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Professor Tracey Moore

Tracey Moore: A Career Built on Care, Leadership and Lifelong Learning

When Tracey began her career as a clerical officer at Trent Regional Health Authority in the late 1970s, she couldn't have predicted that one day she would be leading the Faculty of Health at one of the UK’s top universities.
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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.
A dentist examines a patient's mouth

Leading the way in oral health research

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

ºù«Ӱҵ 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.

Emma V Bird, Senior Lecturer

ºù«Ӱҵ lecturer 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
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New initiative to tackle tooth decay in secondary school pupils

Researchers from the Universities of ºù«Ӱҵ, Cardiff, Leeds, York and Dundee conducted the BRIGHT trial to investigate a new school-based intervention aimed at reducing dental cavities in young people
Dentist training: mouth and teeth

String of grant successes within The School of Clinical Dentistry

Four colleagues from The School of Clinical Dentistry have all been awarded funding from the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Dental Surgery.
James Bird and Sarah Young

Building research careers at ºù«Ӱҵ

The School of Clinical Dentistry is supporting two primary care dentists who have just been awarded prestigious NIHR In-Practice Research Fellowships.