Staff Profile

Current position

Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry

Specialty Trainee in Paediatric Dentistry (Pre-CCST) (Less than full-time, commenced Sept 2021)

Part-time associate in General Dental Practice

Qualifications (in reverse chronological order)

PhD in Dental Sciences – Institute of Health & Society (2020)

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Academic Practice (2014), leading to FHEA (2014)

Newcastle Teaching Award (2012)

PgDip in Conscious Sedation in Dentistry, Newcastle (2012)

MFDS RCPS (Glasg), The Royal College of Physicians And Surgeons of Glasgow (2010)

BDS, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Dundee (2007)

Previous positions (in reverse chronological order)

August 2011 - September 2017: Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University

February 2011 - July 2011: SHO (Oral Surgery Rotation), Dundee Dental Hospital & School

February 2010 - January 2011: SHO (Special Care Rotation), Dundee Dental Hospital & School

August 2009 - January 2010: SHO (Oral Surgery Rotation), Dundee Dental Hospital & School

August 2008 - July 2009: Dental Foundation Training Year 2 (DF2), Salaried Dental Service, Caithness

August 2007 - July 2008: Vocational Trainee (VT), Eric MacKinnon Dental Surgery, Girvan, Ayrshire

Current academic roles (in reverse chronology):

Teaching & Learning

2019 - present: Stage 4 BDS Director

Assessment

2024 - present: Stage 3 BDS Examination Chair

2017 - present: Stage 3 BDS Written Paper 2 (Clinical Dental Subjects) Examination Lead

2017 - present: Internal examiner BSc ODHS - Stages 2 & 3

2012 - present: Internal examiner BDS - Stages 1- 5

Other School roles  

2011 - present: UCAS Admissions Panel 

2011 - present: Personal tutor to dental students

Other Professional activities

2019 - present: Teaching on the Dental Foundation Training for Dental Therapists for Health Education England

2012 - present: Teaching on the Dental Foundation training MFDS study programme for Health Education England

Former academic School roles

Teaching & Learning

2019- 2022: Overarching Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Teaching Lead for the BDS and BSc programmes

2013 - 2018, 2020-21: Paediatric Dentistry Theme Lead for the Key Clinical Skills Course

2018 - 2021: Stage 4 BDS Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Teaching Lead

2012 - 2018: Stage 3 BDS Paediatric Dentistry Clinical Teaching Lead

Assessment

2018 - 2023: Stage 3 BDS Deputy Examination Chair

2015 - 2017: Internal examiner DDHT - Year 3

Other School roles

2017 - 2023: Widening Participation Lead for School of Dental Sciences

2017 - 2020: Interprofessional Education Lead for Dentistry

2017 - 2017: Acting Stage 3 BDS Tutor 

I have recently completed a part-time PhD (under staff regulations). My PhD was a mixed methods care-based study investigating a relatively unexplored area within healthcare looking at whether taking part in a randomised controlled trial (FiCTION) in primary care impacted on a parent's dental anxiety, oral health-related quality of life and attitude towards dental care and that of their children. This involved working with 27 different primary care dental practices in Scotland and north-east England, Newcastle University Trials Unit and two different clinical centres.

I currently in the process of writing up for publication.