Dr. Marcelo Freire is an Associate Professor of the Genomic Medicine and Infectious Disease Department at the J. Craig Venter Institute. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.  He received his clinical DDS from the University of Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He later received his Ph.D. in Craniofacial Biology, focusing on Immune Engineering for Tissue Regeneration, from USC. He completed his Certificate in Periodontology and Doctor of Medical Sciences in Oral Biology from Harvard University. He completed postdoctoral research training in Immunology at the Forsyth Institute and was the award winner of the Balint Orban Memorial Award from the Academy of Periodontology.  Dr. Freire previously served as a faculty member at Harvard and the Forsyth Institute and is a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. As a dual-scientist and clinician, Dr. Freire’s research focuses on the role of the human microbiome modulating chronic inflammation.  His current NIH-funded research program focuses on finding immune signals that are common to oral and systemic chronic inflammation present in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and periodontal diseases. By learning from complex host-microbial interactions, Freire’s team is shedding light on novel diagnostics for chronic inflammation to novel therapeutics in tissue regeneration. Currently, Dr. Freire serves as the President of the Clinical and Translational Science Network of the International Association for the Dental Research and he is fully licensed to practice in the state of California. https://www.jcvi.org/about/marcelo-freirehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/drfreire/https://twitter.com/drmfreirehttps://www.instagram.com/marceloofreire--------------------------------www.theinternationaldentist.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drgabrielalagrecaFB & IG @theinternationaldentist