Teacher's branch study day
Dr Heidi Bateman, Senior Lecturer in Dental Education, Newcastle
University
Heidi Bateman is a Senior Lecturer in Dental Education at the School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK. She obtained her PhD, which focused on professionalism in dental education, in 2020. Heidi leads the Dental Education Research Group at Newcastle University and is collaborating on a number of research projects alongside her roles in delivering dental education. Heidi is the Programme Director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Dental Education, Deputy Director for Education and Director of Academic Studies at the School of Dental Sciences.
Dr Shannu Bhatia, Director of Staff and Student Matters, Senior Clinical
Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in
Paediatric Dentistry, Cardiff University
Dr. Shannu Bhatia is a Senior lecturer / Honorary Consultant in Paediatric dentistry and the Director of Staff and Students Matters at Dental school, Cardiff University. She is the lead for Paediatric dentistry and has an interest in Dental education, in Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity within the educational environment and in specialist dental management of children and young people under general anaesthesia.
Professor Janet Clarkson, Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, University of Dundee, Professor of Dental Research, University of Manchester
Jan Clarkson is Professor of Clinical Effectiveness and Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Dundee, Associate Dean and Director of the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme NHS Education for Scotland, and Joint Co-Ordinating Editor of Cochrane Oral Health University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the production, synthesis and implementation of evidence to improve routine dental healthcare. She is Chief Investigator on NIHR funded randomised controlled trials in dental primary care totalling £20M that investigate dental interventions for prevention and treatment. As joint co-ordinating editor of Cochrane oral health she manages the production of global priority reviews ensuring efficient updates with emerging new evidence. She leads the production of Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) guidance for dentistry which is widely used beyond the UK and is the only dental guidance with NICE accreditation. The findings of her research have informed policy in service and education and led to changes clinical practice.
Professor Janice Ellis, Professor of Dental
Education, Newcastle University
I am Professor of Dental Education, and Director of Education at Newcastle University School of Dental Sciences. In this capacity I have oversight of the Schools two undergraduate and four post graduate programmes.
I am also a Hon Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Newcastle Dental Hospital, and my clinical interest is removable prosthodontics; I provide a specialist service attempting to manage those patients which others have given up on!
Academically my research interests focus on clinical educational, and having developed the Schools first educational research group am fully aware of the challenges facing anyone wishing to pursue this route. As a result I founded the British Alliance of Researchers in Dental Education & Scholarship in 2017, and was excited at the opportunities that the NIHR Incubator brought along to support early career educational researchers in all clinical disciplines.
Outside of work I ‘enjoys’ running, swimming (pool and open water) and yoga.
Andrea Rodriguez, Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Social Psychology at School of Dentistry, University of Dundee
Dr Andrea Rodriguez is a Lecturer in Dental Public Health and Social Psychology at School of Dentistry, University of Dundee. She has PhD in Social Psychology and Masters in Psycho-sociology of communities, both from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before becoming an academic, Andrea worked over 15 years in the third sector and community organizations based in favelas in Brazil, mostly in the fields of human rights, health and social inequalities, and popular education. Andrea has 20 years of experience in inclusive art-based approaches and community participatory research with marginalized and stigmatized groups. She was awarded in 2021 with the Stephen Fry Award for her recognised work engaging with non-academic audiences, and delivering excellent public engagement work. Currently, Andrea leads the Scottish Oral Health Improvement Research Programme for those experiencing homelessness – the Smile4life – and interdisciplinary projects in Scotland and Brazil focussing on inclusion oral health, intersections of oral health, co-production and co-design of services and educational resources, stigma reduction, and policy design.
Dr Helen Rogers, Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Post-CCST Registrar in
Paediatric Dentistry, Newcastle University
Since graduating in 2011, Helen was awarded a Master in Clinical Research degree (2017) and completed her specialist and consultant-level examinations in Paediatric Dentistry in 2018 and 2022 respectively. Her PhD (2021) was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to develop CARIES-QC-U; a utility measure for children with dental caries, which is suitable for use in economic evaluation. Helen has a passion for clinical academia; she founded the award-winning CONNECT trainee-led research group and is the Past Chair of the Teachers’ Branch of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry. Helen examines for the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) examinations and recently completed the prestigious Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leaders Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons of England last year. Her research interests include child-centred research and oral health economics. She is currently a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at Newcastle University, and commenced an NIHR-funded Development and Skills Enhancement Award in early 2022.
Kathryn Rowles, Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry, University of Cardiff
Graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Cardiff University in 2016. Following foundation training, completed dental core training posts in Cardiff and Liverpool before moving back south to work as a dental officer in the community dental service in Wiltshire. Returned to Cardiff University in 2021 appointed as a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry where currently working.
Dr Clement Seeballuck, Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry,University of Dundee
Clement Seeballuck is a Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Dundee. Clement Graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2009. He worked in General Practice for 5 years before transitioning to Hospital Dentistry. Clement undertook Core Trainee posts in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Restorative Dentistry and Paediatric Dentistry. Clement has been a Clinical Lecturer at Dundee since 2015. He has presented at numerous national and international conferences and has published on a variety of topics. Clement is passionate about initiatives that address inequality and has a keen interest in innovative teaching methods. Clement strongly believes in empowering students and is an advocate of a co-creation approach to teaching. He recently received an Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE) Excellence in Dental Education: Early Educator Award.Clement is currently undertaking a PhD in the evaluation of remote training tools for the development of psychomotor.
Dr Greig Taylor, Academic Registrar in Paediatric Dentistry, Newcastle
University
Greig has recently been appointed as an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry based between Newcastle University/ Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospital’s Trust. Having graduated with honours in 2012, he was awarded Masters in Clinical Research (with distinction) and completed specialist-level exams in 2019. He took time out of training to undertake his PhD, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Doctoral Research Fellowship. He recently submitted his PhD, entitled the DECIDE study “Dental ExtraCtion versus filling In aDult teeth: an economic evaluation”, based at Newcastle University. Greig’s main research interests focuses on addressing the lack of evidence currently available for the pathways relating to child’s oral health, namely molar-incisor hypomineralisation and dental trauma, as well as using economic evaluation methodologies to address these issues. Greig has published and presented nationally and internationally in these areas and was co-author on both the recently updated EAPD: Best clinical practice guidelines for MIH and RCS guideline for the Extraction of First Permanent Molars in Children.
Anna Welsh, Undergraduate Dental Student, University of Leeds
Anna Welsh is a fourth-year dental student at the University of Leeds. Before starting dentistry, she was awarded a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science from Northumbria University, with part of her undergraduate research exploring advice provided to the public by media outlets, in relation to sugar sweetened beverages.
Anna is currently the co-lead for the annual INSPIRE conference and vice president of the EviDent dental research society at the University of Leeds. She also co-leads the OpenWide programme at the university, which provides oral health education to under-represented secondary school students and helps to give insight into dentistry as a career.
Anna hopes to continue her research interests after graduation.
Chloe Westrip, Undergraduate Dental Student, University of Leeds
Chloe Westrip is a current fourth year Dental Surgery student at the University of Leeds. Chloe has a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science which she achieved at Anglia Ruskin University. Post graduation, she worked within the Health & Social Care sector as a Supervisor and support worker within domiciliary care and has worked in the NHS at The Royal Marsden Hospital under the GI & Lymphoma Research team where she assisted in the clinical set up, data collection and entry for several studies.
Chloe is a keen runner and kick-boxer at Leeds and is the current undergraduate lead for the INSPIRE conference and president of the Univeristy of Leeds research society, EviDent.
After graduating Dental school, Chloe has hopes to explore the LDFT scheme open to dental graduates.