Dr Ajesh George (BDS, MPH, PhD) is a Professor of Interprofessional Oral Health in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University (WSU) and Honorary Professor in the School of Dentistry at The University of Sydney. He is a dentist with extensive experience in integrated oral health and is a leading expert in Australia in providing oral health training to non-dental professionals and translating oral health guidelines into their practice. Dr George is also the Director and Co-founder of the "Australian Centre for Integration of Oral Health" (ACIOH) which is a leading national research centre led by WSU in collaboration with various partners including universities, health services and professional organisations- www.acioh.com. Over the last decade Dr George has been leading multidisciplinary teams in implementing effective and sustainable models of care across the lifespan and his work has been recognised by key bodies including the World Health Organisation. He has also been instrumental in training nurses and midwives to promote oral health by integrating oral health into undergraduate midwifery and nursing courses at Western Sydney University as well as developing nationally recognised oral health professional development training programs. Prof George has over $5.4M in funding including NHMRC grants, more than 120 publications (89% Q1/Q2 journals), 140 conference presentations (37 international), 18 research awards and a H-index of 28 with 2867 citations. He has 7 PhD completions and currently supervises 11 HDR students (PhD and Masters) most of whom have received scholarships to undertake studies around integrated oral health care. In 2021 Prof George was recognised as one of the top 2% scientist worldwide.