My name is Keira and I am a final year dental student and a keen sportswoman. The aim of this piece is to share my university sporting experience and hopefully encourage students at dental school to take up a sport or join a society whilst studying. I will highlight the importance of doing so, through … Read more
It is with enormous pride and delight that we write to share news about the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners annual awards for 2021. Not one, not two, but three awards were presented to Bristol students and recent graduates! This is wonderful news and we extend our warmest congratulations to the winners. They are: Final … Read more
We are delighted to share the news that current Year 4 BDS student Veronica Barrientos Jimenez has won the Bristol SU award for Outstanding Individual Achievement. The Bristol SU Awards celebrate students and student groups who have gone above and beyond to make a difference to the student experience each year. In Veronica’s case the … Read more
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
We are delighted to report that final year BDS student Emily Black has been awarded with a very prestigious award: A scholarship for the Healthcare Leadership Academy! The HLA aims to nurture leadership, foster frontline innovation and to empower the next generation of clinical leaders. Their internationally recognised and innovative scholarship programme welcomes healthcare professionals … 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
Current Year 4 BDS student Haajarah Rana took part in the University of Bristol Undergraduate research festival (the BILT festival mentioned in the bulletins a few weeks back) and she received a commendation and monetary reward for her presentation. The presentation was titled ‘The Perio Snapshot Study – do you know what gum disease is?’. … Read more
We were incredibly proud to receive the news a few weeks ago that final year BDS student Sneha Chotaliya was awarded the prize for Best Oral Presentation at the National Intercalators Conference. This large and very competitive national event, hosted online by the University of Cardiff, is an opportunity for students who have intercalated to … Read more
We are delighted to congratulate final year student Sadie Karia on winning an Outstanding Student Award! This competitive award is part of the Bristol PLUS scheme, and recognises students who have made significant contributions in an extracurricular role or project. In Sadie’s case, she was presented with the Outstanding Award in Global Citizenship in recognition … Read more
Congratulations to current Year 5 students Gemma Li and Keira Madden, who recently had an article published in the student BDJ. Their article “Treating patients with visual impairments; are dental students blind?” was based on a pre-pandemic visit to a blind and visually impaired school where they both delivered dental prevention to the students. We … Read more