If you think climbing up Kilimanjaro to Uhuru Peak to raise funds for schools in Africa and head and neck cancer patients is enough, think again!
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) researcher Professor Ahmad Waseem (Institute of Dentistry) and his team are developing a novel way to identify the increasing number of HPV-driven head and neck cancers. This is vital for improving cancer patient care as HPV related tumours have a much better outcome than those caused by other factors such as alcohol, tobacco or areca nut consumption. Personalisation of treatment using this new technology may also allow for less invasive ‘de-intensified’ treatment strategies with fewer side-effects.
We are pleased to announce that the respected British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open has published a research article on psychological outcomes following violent injuries based on Dr Emmylou Rahtz‘s PhD thesis, which was funded by Saving Faces – The Facial Surgery Research Foundation.
Congratulations to Fatima Qadir and her team at Queen Mary University of London who were awarded the prize for best research poster at the 2017 British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO) scientific conference. Fatima is a PhD student funded by Saving Faces and is now in the final year of her studies. The title of Fatima’s research was “Can genetic profiling aid clinical decision making in head and neck cancer?”.
Professor Iain Hutchison spoke to the BBC about the use of 3D printed models to help plan reconstructive surgery.
Applications are invited from BAOMS members / Fellows in training for a research fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). The fellowship will cover the salary and on-costs of a clinical researcher up to £43,000 plus a small research support grant of up to £3,000.
The applicant should hold dual medical and dental qualifications and ideally have a National Training Number in OMFS.
Applicants will have a strong publication record. Applications are considered on the basis of the applicant’s academic achievements and potential, the scientific merit of the research proposal, and the research environment provided by the sponsoring department.
Please note the deadline for applications has now passed. Details of the next fellowship will be made available on both the Saving Faces and BAOMS website.
In September 2016, our Clinical Researchers were invited by Queen Mary University of London Dental School to present about our ongoing research projects as part of the series “Let’s talk about research”.
Working closely with Professor Iain Hutchison, Turner-prize nominated artists Jane and Louise Wilson are exhibiting Undead Sun: We Put the World Before You a display of two video installations at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima), one of the UK’s leading galleries for modern and contemporary art and craft.
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Professor Hutchison presents the Saving Faces Art Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow, Poland, on 30th June 2016. At the exhibition Medicine in Art you can see the complete series of paintings that has resulted from this collaboration. Continue reading
