Senior Lecturer, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, QLD, Australia

Periodontist/Dental Specialist and working as a consultant in regional cities in North, Central and South Queensland. Serving the region. 

Have combined clinical and academic work to serve the people in North, Central and South Queensland and the South Pacific Island countries. 

Am an Advisor on periodontology to Chief Dental Officers in the South Pacific Island countries, specifically in the Kingdom of Tonga and the Solomon Islands. 

My current research interest is in identifying gaps in dental (periodontal) health care systems and building clinical capacity for periodontal disease management in the South Pacific Islands and developing countries in the global tropical belt.

Teaching

• TM5581: Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Professional

• Periodontist serving regional north, central and south Queensland
• Advising Chief Dental Officers in the South Pacific island countries in relation to periodontology

Research

• Building clinical capacity for periodontal disease management in developing countries

Teaching

• Post graduate professional development for periodontal disease management in developing countries -Expedition Dentistry, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, Travel Medicine, JCU

Experience

• 2021 to present - Reviewer, Pacific Health Dialog (New Zealand)
• 2021 to present - PhD Ext. Supervisor, CMD, James Cook University (QLD, Australia)
• 2021 to present - Review Editor, Frontiers in Oral Health (USA)
• 2018 to present - PhD Scholar, James Cook University (Townsville, QLD, Australia)
• 2022 to 2023 - President, eOral Health Scientific Group/Network, International Association for Dental Research (IADR, International, USA)
• 1994 to 1997 - MDS, Otago University (New Zealand)

Research Disciplines

• Health services and systems (4203)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public health (2004)
• Clinical health (2001)

Fellowships

• 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health
• 2009 - Fellow of the International College of Dentists-FICD

Memberships

• 2021 - Faculty of Travel Medicine, ACTM
• 2021 - Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (ACTM)
• 2021 - Faculty of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, ACTM
• 2021 - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
• 2019 - Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
• 2015 - Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
• 2014 - Member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in the special field stream of Periodontology-MRACDS(Perio)

Other

• 1981 - Gold Medal in Dental Public Health

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Book Chapters

• Butt S, Navarro K, Shorab M, Butt S and Onn A (2016) Using mobile technology to improve nutritional information of diabetic patient's. In: New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 445. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 3-11

Other research outputs

• Shorab M (2021) e-Oral health in the South Pacific islands: geo-isolation and the Covid-19 pandemic-research challenges. [Presented at the 99th International Association for Dental Research General Session/eOral Health Scientific Group and Network Symposium]. 21 July 2021, Virtual

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Current

• Comparison of Efficacy of Local and Systemic Antibiotics in Combination with Scaling and Root Planning in Patients with Moderate to Severe Periodontal Disease. A Clinical Study (PhD , External Advisor)