Dr. Clifford Pau, Bsc., Msc., DMD., - Following obtaining his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1998, Dr. Pau completed a research oriented program at the Faculty of Pharmacology which earned him a Master of Science degree in 2000. He studied the mechanism of pain induction and therapeutic choices, an area of expertise very much in demand in today's dentistry. Following successful completion of his master thesis in the spring of 2000, he was accepted in the Doctor of Dental Medicine program at UBC. Dr. Pau continued his research during his dental training and was the recipient of the prestigious Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) award for two consecutive years for his research work in improvement of teaching methods in dental anatomy and ergonomics using advanced computer virtual reality techniques. His research papers were presented and published in the proceedings of annual meetings of the American Dental Education Association in 2003 and 2004. He completed his dental training in 2004 and was awarded with a D.M.D. degree. His clinical interests are restorative dentistry, root canal therapy, dentistry for children, geriatric dentistry, and pain control.