Professor John G Clement
CONTACT
Telephone: + 61 3 9341 1485
Fax: +61 3 9341 1594
Email: johngc@unimelb.edu.au
QUALIFICATIONS
- BDS Bachelor of Dental Surgery, University College Hospital Dental School, University of London, UK September 1968 – December 1972
- LDS RCS Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons England 1973
- Dip For Odont Diploma in Forensic Odontology, London Hospital Medical College, University of London – 1985
- PhD Doctor of Philosophy, University of London – 1986 (Board of Studies: Human Anatomy and Morphology)
SHORT HISTORY
- 1999 - Professor and Inaugural Chair of Forensic Odontology
The University of Melbourne - 1994 – 1999 Associate Professor, School of Dental Science,
The University of Melbourne - 1989 – 1993 Senior Lecturer in Oral Anatomy,
The University of Melbourne - 1984 – 1988 Lecturer in Dental Anatomy and Forensic Odontology, London Hospital Medical College, UK
- 1977 – 1984 Lecturer in Dental Anatomy and Histology,
London Hospital Medical College, UK - 1973 – 1977 Junior Lecturer in Dental Anatomy,
London Hospital Medical College, UK
RESEARCH INTERESTS & CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Forensic Odontology
- Human Rights and Human Rights Abuses
- Human Identification
- Anthropology
- Comparative Dental Anatomy
- Mass Disaster Victim Identification.
SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
- The study of age and sex related changes to the human skeleton
- Quantification of human facial shape and form
- Identification from surveillance video
- Cheiloscopy (study of lip prints)
CURRENT PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 years)
- Nicholls MER, Ellis BE, Clement JG, et al. (2004) Detecting hemifacial asymmetries in emotional expression with three-dimensional computerized image analysis. P ROY SOC LOND B BIO 271 (1540): 663-668 APR 7
- Stephan CN, Clement JG, Owen CD, et al. (2004) A new rig for standardized craniofacial photography put to the test. PLAST RECONSTR SURG 113 (3): 827-833 MAR
- Fraser NL, Yoshino M, Imaizumi K, Clement JG et al. (2003) A Japanese computer-assisted facial identification system successfully identifies non-Japanese faces. FORENSIC SCI INT 135 (2): 122-128 AUG 12
- Goldman HM, Bromage TG, Boyde A, Clement JG et al. (2003) Intrapopulation variability in mineralization density at the human femoral mid-shaft. J ANAT 203 (2): 243-255 AUG
- Judge RB, Palamara JEA, Taylor RG, Clement JG et al. (2003) Description of a photoelastic coating technique to describe surface strain of a dog skull loaded in vitro. J PROSTHET DENT 90 (1): 92-96 JUL
- Rose AD, Woods MG, Clement JG, et al. (2003) Lateral facial soft-tissue prediction model: Analysis using Fourier shape descriptors and traditional cephalometric methods. AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL 121 (2): 172-180 JUN
- Goldman HM, Bromage TG, Thomas CDL, Clement JG et al. (2003) Preferred collagen fiber orientation iin the human mid-shaft femur. ANAT REC PART A 272A (1): 434-445 MAY
- O'Connell SL, Watson S, Courtney J, Clement JG et al. (2002) Phase-contrast X-ray imaging in investigation of osseointegration of craniofacial implants and other hard tissue applications. J BONE MINER RES 17: SA47 Suppl. 1 SEP
- Trivett MK, Walker TI, Macmillan DL, Clement JG et al. (2002) Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) production sites in elasmobranches. J ANAT 201 (1): 41-52 JUL
- Yoshino M, Noguchi K, Atsuchi M, Clement JG et al. (2002) Individual identification of disguised faces by morphometrical matching. FORENSIC SCI INT 127 (1-2): 97-103 JUN 25
- Goldman HM, Bromage TG, Clement JG, et al. (2002) Relationship between collagen fiber orientation, age and mechanical adaptation of the human mid-shaft femur. AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL : 77-77 Suppl. 34
- Bell KL, Loveridge N, Reeve J, Clement JG et al. (2001) Super-osteons (remodeling clusters) in the cortex of the femoral shaft: Influence of age and gender. ANAT REC 264 (4): 378-386 DEC 1
- Trivett MK, Walker TI, Clement JG, et al. (2001) Effects of water temperature and salinity on parathyroid hormone-related protein in the circulation and tissues of elasmobranches. COMP BIOCHEM PHYS B 129 (2-3): 327-336 JUN
- Loveridge N, Bell KL, Reeve J, Clement JG et al. (2001) Cortical porosity and its relationship to remodelling clusters (super-osteons). J BONE MINER RES 16 (6): OC13 JUN
- Chu SA, Suvinen TI, Clement JG, et al. (2001) The effect of interocclusal appliances on temporomandibular joints as assessed by 3D reconstruction of MRI scans. AUST DENT J 46 (1): 18-23 MAR
- Feik S, Thomas D, Bruns R, Clement JG et al. (2000) Automated analysis of regional differences in femoral modelling across age. J DENT RES 79 (5): 1049-1049 MAY
- Thomas CDL, Stein MS, Feik SA, Clement JG et al. (2000) Determination of age at death using combined morphology and histology of the femur. J ANAT 196: 463-471 Part 3 APR
- Feik SA, Thomas CDL, Bruns R, Clement JG et al. (2000) Regional variations in cortical modeling in the femoral mid-shaft: Sex and age differences. AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL 112 (2): 191-205 JUN
CURRENT GRANTS
- ARC - Computer assisted 3D morphometrics for human identification - 201.5K
- ARC LEIF Grant - Peripheral quantitative computer tomography facility for analysing bone material properties - 177.9K
- EPSRC - A laboratory based analytical method to determine ‘age at death’ for forensic purposes using human bone - £127,693 (in UK)
LINKS
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
- Collaboration with the UK’s Medical Research Council’s bone research unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
- Professor Clement continues to strengthen research links with Professor Kenzo Kawasaki’s research team at Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine in Yokohama, Japan, and the National Research Institute of Police Science in Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan and the ongoing collaborations with Professor Robert Hedges of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Oxford, UK. (Professor Hedges is the head of the Radiocarbon Accelerator unit of that department and wishes to study isotopic changes in carbon content of collagen in bone for persons exposed to fall-out from atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. This can be used to quantify rates of bone turnover).
- Continuous links with Dr Haviva Goldman (Drexel University) and Dr Timothy Bromage in Bone Biology in the USA.
- Strong research links with Dr Peter Zioupos who is a Senior Lecturer for the Materials & Medical Sciences Department of Cranfield University, UK.
- New research links have also been successfully established with Dave Cooper, a PhD student of the Interdisciplinary PhD program, Department of Archaeology and Medical Science at the University of Calgary, Canada to whom we have loaned material for his studies using high-resolution micro-CT techniques to investigate bone vascularity.
MEMBERSHIPS
- Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London 1984 - present.
- Member of the Australian Dental Association 1989 – present.
- Chairperson of the ADA Victorian Forensic Committee 1991 - present.
- Member Medico-Legal Society of Victoria 1996-present.
- Member of Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (Victorian Branch) 1989 - present.
- Associate Member of the Association of Police Surgeons of Great Britain 1986 - present.
- Member of State (Victoria) Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Committee 1991 - present.
- Member of State DVI computer Sub-Committee with responsibility for developing computerisation for data management structures to cope with aftermath of major disaster.
- Member of National (Australia) Disaster Victim Identification Committee 1996-present
- Member of National Disaster Victim Identification Sub-Committee with special responsibility to develop computer systems for data management.
- Member of Area Medical Co-ordinators DISPLAN Group 1990 - present.
- Member of the Australian Society of Forensic Dentistry 1989-present. (Vice President 1990-1995. President 1995-1997. Committee member 1997-present).
- Member of the British Association for Forensic Odontology (BAFO) 1980 – present. President 1986-1988.
- Member of International Association for Cranio-Facial Identification 1990-1997. Committee member 1992-1997. Treasurer 1994-1997.
- Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine.
- Member of American Society of Forensic Odontology 2004.
- Member of Royal Children's Hospital Cranio-Facial Biology Research Group.
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Forensic Odontology
- Oral Anatomy
- Diagnostic Imaging
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Head of The Centre for Human Identification - VIFM.
- Numerous lectures to professional groups.
- Member of the Professional Development Committee for the ADA.
- Professor John Clement continues as consultant to the Crime Department, Intelligence Data Centre, Behavioural Analysis Unit of the Victoria Police.
- Member of the Medico-Legal Society of Victoria.