An Early Career Award is being presented to Richeal Ni Riordain,
University College Cork, Ireland

Rícheal is a Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine in University College Cork Dental School Ireland, Honorary Associate Professor of Oral Medicine in University College London Eastman Dental Institute United Kingdom and Health Education England’s Regional Academic and Research Advisor for London United Kingdom. Qualified in Medicine and Dentistry, she has worked as a clinician and an educator in both fields. She teaches Oral Medicine and Clinical Medical Sciences in Dentistry and supervises doctoral students in both Cork and London. Rícheal has an Masters of Arts in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education with research interests focusing on Universal Design for Learning, interdisciplinary teaching and assessment.

A Mature Career Award is being presented to Carlos Serrano,
Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands

Carlos is an Assistant Professor at the department of Dental Education Research, Development & Innovation of the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA).  After several years teaching at the Department of Restorative Dentistry of his alma mater, Universidad de Concepcion in Chile, his work currently focuses on the development and implementation of new technologies to bridge the transition to clinical training in dentistry and improve safety in dental training.

His work also includes assessment of students’ learning experiences and educational environments for quality assurance, while being part of ACTA’s team dedicated to further develop simulation environments which are currently used in several dental programs worldwide.