Staff in the School

Zoe Abbas

Zoe Abbas

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Zoe is a Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry at the University of Birmingham Dental School.

Zoe is the Head of Admissions for Dentistry, Head of Firm and is also the lead for several modules on the BDS course. She is a personal tutor to a group of BDS undergraduates and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Zoe is currently undertaking her PhD (PT) alongside her other roles.

Dr Rasha Abu-Eid

Dr Rasha Abu-Eid

Associate Professor in Oral Biology

School of Dentistry

Dr Rasha Abu-Eid qualified as a dentist and completed a PhD in Oral Pathology focused on oral cancer.

Her cancer research portfolio is focused on using different technologies for identifying markers of disease progression and targets for immunotherapy.

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

School of Dentistry

Thomas Addison is an Associate Professor responsible for clinical teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions in Clinical Practice, Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics. 

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 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 ...