Dr. Effie Ioannidou is a clinician scientist with training in Periodontology. Her research addresses clinical and translational questions on the anti-inflammatory effect of periodontal interventions in systemic health and chronic kidney disease. She has recently led a multicenter team of investigators to explore systemic antibiotic prescribing patterns in combination with periodontal therapy. By leveraging advanced molecular techniques, her team aims to advance the field and provide evidence-based guidance for clinicians, ultimately leading to more effective and sustainable periodontal treatment outcomes. By addressing the antibiotic stewardship priorities outlined by the NIH and the CDC, her lab produced preliminary data suggesting that antibiotic treatment leads to a microbial shift towards healthier communities, supporting the underlying hypothesis. Her team recently showed that systemic antibiotics are widely prescribed during initial periodontal treatment without clinical practice guidelines related to adjunct antibiotics. Recently, her team developed a new line of research focusing on the intersection of sex and gender in oral inflammatory diseases. They have produced data that highlights the lack of adherence to reporting guidelines as it pertains to sex and gender in RCTs in periodontology. Therefore, her lab is focusing on better understanding sexual dimorphism in periodontitis to explain disease disparities. Dr. Ioannidou is passionate about rigor and transparency in clinical research and is a proponent of high-quality scientific reporting and clinical trial registration.

Dr. Ioannidou is a founding member of the IADR Women in Science Network. She served as the Associate Editor of the JDR Clinical and Translational Research until June 2023. She is currently the AADOCR President-elect (2022-2026). She has served as an ADA Council on Scientific Affairs member. She is the Task Force on Design and Analysis in Oral Health Research's Executive Director on Design and Analysis in Oral Health Research. She is an AADOCR (2018) and AAAS (2022) Fellow. Since July 1st, 2023, Dr. Ioannidou serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the two AAP Journals: Journal of Periodontology and the Clinical Advances in Periodontics.