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Winter 2020
Welcome to the Winter issue of Dental Roots Bitesize, our e-newsletter for alumni and friends which includes the latest news and events from the School of Dentistry.
 
Birmingham in Action
University of Birmingham launches transformational campaign
More than half a million people from around the globe came together as a force for change in October 2019, for the launch of the University of Birmingham’s new volunteering and fundraising campaign, 'Birmingham In Action'.
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Helping the Community
Helping Out the Local Community
Generous food donations from students to help the needy during tesing times.
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Zehra Yonel
University of Birmingham academic wins the first prestigious NIHR/Diabetes UK Fellowship
Zehra Yonel's award winning work explores introducing diabetes checks in dental practices.
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Work-life Balance
Maintaining a balance
Work-life balance is crucial for our staff and students to maintain, with the highest self-reported stress and burnout figures reported in the UK (Collin et al., 2019).
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Kirsty Hill
Welcome and congratulations to Kirsty Hill
We are delighted to announce that Kirsty Hill has been appointed as the new Head of School for Dentistry.
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Mike Millward
Mike gets a chair
We are delighted to announce that Mike Milward has been promoted to Professor of Periodontology.
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Paul Cooper
Paul Cooper left Dental School to pursue a career in New Zealand
Professor Paul Cooper left his role of Head of Oral Biology, Director of Research and Deputy Head of School in November last year to take up a new challenge in New Zealand at the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry as a Professor of Oral Biology.
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Trevor Burke
Trevor Burke Farewell
The name Trevor Burke always preceded him, a man of great energy who made an outstanding contribution to dental education and research.
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Channel 4 Food Unwrapped
Channel 4 Food Unwrapped documentary
The 2015 documentary by BBC 1 on 'saving Britain’s teeth' featured research from Birmingham.
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Neville Hall
Neville Hall Obituary
It was with great sadness that I heard of the passing of Neville. He was a kind and courteous man, who when I came to Birmingham in the mid 1980’s went out of his way to make me feel included in the teaching staff in the dental school.
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