Oral Health Matters

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Welcome to Oral Health Matters, a brand new podcast from the Dental Public Health Group at University College London and presented by eminent dental public health expert Professor Richard Watt.

Episodes

  1. 11/19/2024

    Supporting oral health as a global priority

    In episode 6 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation withDr Benoit Varenne from the World Health Organisation and Dr Dympna Kavanagh, Chief Dental Officer in the Department of Health, Ireland. Together they discuss current and forthcoming developments in global and national oral health policy and how the research community can best support oral health as a public health priority around the world.   Read a full transcript Credits      Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London   Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts   Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts   Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic

    30 min

  2. 11/05/2024

    Global health: the burning issues

    In episode 5 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation with Professor Sharon Friel from the Australian National University. and Professor Delan Devakumar, from University College London. Together they discuss developments in the broader global health research agenda and highlight the burning issues specifically linked to equity and commercial determinants.   Read a full transcript Credits      Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London   Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts   Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts   Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic

    31 min

  3. 10/21/2024

    Oral health: a question of policy?

    In episode 4 of Oral Health Matters, Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health at University College London is in conversation with Dr Lisa Jamieson from the University of Adelaide, Australia and Professor David Conway from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Lisa has an international reputation for her work on indigenous oral health research and health inequalities and David is an expert in dental public health, oral cancer research and leadership of Childsmile programme in Scotland. Together, they’re discussing how we can best develop and nurture the next generation of oral health researchers.   Read a full transcript here Further reading   Childsmile – child oral health improvement programme for Scotland https://www.childsmile.nhs.scot/ AND https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/medicine/dental/research/childoralhealthchildsmile/  Arnstein’s Ladder of Citizen Participation https://www.citizenshandbook.org/arnsteinsladder.html  Article by Bain et al (2013) Global Health Mentorship: Challenges and Opportunities for Equitable Partnerships https://gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/8/11/e013751.full.pdf  Credits      Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London   Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts   Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts   Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic

    29 min

  4. 10/07/2024

    Engaging communities for better oral health

    In Episode 3 Richard is in conversation with Mirai Chatterjee from the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India and Professor Blanaid Daly, Dean of the School of Dental Science at Trinity College Dublin. Together they discuss the meaning and value of community engagement in research and ways to promote meaningful partnership working with communities. Mirai has a wealth of experience working with marginalised and disadvantaged communities across India and Blanaid is an experienced clinical researcher who has focused on addressing the oral health needs of homeless people and those with special care needs.   Read a full transcript here Credits  Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London   Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts   Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts   Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic

    31 min

  5. 09/23/2024

    Oral health research: Challenges and opportunities

    In Episode 2 we're in conversation with Professor Regina Mutave from the Department of Dental Sciences at the University of Nairobi and Professor Manu Mathur from the Centre for Dental Public Health from Queen Mary University London. We're discussing the challenges and opportunities for oral health research in the global south, asking what’s getting in the way of progress and what we can do about it.   Read a full transcript here Further reading  Action plan for oral health in South-East Asia 2022–2030    Credits  Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London   Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts   Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts   Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic

    33 min

  6. 09/09/2024

    Oral health: luxury for the few or fundamental human right?

    In Episode 1, Richard is in conversation with Dr Carol Guarnizo-Herreno from the University of Colombia and Professor Marco Peres from the National Dental Centre in Singapore. They discuss why oral health needs to be a more prominent feature of the global public health agenda and what the key issues are. Carol is co-lead of the CORE programme and her main research interests lies in exploring the political determinants of oral health inequalities. Marco is an internationally renowned researcher, originally from Brazil but now leading a research team in Singapore. Presenter: Professor Richard Watt, University College London   Editor and producer: Chris Garrington, Research Podcasts   Artwork and audiograms: Krissie Brighty-Glover and Lauren White, Research Podcasts   Music: The Documentary, Mapamusic   Full transcript available here: https://researchpodcasts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/OHM-Ep1-transcript.pdf

    27 min

  7. EPISODE 1

    Oral Health Matters - Series Trailer

    Welcome to Oral Health Matters, a brand new podcast from the Dental Public Health Group at University College London and presented by eminent dental public health expert Professor Richard Watt. Read a full transcript of the trailer here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 min

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Welcome to Oral Health Matters, a brand new podcast from the Dental Public Health Group at University College London and presented by eminent dental public health expert Professor Richard Watt.

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    UCL
  • Creator
    Research Podcasts
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
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    Oral Health Matters

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