To celebrate Women’s History Month, Naomi Douglas and Chloe Poole (UBDSS), in collaboration with the ED&I Committee, asked some of our female staff to reflect on their careers, achievements, inspirations, and challenges they’ve overcome. This will be shared as a series of posts over the next few weeks, and represents just a small portion of … Read more
Current Year 3 student and brand new UBDSS President Sina Gilannejad (congrats Sina!) recently interviewed one of the Dental School’s newer members of staff, Dr Laurna Lambert. 1. What is your history in the dental field? “It’s not been a long pathway because I’ve relatively only newly qualified. I graduated in Trinity Collage Dublin in … Read more
First of all Dr Nolan, thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us. We’re sure that many students will really welcome the chance to get to know you a bit more. 1. Most of us know you as an oral biology lecturer! Could you give us a run-through of everything you … Read more
An afternoon with Dr James Puryer. What excites you most about dentistry? Treating head and neck cancer patients is what I enjoy the most. They have had a raw deal and are particularly deserving and I find it satisfying being part of their rehabilitation. I find the restorative rehabilitation of these challenging as they often … Read more
It seems rare that individuals at supposedly opposite ends of the dental school spectrum would meet. It is even rarer that three first year students get to spend an afternoon in conversation with the new Head of School. But that is exactly what Maria Mullerat-Pigem, Pouya Zohrabpour and I did, with coffee kindly paid for … Read more