Dr. Wenyuan Shi is Chief Executive Officer of the Forsyth Institute and has led the Forsyth Institute since 2017. He also served as Forsyth’s Chief Scientific Officer until Dr. Ben Wu joined the team in 2023.

Dr. Wenyuan Shi was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the Forsyth Insitute on September 1, 2017. Before his appointment, Shi was a chairman and professor of Oral Biology at UCLA Schools of Dentistry.

Wenyuan Shi was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Mass. on September 1, 2017. Before his appointment, Shi was a chairman and professor of Oral Biology at University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry.

Cambridge, Mass – August 28, 2017 – The Forsyth Institute, a world leader in oral health research, today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Wenyuan Shi as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the Institute effective September 1, 2017.

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Dr. Wenyuan Shi was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer of the Forsyth Insitute on September 1, 2017. Before his appointment, Shi was a chairman and professor of Oral Biology at UCLA Schools of Dentistry.

Wenyuan Shi mainly focuses on Microbiology, Biofilm, Oral Microbiome, Bacteria and Microbiome. His Microbiology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Fusobacterium nucleatum, Streptococcus mutans, Whole genome sequencing and Virulence.