About Researcher
Professional Appointments & Committee Memberships
- Senior Principal Investigator, Academic Clinical Programme Office, National Dental Centre Singapore; Professor and Director Oral Health ACP, Health Services and Systems Research Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Adjunct Professor, Adelaide Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Australia
- Visiting Professor, School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Griffith University, Australia
Research Interests
Health services research, oral health surveillance, use of fluorides, inequalities in oral health, life course epidemiology and the relationship between oral health and general health.
Publications
Book Editor
- Antunes JLF, Peres MA. Oral Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2006. [In Portuguese].
- Antunes JLF, Peres MA. Oral Epidemiology. 2nd ed. Sao Paulo: Santos/Guanabara Koogan, 2013. [In Portuguese].
- Peres MA, Antunes JLF, Watt RG. Oral Epidemiology - A Textbook on Oral Health Conditions, Research Topics and Methods. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2020.
Monograph (edition)
- Watt RG, Listl S, Peres M, Heilmann A. Social inequalities in oral health: From evidence to action. International Centre for Oral Health Inequalities Research & Policy. London: UCL, 2015.
- Peres MA, Brennan DS, Balasubramanian M. Oral health inequalities and health systems in Asia-Pacific: A call for action. Gurgaon, India/Adelaide, Australia: Nature India and the University of Adelaide, 2017.
- Peres MA, Watt RG. Policy solutions for oral health inequalities. Adelaide, Australia: The University of Adelaide, 2017.
Monograph (chapters)
- Peres MA, Listl S, Heilmann A. Lifecourse oral health epidemiology. International Centre for Oral Health Inequalities Research & Policy. London: UCL, 2015. pp.16-17.
- Peres MA, Brennan DS, Balasubramanian M. Oral health inequalities and health systems in Asia-Pacific: A call for action. Gurgaon, India/Adelaide, Australia: Nature India and the University of Adelaide, 2017. S1-2.
- Peres MA, Luzzi L. Oral health inequalities in Australia. In: Oral Health Inequalities and Health Systems In Asia-Pacific: A Call For Action. Gurgaon, India/Adelaide, Australia: Nature India and the University of Adelaide, 2017. S12-S13.
Chapters in books
- Peres MA, Antunes JLF. The contribution of the epidemiological method to oral health. In: Antunes JLF; Peres MA. (Org.). Oral Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2006. p. 3-18. [In Portuguese].
- Peres MA, Peres KG. Oral Health Surveys. A guide to health service planners. In: Antunes JLF; Peres MA. (Org.). Oral Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2006. p. 19-31. [In Portuguese].
- Antunes JLF, Peres MA, Frazão P. Dental caries. In: Antunes JLF, Peres MA. (Org.). Oral Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2006. p. 49-67. [In Portuguese].
- Lunardelli SE, Peres MA. Enamel defects in the primary dentition. In: Antunes JLF, Peres MA. (Org.). Oral Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2006. p. 165-179. [In Portuguese].
- Peres MA, Peres KG. Oral health in the lifecourse. In: Antunes JLF, Peres MA. (Org.). Oral Epidemiology. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2006. p. 249-259. [In Portuguese].
- Peres MA, Peres KG. Early life influence on later oral health. In: Moysés ST, Kriger L. Moysés SJ. (Org.). Family Oral Health. 1 ed. São Paulo: Artes Médicas, 2008. p. 195-206. [In Portuguese].
- Bonecker M, Pordeus IA, Aida J, Peres MA. Epidemiology of oral problems in children and adolescents. In: Sheiham A, Moises SJ, Watt RG, Bonecker (editors). Promoting the Oral Health of Children and Adolescents. Theory & Practice. 2nd ed. Quintessence editor LTDA 2014; pp 47–68.
Research Trials
- Assessing the effect of tooth loss on cognition of older people: findings from the Panel on Health and Ageing of Singaporean Elderly (PHASE) cohort study
- Validation of self-reported periodontal diseases among Singaporean adults
- Delivering effective dental healthcare in 2020-2030: A national longitudinal partnership study of the burden of oral diseases in Australian adults
- Mapping oral health inequalities globally – The Lancet Commission of Global Oral Health
- Socio and biological determinants of oral health over the life course: the Pelotas birth cohort studies