We are delighted to share the news that current BDS Year 3 student Janet Wewe has been selected by the Wellcome Trust to receive one of six Biomedical Vacation Scholarships at the University of Bristol. Well done Janet! We asked her how she felt about it… “I am delighted to state that I have been … Read more
Participants are being sought for a research project on “An exploration of the views of ethnic minority dental students of the impact of their ethnicity on their dental school experience”. This project is being undertaken by former Paediatric Dentistry StR and Bristol graduate Maalini Patel. If you wish to take part, Maalini’s contact details are … Read more
Congratulations are due for Georgina Burton who was selected to give a 3 minute talk, followed by poster presentation at The Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship Scheme (IRIS) showcase on Wednesday 30th January. Georgina Burton and Dominic Clark-Roberton, both dental students, worked with The School of Physics in the summer of 2018, using a miniaturised Raman … Read more
Elizabeth Blyth, a year 2 student on the BDS programme, has been awarded a prestigious INSPIRE vacation studentship. The national INSPIRE scheme is designed to engage medical, dental and veterinary undergraduate students with research. Elizabeth will spend a one-month placement in Bristol Dental School’s Oral Microbiology group, working under the supervision of Dr Angela Nobbs. … Read more
We are delighted to bring to your attention the recent success of IEU based dental researchers in the upcoming IADR conference. Collectively we have had 2 first author oral presentations and 3 first author poster presentations accepted at this prestigious international conference (details below). Special mention should go to Serena Dodhia who has had her … Read more
Last year we brought you news of Wendy McLaren’s Posture Workshop following on from her elective project. We are delighted to announce that Wendy has now had her paper “Do Dental Students have Acceptable Working Posture?” accepted for publication without modifications in the Research section of the British Dental Journal (BDJ)! Professor Robinson commented “this … Read more
Results of a research collaboration between faculty and students When we started out on this research project, we knew that some students are conflicted about studying social and behavioural sciences as applied to dentistry. For some, the challenge is that they simply aren’t interested whereas others are unconvinced about the relevance for dentists. Yet others … Read more
Our Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowships scheme offers an exciting opportunity for exceptional early-career researchers to advance their research careers, and support our strategic priorities. For more details see our advertisement in the Times Higher or the University’s website.
Bristol Dental School spin-out company, Pertinax Pharma Ltd, were delighted to win the “Business Start Up” Award at the recent Medilink South West awards. Medilink South West is the region’s life science industry network, providing organisations with specialist advice, events, and opportunities. The Medilink Awards celebrate the very best of UK Life Sciences and promote … Read more
Anna Dargue, Specialty Dentist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, is currently seeking BDS 4th and 5th year volunteers (and 3rd years from January) to take part in research for her MSc in Dental Education. Anna’s study, ‘To explore undergraduate views of collaborative learning in the clinical learning environment’ will ask clinical undergraduate students to complete … Read more