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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.
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Leading the way in oral health research

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

The University of Sheffield 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.

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NICE urged to update dental antibiotic guidelines to protect high-risk heart patients

Research led by the University of Sheffield found that dental patients at high-risk of infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection, should be given antibiotics before undergoing invasive dental treatement.

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Supervised toothbrushing toolkit to tackle tooth decay in children

A new toolkit to increase supervised toothbrushing for younger children aims to address health equalities caused by tooth decay.

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Hands-on sessions praised at Dentistry Insight Day

On Thursday 30th November, a group of Sheffield sixth formers got to experience life as a dental student at our Widening Participation Dentistry Insight Day.
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Sheffield researcher wins prestigious Senior Colgate Prize

The University of Sheffield is delighted to share that Dr Hanya Mahmood, NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, was awarded the prestigious Senior Colgate Prize at the British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR) meeting in London last month.
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Professor Graham Stafford leads research into use of 'zoo poo' to treat diabetic ulcers

Poo from endangered animals could be the source of a potential new treatment for the infectious bacteria that cause diabetic foot ulcers, researchers from the University of Sheffield have found.