Dr. Ricardo Cartes-Velásquez holds positions as a senior researcher at Fundación Kimntrum, a Lecturer on Biomedical Research Methods at the Universidad de Concepción School of Medicine, and serves as a Hospitalist physician at Hospital Las Higueras. With a diverse educational background, he earned a DDS from the Universidad de Concepción in 2006, followed by a PhD in Medical Sciences from the Universidad de La Frontera in 2014. Dr. Cartes-Velásquez furthered his studies with a PsyD from Universidad del Desarrollo in 2016, a Master of Public Health from The Metropolitan Manchester University in 2014, and an MD from Universidad de Concepción in 2019. Additionally, he holds a Master of Philosophy (2020) and a Master's in Biochemistry (2023) from the Universidad de Concepción. From 2012 to 2018, Dr. Cartes-Velásquez served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Oral Research, which is indexed in Scopus.