Dr. Siddharth Vora obtained his BDS from Mumbai India, a Ph.D. in Oral Biology from Boston University, and an MSc in Orthodontics from the University of Washington. He was a Senior Fellow at Seattle Children's Research Institute and a part-time Lecturer at the University of Washington, before moving to the University of British Columbia, Canada, as a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists (Canada) and a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics. His research interests lie in the field of craniofacial growth and development, orofacial clefting, and molecular control of odontogenesis (tooth development) with an emphasis on using 3D imaging and advanced morphometric analyses in comprehensive phenotypic evaluation of craniofacial and dental morphogenesis.