Staff in the School

Zoe Abbas

Zoe Abbas

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Zoe is a Clinical Dental Tutor working at the University from Tuesday- Friday. She qualified from the University of Bristol with Distinction and graduated with prizes in orthodontics, oral medicine, paediatrics and oral surgery. 

Following graduation, Zoe moved to Worcestershire and undertook her Foundation Training where she won the prize for the best foundation dentist in the Worcester ...

Mr Nick Adams

Mr Nick Adams

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Nick Adams is a part-time Clinical Dental Tutor at the School of Dentistry in Institute of Clinical Sciences, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the School he is a specialist endodontist in referral practice in Madeley, Telford, Shropshire.

Nick is a regular presenter of postgraduate endodontic courses run by the West Midlands ...

Mr Thomas Addison

Mr Thomas Addison

Associate Clinical Professor in Restorative Dentistry
Honorary Speciality Dentist in Restorative Dentistry
Head of Education (School of Dentistry)

School of Dentistry

Thomas Addison is Head of Education at the School of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences. He is an Associate Professor responsible for clinical teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions in Clinical Practice, Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics. As Head of Education, he oversees the Undergraduate Programmes (BDS and BSc in Dental Hygiene and Therapy) and ...

Salma Anwari

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Salma teaches at the Birmingham Dental Hospital once a week where she supervises third and fourth year students on Clinical Practice.

Ms Yazdana Arrain

Ms Yazdana Arrain

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Yazdana Arrain has been a part-time Clinical Dental Tutor at the school of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences since 2007. She is responsible for clinical supervision and teaching  on a one to one basis, of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the dental school she is an associate  general dental practitioner previously in Tutbury ...

Mr Sukhvinder Singh Atthi

Mr Sukhvinder Singh Atthi

Clinical Lecturer

School of Dentistry

Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Atthi is a part-time Clinical lecturer at the School of Dentistry. Responsibilities include teaching of undergraduate students during patient treatment sessions and oral surgery seminars.

He has special interests in Sedation, MOS and Orthodontics.

Mr. Atthi is a Tier II Oral Surgeon for North Midlands treating nervous patients for minor oral surgery with intravenous ...

Dr Dario Leonardo Balacco

Dr Dario Leonardo Balacco

Research Fellow

School of Dentistry

Dario is a Research Fellow in the School of Dentistry. He obtained his PhD in Gene Regulation and RNA Biology from the University of Nottingham in 2017. His PhD was based in the School of Pharmacy and focused in applying biochemical and bioinformatic approaches to study and characterize pivotal proteins involved in the mRNA decay. He worked on exciting projects in different fields such as ...

Ms Anisha Barai

Ms Anisha Barai

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Anisha spends 2 days a week teaching at the Dental Hospital, on the Clinical Practice Setting, and within the Dental Laboratory, and the rest of her week working in a mixed general Dental Practice. She has had a broad range of experience across a wide range of practices having delivered mixed care, and aims to deliver teaching to students to a high standard. She actively gets involved with dental ...

Dr Timothy Bates

Dr Timothy Bates

Consultant and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

School of Dentistry

Tim is a consultant and honorary senior clinical lecturer in oral and maxillofacial pathology, based at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust and the School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham.

Dr Joanna Batt

Dr Joanna Batt

Academic Clinical Lecturer / STR
Admissions Tutor for Dentistry

School of Dentistry

Joanna is a Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Head of Admissions for Dentistry.

She achieved a PhD in 2017 on the biological effects of titanium products on epithelial cells.

Joanna teaches on the BDS, DH/T and BSC in Biomedical Materials Science courses, and is undertaking Specialty Training in Endodontics. She is personal tutor to a group of BDS undergraduates, and is a Fellow of ...