Speakers

Dr Debbie Reed is a Reader (Associate Professor) and Lead and in Faculty Development. She is an accomplished, inspirational and transformatory educator, and an innovative curriculum designer. Debbie joined the academic team at Kings College London (KCL), Faculty of Medicine and Bioscience in May 2024. An academic and Doctor of Education, her work as an educator and researcher, has been impactful, in respect to the practical application and transformational opportunities, it has, and will continue to, provide to those working with the medical, health, dentistry, life science, and educator occupations. She remains a GDC registrant, in 2020 Debbie was bestowed with the British Association of Dental Nurses’ Outstanding Contribution to Dental Nursing Professional Practice Award. In 2021 she was the inaugural recipient of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK) Janet Goodwin Award. Debbie had the privilege of being an honorary vice-president with the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (2021-2024). In 2023 Debbie, in liaison with BADN, authored the Dental Nurse Retention Survey Report, which to date has over 2700 reads, and it is openly accessible on ResearchGate. She is an elected Fellow of College of General Dentistry (CGDent). Debbie chaired the Dental Nurse and Orthodontic Therapy Career Pathway group, and currently, she is Chair of CGDent’s Dental Nursing and Orthodontic Therapy Faculty.