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease (co-PI)	1,5 mio (PhD stipend Sara Baram given by DO, UCPH) 85,000 (Parkinsonforeningen)
2020-	Health literacy interventions for unemployed (PI)	927.595 (Regional funds for prevention) 100.000 (Velux foundation - matuation funds)
2021-	Sund Mund Hele Livet	5 mio. (Health insurance "danmark") 44.000 (Danish Dental Association) 49.811 (ATO)

PUBLICATIONS WITH HIGH STANDARDS

My publication list includes 21 peer-reviewed international articles of which 16 are in the top 20 % within the area according to the Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI) and in the first quartile of their category according to the Journal citation reports in Web of Science. In addition I have published 8 nationally peer-reviewed articles, 3 book chapters, 2 theses, 1 ministerial report, and a letter to the editor of Politiken. Please see my publication list for details.

STRONG COMMUNICATOR

I have considerable experience as communicator, which has given me self-assurance and I find my communicative abilities very strong. I have with compliment communicated my research and knowledge at many international conferences and as invited speaker at/for:

• The national conferences Årskursus, Symposium, Konference (2007, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2020)
• National dental societies (2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
• International dental societies (2007, 2015)

I have further given statements to several reporters doing pieces on subjects related to my research. An examples can be seen here: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/hovedstadsomraadet/kommune-rykker-ud-paa-herberg-og-gader-og-foelger-socialt. A course in media training (2015) held by the Danish Dental Association has further helped me understand media and how to use the media in the most suitable way.

My communication has further improved as a result of massive teaching within among others the subjects public health dentistry, oral rehabilitation, and gerodontology, at both graduate and post-graduate level.

ROBUST NETWORK

My network includes many different professionals including public health researchers, statisticians, medical doctors, economists, practicing clinicians, anthropologists, and psychologists. In the project “Effect of municipal subsidy for health services in socially vulnerable citizens” I for instance collaborate with:

• National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
• The Danish Center for Social Science Research (VIVE)
• Municipalities in Denmark
• Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment
• Department of Economics, UCPH

 Examples of other institutions I collaborate with in other projects are:

• Department of Public Health, UCPH
• Center for Healthy Aging, UCPH
• Copenhagen Center for Health Research in the Humanities, UCPH
• Copenhagen Research Center for Systemic Low-Grade Inflammation
• DanAge Association
• Danish Society for Patient Safety
• Danish Health Authority