Prof. Marc Tennant is a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia where he, his students and colleagues have been researchers for nearly 20 years.

Currently with more than 25 graduate students working on projects across the globe, predominately related to addressing issues of marginalised communities, the team he leads (ircohe.net) are leading Australian and international dental public health researchers.

Professor Tennant has some 200 publications to his name and more than $US17million dollars in R&D funding; the group continues to publish a peer review manuscript around every 14 days. You can follow the stories on twitter @MarcTennant.