William Wade is Emeritus Professor of Oral Microbiology within the Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions and Adjunct Professor at the ADA Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, USA.

His first degree was in Biological Sciences from the University of East Anglia, followed by a PhD in Microbiology at the University of Wales. He has held academic appointments at the Universities of Wales and Bristol and was appointed Professor of Oral Microbiology at UMDS in 1996.

William has been a central figure in the development and application of methods for the characterisation of the oral microbiome in health and disease and is a curator of the Human Oral Microbiome Database at www.homd.org. He has particular interests in the cultivation of previously uncultivated bacteria and the development and evaluation of antimicrobials and pre- and pro- biotics for the prevention and treatment of oral diseases. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and obtained grant funding from UK Research Councils, the US National Institutes of Health and major charities including the Wellcome Trust. He has also worked closely with Industry on translational projects to develop new oral care products.