New appointments for Peninsula School of Dentistry

Zoe Brookes has joined as clinical lecturer in undergraduate dental studies and year 2 lead for the dental therapy and hygiene course. Zoe graduated with a BSc in physiology and pharmacology from the University of Sheffield, ultimately becoming a non-clinical lecturer and principal investigator there and achieving a PhD in anaesthesia and cardiovascular medicine. Her time in Sheffield also included a spell at the University of Alberta in the Department of Physiology as a postdoctoral research fellow, funded by the National Institute for Health Research. Since graduating in dentistry from Plymouth University Zoe has practised in clinics in the city.

Jane Collingwood has been appointed as clinical lecturer in biomedical sciences. Jane qualified from Leeds Dental School and has worked in hospital environments for most of her career. Her career has focused on oral surgery and for the past five years she has been an oral surgeon at Treliske Hospital in Truro. Jane has been a clinical supervisor with dentistry at Plymouth University since the first years of the Peninsula Dental School. Jane is an academic clinical fellow with Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry and is starting part time while she completes a PhD in vitamin D, solar irradiation and oral health.