A University of Portsmouth Dental Academy Director has won a teaching award at the King's College London annual awards. Dr David Radford, Director of Clinical Studies, was awarded the King's award for contribution to outstanding student experience.

Dr Radford (pictured left, with Professor Ed Byrne, President and Principal of King's College London, right) was presented with the award for strategically leading the opportunity for dental students to undertake outreach work at the University, with personalised teaching and mentoring focused on whole patient care and inter-professional education with other dental care professionals.

Dr Radford said: 'It is a great honour to be recognised for all the hard work that all the staff and our student colleagues at the Academy put into patient care and the student experience.

'The staff and students work together, not just to learn but also to enjoy the journey together and hav e a shared responsibility to provide a great dental experience for our patients.'

Members of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) have elected Rena N. D'Souza, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, as the next IADR vice president. Her term will commence at the conclusion of the 94th IADR General Session in Seoul, South Korea. After serving as vice president, D'Souza will stay on the IADR Board of Directors for three consecutive terms as president-elect, president and immediate past president.

D'Souza is the associate vice provost for research at the University of Utah. There, she is also a professor of dental sciences, neurobiology & anatomy, and pathology. She served as director of research in the Department of Orthodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSCH) School of Dentistry, USA; and as chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, USA.