Melbourne Dental School has soared to the top 25 globally in the recent QS World University Rankings and has been ranked as the #1 dental school in the ANZ region. Our Head of School, Professor Alastair Sloan, is delighted with the outstanding result. "I’m very proud of the

Congratulations to Dr Raksha Baskar our Paediatric Dentistry (Doctor of Clinical Dentistry) student for receiving @IADR Travel Award at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD) 🏆 Her study investigates the use of a brief caregiver-completed

Melbourne Dental School continues to deepen global collaboration, with Associate Professors Roy Judge, Samantha Byrne, and Satish Alapati visiting @MAHE_Manipal’s Manipal College of Dental Sciences 🎓🤝 The visit focused on advancing discussions around the BMedSci programme and

Congratulations to our students, Tarek Abasseri, Negar Yazdani, and Raj Singh for receiving the Innovation Booster Award! 👏 This award supports activities of research students that foster and advance innovation in selected research projects within our school. Interested in

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the John Moody Scholars Program, marking a new chapter in the partnership between the Melbourne Dental School and Christian Medical College Vellore 🇮🇳 Named in honour of our school's alumnus Dr John Moody AM, the initiative will foster

Associate Professors Roy Judge, Samantha Byrne, and Satish Alapati proudly represented our school at the IADR Asia Pacific Regional & 35th ISDR Annual Conference 2025 in Delhi 🇮🇳 This prestigious event brought together leading minds in dental research, a brilliant opportunity to

Professor Paolo Cattaneo led Melbourne Dental School to the TIMNASS X Conference, hosted by Universitas Airlangga Faculty of Dental Medicine. 👏 Highlights included: • Prof Cattaneo’s keynote on Evidence-Based Approach to Digital Orthodontics • A/Prof Khaled Ahmed’s keynote on

🔔💡 One minute. One pitch. One bell. The No-Bell Prize Competition challenges graduate researchers to communicate their research without jargon, just one minute to pitch and four minutes of fiery Q&A 🎤⚡ 👏 Congratulations to Brian Ngokwe, winner of the People’s Choice Award,

🦷✨ From plaque to pixels! Congratulations to PhD student Ananya Padmakumar, who took third place in the University of Melbourne Visualise Your Thesis Grand Final 🏆 Her 60-second video, Tooth Tales: Mapping the Microscopic World of Gum Disease, brilliantly shows how creative

🦷 Ten minutes, one poster, and a panel of expert judges later… Congratulations to Dr Rishi Ramani, who claimed Runner-Up in the @IADR Australia & New Zealand Colgate Hatton Poster Competition (Senior Category). Rishi's research focused on how AI models, specifically

🏆 Congrats to PhD candidate Negar Yazdani - 1st place in the Rapid Oral Competition at the International Meeting of Antimicrobial Peptides, Dublin! Her research focuses on developing novel antimicrobial biomaterials to combat periodontitis and peri-implantitis🌍🦷

Melbourne Dental School in Delhi 🇮🇳 A/Prof Roy Judge, A/Prof Samantha Byrne and A/Prof Satish Alapati visited @UniMelb's first global centre in Delhi – strengthening ties with top-ranked dental schools and partners. Key moments included formalising the John Moody Scholars

🌟 Want to kickstart your career as a Clinical Lecturer? 🌟 Join us at Melbourne Dental School and play a key role in teaching and supervising students in evidence-based clinical practice. 🦷📚 As a Clinical Lecturer, you’ll: 1️⃣ Teach and supervise students in evidence-based

🌟 Calling all creative minds! Join us at Melbourne Dental School as our next Learning Design Assistant 🦷💻 Dive into Canvas LMS, build fun interactive learning activities, and grow your HTML superpowers ✨ If you love design, details, and collaborative teamwork, this could be

Congratulations to Dr Nadia Kaunein and Ms Sarah Laing, who have each received a Letter of Recognition for outstanding teaching. This acknowledgement is awarded to subject coordinators whose units achieved a mean score of 4.5 or higher in student feedback, an excellent

Our 2024 Annual Research Report is live! 🎉 🧪 140+ journal articles 🌏 150+ collaborations across Australia and globally 🤝 Major strides in translation and industry engagement In partnership with the Faculty of Engineering & IT, we’ve also established the University’s

Are you passionate about innovative education design? We’re on the lookout for our next creative Learning Designer to help shape the future of dental education. Work closely with program directors to create engaging, accessible learning experiences across our programs. Learn

Wow – what an incredible week at #IADR2025 in Barcelona! 🇪🇸 We had an absolute blast with over 25 of our staff and students taking part across symposia, oral sessions, workshops, poster presentations and more. From reconnecting with old colleagues to forging brand new networks,

📢 Meet Professor Paolo Cattaneo! One of our leads in Orthodontics and the Craniofacial Research Group, we caught up with him during his fascinating poster presentation on: Comparison of 2D and 3D Facial Image Records in Orthodontics. Curious about his research? Want to learn