International Symposium 2026 · Speakers

Voices for an inclusive future.

Meet the researchers, educators and practitioners shaping the conversation on oral health justice.

Our speakers

Speaker profiles and presentation details will be published as participation is confirmed.

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Doctoral Student

You-Bin Yim

Graduate School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
Republic of Korea

About the speaker

You-Bin Yim has completed the Ph.D. coursework in the Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, Seoul National University. Her research interests include healthcare access, health inequities, health policy, and oral health among socially vulnerable populations. Her current research focuses on unmet healthcare needs and the role of social support among residents of marginal housing, with a broader interest in developing equitable and inclusive healthcare policies and approaches to improve access to care.

Social support and unmet healthcare needs among residents of single-room occupancy-type marginal housing in Seoul
KPortrait forthcoming

Associate Professor

Kasekarn Kasevayuth

Department of Biochemistry, Chulalongkorn University
Thailand

JPortrait forthcoming

Postdoctoral Researcher

Javlonbek Bakhtiyor ugli Tadjiyev

Tashkent State Medical University
Uzbekistan

SPortrait forthcoming

Master's Student

Sua Yu

Graduate School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
Republic of Korea

About the speaker

Sua Yu is a master's student in Dental Education at the Graduate School of Dentistry, Seoul National University. As a dental hygienist, her research interests include healthcare access among socially vulnerable populations. She is currently conducting research on their experiences with healthcare services.

Developing an Inclusive Dental Care Guideline for Vulnerable Populations: A Mixed-Methods Study Integrating North Korean Defectors' Experiences and Dental Professionals' Perspectives
SPortrait forthcoming

Master's Student

Sanghyeon Baek

Graduate School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
Republic of Korea

About the speaker

Sanghyeon Baek is a master's student in Dental Education at Seoul National University. He focuses on global health, health systems, and implementation science, with a particular interest in strengthening health workforce capacity in LMICs and improving healthcare access for socially vulnerable populations.

Building Teacher Capacity for School Oral Health Promotion: A Repeated-Measures Pilot Study in Kenya