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Professor Zoe Marshman: Championing Children’s Oral Health and Shaping Policy

For Professor Zoe Marshman, a career in dentistry was inspired by something quite simple, she just loved going to the dentist as a child.
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Leading the way in oral health research

A new NIHR-supported incubator, led by the Universities of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµand Newcastle, is set to build capacity and develop research careers in oral health research.
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Celebrating Excellence: Six ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Researchers Recognised as NIHR Senior Investigators

The ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ is celebrating a remarkable achievement as six of our outstanding researchers have been recognised as National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigators.

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More work needed on children’s supervised toothbrushing programmes

New study, conducted by the Universities of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµand Leeds, shows barriers to running supervised toothbrushing programmes for young children must be overcome if the UK government is to successfully tackle childhood tooth decay.
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Supervised toothbrushing toolkit to tackle tooth decay in children

A new toolkit to increase supervised toothbrushing for younger children aims to address health equalities caused by tooth decay.

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Hands-on sessions praised at Dentistry Insight Day

On Thursday 30th November, a group of ¾«¶«Ó°Òµsixth formers got to experience life as a dental student at our Widening Participation Dentistry Insight Day.
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¾«¶«Ó°Òµresearcher wins prestigious Senior Colgate Prize

The ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ is delighted to share that Dr Hanya Mahmood, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, was awarded the prestigious Senior Colgate Prize at the British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) meeting in London last month.
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Professor Graham Stafford leads research into use of 'zoo poo' to treat diabetic ulcers

Poo from endangered animals could be the source of a potential new treatment for the infectious bacteria that cause diabetic foot ulcers, researchers from the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ have found.
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¾«¶«Ó°Òµlecturer elected as FIS chair

Dr Joey Shepherd, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at the School of Clinical Dentistry, has been elected to the prestigious role of Chair-elect of the Federation of Infection Societies (FIS). She will serve as Chair-elect 2024-2026 and Chair 2026-2028