AADR Strides in Science is a new feature highlighting an AADR member’s accomplishments and comments on how his/her involvement with AADR has been an important part of his/her career in research.  If you would like to nominate a colleague to be featured, please send his/her name to scienceadvocate@aadronline.org. 

Dr. Moïse Desvarieux is the Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University and teaches the "Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease" course. As an infectious disease epidemiologist, Dr. Desvarieux has two research focus areas covering the traditional field of infectious disease epidemiology and the newer interface of infectious and chronic diseases.
Throughout his career, he has served as Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator of seven externally funded research grants. Five of these grants have been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and one by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Desvarieux coordinates the INVEST study, an NIH-funded study in Northern Manhattan, as well as the international network investigating the oral health-cardiovascular disease relationship.

Dr. Desvarieux has published in Lancet, the American Journal of Public Health, Stroke, Circulation, the Journal of Infectious Diseases and Atherosclerosis, among others.

AADR Member since 1999
Education:
B.A./ Latin, French Literature, Institution St-Louis de Gonzague, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1982
M.D./ Medicine, Faculté de Médecine, Universite d’Haiti, 1986
A.E.A./ Tropical Medicine, Faculté de Médecine X. Bichat, University of Paris, France, 1988
D.M.M. / Medical Mycology, The Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, 1989
M.P.H./ Epidemiology, Columbia School of Public Health, New York, 1991
Ph.D./ Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Columbia University, Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences, New York, 1997 

How did you first get involved with AADR?
I was using the Journal of Dental Research as a resource guide and thought it would be worthwhile to get into it [AADR] and meet other researchers. I knew other people who were members and liked that it was a different type of research. I work on traditional diseases as they relate to oral health.

What do you find is the most valuable benefit of AADR membership?
The conferences are definitely worthwhile because I meet colleagues doing different types of research. When I meet with colleagues, it sparks new cooperation. I like the fact that you can meet with representatives from NIDCR and have more time to discuss issues with them.

What is the best way to get involved in AADR?
Presenting abstracts, joining committees, and doing poster presentations. I have chaired a number of oral sessions and presented almost every year.

What do you want to see in the future for AADR?
I would like to see more cross-collaborative research and more interdisciplinary presentations. It [AADR] would benefit from being broadened to include microbiology and more physicians and neurologists.

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