Congratulations to Sarah Baker our Lead for Research and member of the Community Dental Health Editorial Board, who has just been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. A great achievement acknowledging Sarah’s commitment and expertise in the… Read more »
Congratulations Máiréad!
Congratulations to Máiréad Harding our president designate for 2023-24, who has recently been appointed as Professor in Dental Public Health and Preventive Dentistry and as Director of the Oral Health Services Research Centre at the University Dental School and Hospital, Cork, Ireland.… Read more »
Good News! Valerie White appointed as Director of Public Health
Valerie White, consultant in dental public health and a valued member of BASCD has been appointed as Director of Public Health at NHS Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. It is great to see BASCD members being appointed to senior roles in… Read more »
Coming Soon – new BASCD Masterclasses!
The BASCD Masterclass Series aims to give meaningful, real-world, insight into healthcare leadership with learning from past presidents of the organisation. The series will commence on May 11th 2021, with an evening presentation and Q&A from Professor Richard Watt of University College… Read more »
Paying for your 2021 Membership Subscription
For those who have paid their membership subscriptions for this year – Thank you very much! For those who are yet to pay you will have been sent a Xero (BASCD’s new secure automated finance system) messaging invoice which notoriously ends up… Read more »
Keith Woods Essay Competition 2020 – Winner
BASCD is delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Keith Woods Essay competition, Ruairi O’Kane who is an undergraduate at Belfast Dental School. Ruairi essay on the impact of COVID-19 on dentistry was judged to be very insightful by a… Read more »
Congratulations Charlotte!
Congratulations to Charlotte Jeavons, BASCD’s Oral Health Promotion Lead, on her recent triple achievements. Firstly, Charlotte has been asked to become the President Elect for the Institute of Health Education and Health Promotion at their AGM in May 2020. Then Charlotte… Read more »
BASCD members during #COVID-19
Lwazi Sibanda an early stage career member of Council reflects on being a dentist redeployed as a district nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic in an article published in the BDJ with a little help from Vanessa Muirhead. From being a little… Read more »