On the morning of August 31, Professor Rachel Waddington and two other researchers from the School of Dentistry of Cardiff University visited Chairman and President Kawazoe at Kuzuha Campus.

Prof. Waddington and party arrived at our university for joint research with Prof. Joji Okazaki who is professor of the Department of Removable Prosthodontics on August 29. They are scheduled to stay until October 19.

At the beginning of the talk, Chairman and President Kawazoe talked about his memories of the late Prof. Graham Embery who used to be president of International Association for Dental Research (IADR). Prof. Okazaki researched under Prof. Embery when he studied abroad. Various topics were discussed such as international exchange with Cardiff University, dental affairs in Japan and the United Kingdom, joint researches, and the latest trends in dentistry. Prof. Waddington look forward to welcoming students from Osaka Dental University to Cardiff.

When ODU celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011, an academic exchange agreement was signed with the School of Dentistry of Cardiff University. After this agreement, Prof. Okazaki, who has experience studying at Cardiff University (formerly known as University of Whales), and his research associate, Prof. Waddington, has continued joint research contributing to international exchange between both schools.

Recently, Prof. Waddington and fellow researchers received funds in the United Kingdom enabling a new joint research with ODU. The two professors have kept playing a central role in international cooperative research in the field of biomaterials for more than twenty years. Their joint research will continue at our university and shortly approach completion.