Gustavo Hermes Soares

Research Interests

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Population Health Indigenous and Disadvantaged Health Oral Health

Dr Gustavo Hermes Soares

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Adelaide Dental School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Gustavo is a dentist from with a Masters degree and a PhD in Community Dentistry from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health. Gustavo has worked with Indigenous communities from Brazil and Australia to overcome existing oral health inequities. His research interests include examining and addressing racial and socioeconomic inequalities in oral health, discussing ethics in research, and developing oral health promotion strategies.  

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2026 Soares, G. H., Randall, C. L., Haag, D., Poirier, B., Nascimento, G. G., & Jamieson, L. (2026). Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Intersectionality in Oral Health Care.. Advances in dental research, 33(1), 17-21.
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2025 Soares, G. H., Haag, D., Bastos, J. L., Mejia, G., & Jamieson, L. (2025). Triple Jeopardy in Oral Health: Additive Effects of Immigrant Status, Education, and Neighborhood. JDR Clinical & Translational Research, 10(1), 54-63.
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2025 Poirier, B., Soares, G., Cachagee, M., Flannagan, E., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2025). The causes of the causes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health and the neoliberalisation of Australia’s dental health system. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 7 pages.
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2025 Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Smithers, L., Townsend, M., Quintero, A., Sawyer, A., Soares, G., . . . Jamieson, L. (2025). The longitudinal network of peer problems and emotional symptoms among Australian adolescents: Bayesian structure learning of directed acyclic graphs.. Developmental Psychology, 61(8), 1479-1494.
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2025 Poirier, B., Hedges, J., Haag, D., Paradies, Y., Mackean, T., Bastos, J., . . . Jamieson, L. (2025). Co-Designing an Anti-Racist Dental Health System: Evidence-Based Strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Oral Health in Australia (Preprint). JMIR Research Protocols, 14, 13 pages.
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2025 Soares, G. H., Sethi, S., Jessani, A., & Jamieson, L. (2025). Discrimination and Oral Health Impact: Moderating Role of Sex and Sexuality.. Journal of Dental Research, 104(5), 495-502.
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2025 Soares, G. H., Santiago, P. H. R., Poirier, B., Sethi, S., Haag, D., Cachagee, M., . . . Jamieson, L. (2025). Community Warriors: Development and Validation of a Social and Emotional Well-Being Tool for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Youth.. The Australian journal of rural health, 33(2), e70035.
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2025 Wang, A., Meade, M. J., Soares, G. H., Santiago, P. H. R., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2025). Distribution of Specialist Orthodontic Service Provision Across South Australia According to Socio‐Economic Status and Remoteness. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33(2), e70040-1-e70040-9.
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2025 Jensen, E. D., Soares, G., Ju, X., Moore, M., Oliver, K., Roberts, R., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2025). Descriptive epidemiology of orofacial clefts in South Australia.. J Craniomaxillofac Surg, 53(9), 1320-1325.
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2025 Tang, S., Soares, G. H., Sethi, S., Haag, D. G., Jamieson, L., & Poirier, B. (2025). Perspectives of Dental Stakeholders on the Clinical Use of Silver Diamine Fluoride in Australia for Caries.. JDR clinical and translational research, 23800844251362108.
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2025 Ju, X., Hedges, J., Haag, D. G., Soares, G. H., Smithers, L. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2025). Early childhood caries intervention in Aboriginal Australian children: Follow-up at child age 9 years. PLoS ONE, 20(9), e0317024-1-e0317024-19.
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2025 Jensen, E. D., Soares, G., Cook, S., Seifert, M. L., Ju, X., Moore, M., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2025). The Burden of Cleft Surgery a 36-Year Reflection of Surgical Management of Children With Orofacial Clefts in South Australia.. Cleft Palate Craniofac J, 10556656251387961.
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2024 Soares, G. H., Poirier, B., Cachagee, M., Turton, B., Werneck, R., & Jamieson, L. (2024). Perspectives of patients, dental professionals, and stakeholders on the use of silver diamine fluoride for the management of dental caries: a qualitative systematic review. Journal of Dentistry, 147, 105145-1-105145-9.
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2024 Soares, G. H., Hedges, J., Poirier, B., Sethi, S., & Jamieson, L. (2024). Deadly places: The role of geography in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 vaccination.. Aust N Z J Public Health, 48(1), 100130.
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2024 Jamieson, L., Mejia, G., Haag, D. G., Soares, G. H., Luzzi, L., & Ju, X. (2024). The protective effect of CALD identity in the presence of low income on missing teeth of Australian adults over time. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1014-1-1014-7.
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2024 Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Soares, G. H., Quintero, A., & Jamieson, L. (2024). Comparing the Clique Percolation algorithm to other overlapping community detection algorithms in psychological networks: A Monte Carlo simulation study.. Behav Res Methods, 56(7), 7219-7240.
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2024 Poirier, B., Soares, G., Neufeld, H. T., Hedges, J., Sethi, S., & Jamieson, L. (2024). Conceptualising the relationships between food sovereignty, food security, and oral health among global Indigenous Communities: a scoping review. Public Health Nutrition, 27(1), e147-1-e147-11.
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2023 Jamieson, L., Ju, X., Haag, D., Ribeiro, P., Soares, G., & Hedges, J. (2023). An intersectionality approach to Indigenous oral health inequities; the super-additive impacts of racism and negative life events. PLoS One, 18(1), 1-12.
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2023 Poirier, B., Soares, G., Sethi, S., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2023). Facilitators and Challenges to Maintaining Oral Health for Indigenous Communities Globally: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 34(1), 377-398.
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2023 Soares, G. H., Hedges, J., Sethi, S., Poirier, B., & Jamieson, L. (2023). From biocolonialism to emancipation: considerations on ethical and culturally respectful omics research with indigenous Australians. Medicine Health Care and Philosophy, 26(3), 487-496.
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2023 Soares, G. H., Bado, F. M. R., Lopes, A. G., Biazevic, M. G. H., Michel-Crosato, E., & Mialhe, F. L. (2023). Structure and replicability of oral health-related quality of life networks across patients with schizophrenia and the general community.. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(6), 1216-1224.
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2023 Soares, G. H., Jamieson, L., Kumar, S., & Mejia, G. (2023). Oral health profile of Australian children from different immigrant backgrounds. Community Dental Health, 40(3), 162-169.
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2023 Sethi, S., Santiago, P. H. R., Soares, G. H., Ju, X., Antonsson, A., Canfell, K., . . . Jamieson, L. (2023). Development and validation of an HPV infection knowledge assessment scale among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Vaccine: X, 14, 100317.
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2023 Hedges, J., Poirier, B., Haag, D., soares, G., Santiago, P., Cachagee, M., & Jamieson, L. (2023). Journeying towards decolonising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander oral health re-search. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(6), 1232-1240.
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2023 Poirier, B., Haag, D., Soares, G., & Jamieson, L. (2023). Whose values, what bias, which subjectivity?: The need for reflexivity and positionality in epidemiological health equity scholarship.. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 47(5), 100079.
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2023 Bado, F. M. R., de Oliveira, A. J., Silva, M. F., Soares, G. H., Cortellazzi, K. L., & Mialhe, F. L. (2023). Factors associated with oral health literacy among users of primary health care: a cross-sectional study. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 22, e230106.
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2023 Soares, G. H., Santos, B. L., Biazevic, M. G. H., Michel-Crosato, E., & Mialhe, F. L. (2023). Associations and discrepancies between global self-ratings of oral health and general health: a Bayesian approach. Community Dental Health, 40(4), 205-211.
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2023 Hedges, J., Hermes Soares, G., Cadet-James, Y., Dodd, Z., Cooney, S., Newman, J., . . . Jamieson, L. (2023). A Silver Fluoride Intervention to Improve Oral Health Trajectories of Young Indigenous Australians: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 12(1), e48558-1-e48558-9.
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2023 Mejia, G. C., Ju, X., Kumar, S., Soares, G. H., Balasubramanian, M., Sohn, W., & Jamieson, L. (2023). Immigrants experience oral health care inequity: findings from Australia's National Study of Adult Oral Health. Australian Dental Journal, 68(1), 7-18.
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2022 Santiago, P. H. R., Soares, G. H., Smithers, L. G., Roberts, R., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Psychological network of stress, coping and social support in an Aboriginal population.
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2022 Santiago, P. H. R., Soares, G. H., Smithers, L. G., Roberts, R., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Psychological Network of Stress, Coping and Social Support in an Aboriginal Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 15104.
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2022 Mialhe, F. L., Santos, B. L., Bado, F. M. R., Oliveira Júnior, A. J. D., & Soares, G. H. (2022). Association between oral health literacy and dental outcomes among users of primary healthcare services.. Braz Oral Res, 36, 1-8.
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2022 Bado, F. M. R., Barbosa, T. D. S., Soares, G. H., & Mialhe, F. L. (2022). Oral Health Literacy and Periodontal Disease in Primary Health Care Users. International Dental Journal, 72(5), 654-658.
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2022 Soares, G. H., Sethi, S., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Disparities in Human Papillomavirus vaccination coverage among adolescents in Australia: A geospatial analysis. Vaccine, 40(32), 4644-4653.
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2022 Soares, G. H., Bado, F. M. R., Tenani, C. F., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Jamieson, L. M., & Mialhe, F. L. (2022). A psychometric network perspective to oral health literacy: Examining the replicability of network properties across the general community and older adults from Brazil.. Journal of public health dentistry, 82(3), 321-329.
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2022 Santiago, P. H. R., Soares, G. H., Quintero, A., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Comparing the Clique Percolation with other overlapping community detection algorithms in psychological networks: A Monte Carlo simulation study.
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2022 Mialhe, F. L., de Oliveira Júnior, A. J., Junior, M. F. S., Jamieson, L., Neiva, A., & Soares, G. H. (2022). Oral Health Literacy, Sense of Coherence and Associations With Poor School Performance.. The Journal of school health, 92(11), 1106-1113.
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2022 Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Soares, G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: An Act of Resistance against Australia's Neoliberal Ideologies.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(16), 10058.
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2022 Soares, G. H., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Biazevic, M. G. H., Michel-Crosato, E., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Dynamics in oral health-related factors of Indigenous Australian children: a network analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 50(4), 251-259.
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2022 Mialhe, F. L., Moraes, K. L., Sampaio, H. A. D. C., Brasil, V. V., Vila, V. D. S. C., Soares, G. H., & Rebustini, F. (2022). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the eHealth Literacy Scale in Brazilian adults. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 75(1), 1-8.
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2021 Soares, G. H., Ortiz‐Rosa, E., Alves, C. P., Paz, D., An, K. S., Pereira, A. C., . . . Michel‐Crosato, E. (2021). Factors associated with utilisation of dental services by the elders from São Paulo, Brazil. Gerodontology, 38(2), 216-227.
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2021 Soares, G. H., Jamieson, L., Biazevic, M. G. H., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2021). Disparities in Excess Mortality Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Brazilians in 2020: Measuring the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 9(6), 10 pages.
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2021 Soares, G. H., Mota, J. M. S., Mialhe, F. L., Biazevic, M. G. H., Araújo, M. E. D., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2021). Household food insecurity, dental caries and oral-health-related quality of life in Brazilian Indigenous adults. Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 26(4), 1489-1500.
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2021 Soares, G. H., Ribeiro Santiago, P., Biazevic, M. G. H., Michel-Crosato, E., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Do network centrality measures predict dental outcomes of Indigenous children over time?. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 31(5), 634-646.
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2021 Tenani, C. F., De Checchi, M. H. R., da Cunha, I. P., Mendes, K. L. C., Soares, G. H., Michel-Crosato, E., . . . Mialhe, F. L. (2021). Factors associated with poor oral health-related quality of life among non-institutionalized Brazilian older adults: Oral health and quality of life in older adults. Special Care in Dentistry, 41(3), 391-398.
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2021 Ortiz, A. G., Soares, G. H., da Rosa, G. C., Biazevic, M. G. H., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2021). A pilot study of an automated personal identification process: Applying machine learning to panoramic radiographs.. Imaging science in dentistry, 51(2), 187-193.
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2021 Baek, J. J. H., Soares, G. H., da Rosa, G. C., Mialhe, F. L., Biazevic, M. G. H., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2021). Network analysis and psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the eHealth Literacy Scale in a dental clinic setting. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 153, 104532.
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2020 Soares, G. H., Santiago, P. H. R., Michel-Crosato, E., & Jamieson, L. (2020). The utility of network analysis in the context of Indigenous Australian oral health literacy. PLoS ONE, 15(6), e0233972-1-e0233972-21.
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2020 Soares, G. H., Ribeiro Santiago, P., Werneck, R. I., Michel-Crosato, E., & Jamieson, L. (2020). A psychometric network analysis of OHIP-14 across Australian and Brazilian populations. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6(3), 333-342.
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2019 Soares, G. H., Carrer, F. C. D. A., Biazevic, M. G. H., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2019). Food transition and oral health in two Brazilian indigenous peoples: A grounded theory model. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30(3), 1037-1052.
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2019 Soares, G. H., Pereira, N. F., Biazevic, M. G. H., Braga, M. M., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2019). Dental caries in South American Indigenous peoples: A systematic review. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 47(2), 142-152.
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2019 Soares, G. H., Aragão, A. S., Frias, A. C., Werneck, R. I., Biazevic, M. G. H., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2019). Epidemiological profile of caries and need for dental extraction in a Kaingang adult Indigenous population. Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, 22, e190042.
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2019 Soares, G. H., Mendonça, I., Michel-Crosato, E., Moysés, S. J., Moysés, S. T., & Werneck, R. I. (2019). Impact of oral conditions on the quality of life of incarcerated women in Brazil. Health Care for Women International, 40(7-9), 776-787.
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2019 Soares, G. H., Pereira, N. F., Ortiz, A. G., Biazevic, M. G. H., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2019). Functional dentition and prosthodontic status in an indigenous population from the South of Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 18, 1-13.
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- Mota, J. M. S., Soares, G. H., Haye Biazevic, M. G., Gabriel, M., Capp, T. T. L., & Michel-Crosato, E. (2021). Tradução e adaptação transcultural da versão brasileira do questionário Dental Patient Feedback on Consultation. Research, Society and Development, 10(7), e33710716694.
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Year Citation
- Soares, G. H. (n.d.). A saúde bucal dos povos Kaingang e Guarani da Terra Indígena Guarita: perspectivas nativas e epidemiológicas.

Year Citation
2024 Poirier, B., Hedges, J., Haag, D., Paradies, Y., Mackean, T., Bastos, J., . . . Jamieson, L. (2024). Co-Designing an Antiracist Dental Health System: Protocol for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander–Led Mixed Methods Study (Preprint).
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Childhood dietary practices and dental caries in school-aged children of Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Krishna Subedi
2025 Co-Supervisor Childhood dietary practices and dental caries in school-aged children of Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Krishna Subedi

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