Supervision
Supervisory Team
Once you have identified your primary supervisor from the list below, you will work with her/him and the Director of Graduate Studies to develop your supervisory team.
You are required to have two supervisors from Queen Mary, but you may have additional supervisors. Additional members of the supervisory team can include members of post-doctoral research staff, industrial partners or other external collaborators.
Research Areas and Potential Supervisors
Research in the Institute of Dentistry is organised within multidisciplinary research groups, which provide critical mass of expertise and a fulfilling academic environment.
Major interests within these groups include the following..
Infection and immunity
Research areas:
- Microbial pathogenesis and virulence
- Microbial-host interactions and immune defences
- Naturally occurring antibacterial peptides and other molecules
- Mucosal immune responses
- Clinical studies and genetic factors in oral ulceration
- Cell biology of bone formation and tissue regeneration
- Risk and prognostic factors in periodontitis
Staff members:
- Professor Robert Allaker – Professor of Mucocutaneous Microbiology
- Dr Dominiki Chatzopoulou - Clinical Senior Lecturer in Periodontology
- Professor Nikolaos Donos – Professor of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry and the Head of the Centre for Oral Clinical Research
- Professor Farida Fortune – Professor of Oral Medicine
- Dr Cecilia Gonzales-Marin - Clinical Lecturer in Periodontology
- Dr Eleni Hagi-Pavli- Senior Lecturer in Oral Sciences
- Dr Angray Kang- Reader in Molecular Cell Biology
- Dr Mark Payne - Academic Clinical Research Fellow/Specialist Registrar in Restorative Dentistry
- Dr Noha Seoudi - Clinical Lecturer
- Dr Anwar Tappuni - Reader/Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine
- Dr Hong Wan - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Robert Whiley - Senior Lecturer
Oral cancer
Research areas
- Oral epithelial ageing and role of telomerase in oral cancer
- Epithelial stem cells in cancer
- Keratinocyte biology
- Biology of tumour invasion and role of integrins
- Clinical studies of treatments in oral cancer
- Behavioural factors and smoking cessation
Staff Members:
- Professor Farida Fortune- Professor of Oral Medicine
- Dr Hong Wan - Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ahmad Waseem - Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Physical sciences in dentistry
Research areas:
- Physical chemistry of dental caries
- X-ray microtomography of dental hard tissues
- Crystallographic studies of enamel and biomaterials
- Changes in bone structure associated with ageing and tooth loss
- Salivary proteins in enamel homeostasis and dental caries
- Biomechanical properties of bone and dental hard tissues
- Polymer chemistry and dental materials
- Development of polymers for drug delivery devices
Staff Members:
- Dr Maisoon Al-Jawad - Senior Lecturer in Dental Physical Sciences
- Professor Paul Anderson - Professor of Oral Biology
- Dr Aylin Baysan - Clinical Senior Lecturer in Oral Bioengineeering
- Professor Alan Boyde - Professor of Mineralised Tissue Biology
- Dr Michael Cattell - Reader in Dental Technology and Biomaterials
- Professor B S Chong - Professor of Restorative Dentistry/Honorary Consultant, Endodontic Lead and Director, Postgraduate Endodontic Programmes
- Dr Janet Davies - Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry
- Professor Graham Davis - Professor of 3D X-ray Imaging
- Dr Padhraig Fleming - Reader/Consultant, Clinical Lead in Orthodontics
- Dr David Gillam - Clinical Senior Lecturer and Specialist in Periodontology
- Professor Robert Hill - Professor of Physical Sciences in Relation to Dentistry, Director of Research
- - Senior Lecturer
- Mrs Swati Nehete - Clinical Lecturer (Hon.Clinical Assistant)
- Dr Mangala Patel - Reader in Biomaterials in Relation to Dentistry / Senior Tutor (Dentistry)
- Dr Simon Rawlinson - Senior Lecturer in Oral Biology
- Dr S K Sidhu - Reader in Restorative Clinical Dental Materials (HCC)
- Professor Phil Taylor – Professor of Prosthodontics
- Professor Ferranti Wong - Professor/Honorary Consultant of Paediatric Dentistry, Head of Paediatric Dentistry, Interim Dean of Dentistry
- Dr Lifong Zou - Clinical Scientist
Clinical and population research
Research Areas:
- Clinical and population studies on sociopsychological, economic, and behavioural determinants of oral health inequalities
- Clinical and population studies on tobacco cessation in the oral health environment
- Clinical and population studies on oral health impact on quality of life population studies on the burden of oral diseases
- Clinical studies on determinants of treatment outcomes of oral and dental conditions, including oral cancer, Behcet's Syndrome, dry mouth, periodontal diseases, and malocclusion, clinical studies on minimum intervention
- Development of primary care networks for practice based research
- Systematic reviews (collaborative work with the Cochrane Oral Heath Group)
- Behaviour change interventions aimed at preventing chronic diseases and more specifically those aimed at reducing sugars to prevent obesity and dental caries
Staff Members:
- Dr Vanessa Muirhead - Clinical Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health
- Dr Kristina Wanyonyi - Clinical Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health
- Professor David Williams - Professor of Global Oral Health, Lead for International Partnerships
- Dr Huda Yusuf - Clinical Lecturer in Dental Public Health
Supervision Meetings
There should be a minimum of ten supervisory meetings per academic year for full-time students (pro rata for part-time students) held at regular intervals up to submission of the thesis for examination. This is broadly one meeting per month.
Supervision may include, one-to-one meetings, telephone conversations or video-link/skype meetings – which is decided between the supervisor and student. Opportunities are also made available for research students and supervisors to meet informally but research group meetings, lab meetings and email conversations are not counted as supervision meetings.
Keeping a record of supervisions is key to a successful outcome. Students and supervisors must use the on-line Supervision Log, which you will be given access to after enrolment, and enter a minimum of ten online reports per academic year for full-time students, five per year for part-time students.