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Periodontitis

Current state of knowledge and future perspectives

Shauna Culshaw, PhD

Shauna Culshaw, PhD

Shauna Culshaw is an Honorary Consultant in Periodontics, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Clinical Research Facility Lead and Lead for Undergraduate teaching in Periodontics.  During undergraduate dental training in Glasgow, she completed an intercalated degree in immunology. These studies extended to an intercalated PhD examining the role of cytokines in inflammation. In 2011, she completed specialist training in Periodontics and the following year, commenced an Honorary Consultant Post in Periodontics, at the same time becoming the first dentist to be awarded the Scottish Funding Council’s Senior Clinical Research Fellowship.

Currently, Shauna treats patients referred for specialist periodontal care; leads a research group focused on the local and systemic consequences of the immune response in the oral cavity; and trains undergraduate and postgraduate students, NHS hospital and University staff.