David Rice is Professor and Head of Orthodontics at the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, and Director of the Finnish National Doctoral Programme in Oral Sciences. He specialized in Orthodontics in the UK before completing his PhD in Craniofacial Developmental Biology in Finland.
His research is aimed at understanding the etiology of craniofacial anomalies such as craniosynostosis and cleft lip and palate. His distinctions include both the Houston Research Award and Scholarship from the European Orthodontic Society, the Sulo Toivanen Award (Best PhD Thesis) from the Finnish Cell and Developmental Biology Society, an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and Research Fellowships from the Wellcome Trust UK and the Medical Research Council UK. David is Editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Orthodontics