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We are a world-leading centre for translational research. The Eastman name is synonymous with excellence, trust and respect in dentistry听and in the related fields of biomaterials and microbial disease. We produce accomplished postdocs who often go on to become national and international scientific leaders.
As part of 果冻影院, students have the opportunity to work with some of the greatest intellects in the world, access state-of-the-art facilities and collaborate with colleagues across multiple fields and disciplines. See below
- Our research supervisors
Our researchers are leaders in their fields with many having pivotal roles in other organisations such as and as well as being editors of prominent journals.
Our staff are committed to providing a supportive research environment, with personal supervisors ensuring graduates are guided and championed throughout their time with us and beyond.听
Visit our Department pages to find which supervisor might be right for you or look at our current PhD project list.
- Your fellow research students
We currently have over 70 research students studying for DDent and MPhil/PhD qualifications. In addition, we have approximately 20 inter-faculty students with research supervision partly at 果冻影院 Eastman.
There is excellent peer support within programmes and the ECPGR student Committee feeds the views and needs of students into decision-making processes. Moreover, Student Academic Representatives are elected from each department to represent research students to Institute, Faculty and University management.
- Facilities
Our new facilities boast state-of-the-art equipment, software and teaching spaces. All three research departments have a wide variety of highly-specialised, dedicated equipment spanning the diverse research interests of its members and overseen by expert support staff.听 Well-equipped laboratories, cold rooms, mechanical testing equipment, imaging tools and superb clinical access ensure students can innovate and develop their projects freely. Accessing other facilities and expertise across 果冻影院 is also commonplace (see below).
Specialist library and information services for students, researchers and professionals in the field of dental and oral health sciences is available in the library within the nearby听果冻影院 Cruciform Hub.
Research Student Conference Fund
Each year, 果冻影院 Eastman allocates a sum of money for the purpose of supporting research students who wish to travel to a conference or comparable event, either in the UK or overseas in order to present a research paper or poster based on the work undertaken at the听Institute. It is also a way of obtaining matching funding to enable graduates to apply to schemes where departmental support is required.听The School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS) also has a Graduate Conference Fund.- Support
The Research Student Administrator is there to guide research students during their 果冻影院 Eastman lifecycle; acting as your first point of contact before application and providing effective administrative support and pastoral care alongside the Divisional Graduate Tutor.
We organise research away days and student research symposia every year to promote your work and share progress with fellow researchers. We also organise monthly PhD presentations, helping you prepare for your upgrades and future public speaking opportunities.
"Having the opportunity to present at a departmental research meeting in front of peers and academics helped me build confidence and experience before presenting at a larger conference. The immediate feedback given in a friendly environment helped me improve my communication skills and overall style of my presentation. Receiving feedback about the format of the presentation is something not usually given at a conference and gave me the opportunity to enhance the presentation for a broader audience. Having a non-specialised group of attendees allowed me to target the presentation to a wider field." Melissa Rayner, PhD Student
Our Communications Team will help you publicise your research and your published papers through press releases, digital news items, blogs and social media posts.
The Institute has received a Silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment and success in addressing gender inequality. We have dedicated considerable resources to improving the opportunities, work-life balance and careers of women.
听- Location
Our Clinical Research Department, located within the Rockefeller Building, is at the heart of the 果冻影院 main campus and one of the world鈥檚 most exciting and diverse cities. Transport links are excellent.听
Our Microbial Diseases and Biomaterials Departments are based at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. This enables close collaboration with the听果冻影院 Divisions of Medicine, Surgery and Infection & Immunity who are also on site.听听听The Northern Line on the London Underground links the two sites, the journey from Euston to Belsize Park taking approximately 7 minutes. Direct bus journeys take around 25 minutes.
The benefits of being a part of 果冻影院
As part of 果冻影院, you will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across multiple fields and disciplines.
- Academic excellence
果冻影院 is frequently ranked in the top 10听.听
It is a world-leader in research, with outstanding results in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021; the scheme aims to ensure that students are able to learn through participating in research and enquiry at all levels of their programme of study.
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听- Collaboration
Many of our students access other faculties and research facilities in other parts of 果冻影院. For example at the moment BTE students are working with colleagues 果冻影院 Chemical Engineering, 果冻影院 Institutes of Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics and 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering.
Superb clinical access is ensured not only through our close relationship with the Eastman Dental Hospital but through 果冻影院H which allows us to access other institutions such as Great Ormond Street and the Royal Free Hospital.
The 果冻影院 Grand Challenge of Global Health brings together world class researchers to find solutions to global health problems, prevent suffering, and encourage policy change worldwide.
Our researchers often exhibit and present at university-wide events and symposiums and the central team support our own Communications Team in promoting your projects and papers.
听- Facilities and resources
果冻影院 has 18 library sites, including 果冻影院 Qatar. There are also visitable library collections such as special collections plus Research Grids within the Main and Science libraries. With more than two million books and subscriptions to more than 35,000 journals in a combination of electronic and print formats.
Study spaces are available in the libraries, hubs and the 果冻影院 Students' Union (果冻影院U). The听Cruciform Hub incorporates space for seminars and project work, individual study, and a computer cluster
The (CLIE) offers excellent facilities for language learning.
果冻影院 students can attend free , , .
- Training and support
The 果冻影院 Doctoral School is the umbrella under which all postgraduate research takes place at 果冻影院. It is committed to ensuring that the quality of research training is at the highest international level. On a day-to-day basis they provide students with regulatory guidance and advice about their PhD journey, plus support on informal matters such as the supervisory relationship.
Training
果冻影院 has an extensive training programme for students supporting the development of research skills, communication and collaboration skills, time management, motivational and leadership abilities, as well as social and cultural awareness. They also offer formal training in IT and academic writing and provide a wide range of teaching resources and the tools to undertake independent study.果冻影院 Centre for Advance Learning and Teaching runs workshops to prepare students for teaching responsibilities and students often go on to teach in 果冻影院.
Support and welfare
果冻影院 offers a number of support and health services to all students including a day nursery, health centre and facilities for those with disabilities. The University is also committed to students鈥� welfare and offers , housing advice and peer-to-peer support. Find out more about 果冻影院's welfare and support services.Support is available to international students before and after arriving at 果冻影院 through immigration advice and the International Students' Orientation Programme.
听- Career prospects
果冻影院 Careers provides specialist support for 果冻影院 Researchers (MRes, PhD, Research Assistants, Postdoctoral Researchers).
By supporting you to achieve excellent results and giving you many opportunities to showcase your work, 果冻影院 helps you achieve your professional aims. offers help and advice, runs , and is part of part of The Careers Group, University of London. Find out more
offers training, networking and business support, as well as the opportunity to win start-up funding, enabling students seeking to start their own business.
