麻豆传媒

Background

I am a clinical academic with a background in Oral Surgery. My research interests include orofacial pain, medical devices, three-dimensional imaging, and bioaerosols in healthcare. My main teaching interest is clinical teaching of Oral Surgery. Clinically, I work in Oral Surgery and in Maxillofacial Surgery and am involved in training Dental Core Trainees.

Roles and Responsibilities

School of Dental Sciences

Deputy Director of Admissions

External

MFDS Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons of England

Editorial Board Member, International Dental Journal

Translations committee member, International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM)

Qualifications

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy; 麻豆传媒

PGCert - Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice; 麻豆传媒

FHEA - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

MFDS RCPS(Glasg) - Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

BDS (Hons) - Bachelor of Dental Surgery with Honours, with merit in clinical and academic dentistry; 麻豆传媒 University.

Previous Positions

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow; 麻豆传媒

Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery; 麻豆传媒

Dental Core Trainee in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Royal Victoria Infirmary

Trust Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Sunderland Royal Hospital

General Professional Trainee; Health Education North East

Memberships

International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM)

International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research

Faculty of Dental Surgery; Royal College of Surgeons of England & Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow

Faculty of Dental Trainers; Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

British Society for Oral and Dental Research

Association of British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Association for Dental Education in Europe

Higher Education Academy (Fellow)

The Aerosol Society

The Cochrane Collaboration

Awards and Esteem Indicators

Inaugural FMS Postgraduate Outstanding Contribution Award; Faculty of Medical Sciences, 麻豆传媒, 2025

Doctoral College Thesis Prize. 麻豆传媒, 2025

INSIGHTS Public Lecture Doctoral Prize; Faculty of Medical Sciences, 麻豆传媒, 2024

Doctoral Research Student Competition Prize, School of Dental Sciences, 麻豆传媒, 2023

Research Student Competition Prize, School of Dental Sciences, 麻豆传媒, 2022

International Orofacial Pain Early-Career Network Poster Prize, 2021

Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship; Wellcome 4Ward Clinical PhD Academy, 2021

Faculty of Dental Surgery Research Fellowship; Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2021

Association of British Academic Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons Best Oral Presentation, 2021

Helen Tonge Award; 麻豆传媒, 2019

Editorial Board Member for the International Dental Journal. Invited speaker at European Academy of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction Congress (2024), European Association for Osseointegration Congress (2020), British Association of Oral Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting (2022, 2024), and British Endodontic Society Scientific Meeting (2021).

Research Interests

Medical devices

Three-dimensional imaging

Funding Held

• NIHR 麻豆传媒 Biomedical Research Centre (Co-I; CI: T.Costa), 2026 - 2028: TransFORM-TMD: Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation FOR Myalgia Temporomandibular Disorder and depression: a parallel-arm, double-blind, randomised, sham-controlled, feasibility device trial. £48,967
• NIHR Health Technology Assessment (Co-I/ MRI sub-study lead; CI: J.Durham), 2023 - 2027: Managing chronic Myalgia Temporomandibular Disorder (M-TMD): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of Botulinum toxin type A, Lidocaine, and Amitriptyline/Gabapentin, with internal pilot and cost-effectiveness analysis (MiTiGate trial). £2.04m
• Leverhulme Trust (Co-I; PI: S. Inskip), 2023 - 2025: Investigating the oral microbiome over 600 years; £100,000
• Wellcome Trust 4Ward North Clinical PhD Fellowship, 2021 - 2024: VICINITY—Understanding viral carriage in bioaerosols using dentistry as a model; £186,676
• Faculty of Dental Surgery Research Fellowship, RCS Eng, 2021 - 2022: VICINITY—Understanding viral carriage in bioaerosols using dentistry as a model; £62,426
• ME Research UK (PI), 2021 - 2025: EluCidATe: Exploring pain and autonomic dysfunction in CFS/ME and TMD; £13,576
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (PI), 2020 - 2021: Evaluating bioaerosol and splatter following dental aerosol generating procedures—preliminary investigation; £9,562
• British Endodontic Society (PI), 2021 - 2021: Dental aerosol generating procedures: assessment of risk and mitigation strategies; £8,841
• Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (PI), 2019 - 2021: Magnetic resonance imaging’s effects on mercury release from dental amalgam; £6,000

• Commercial research funding > £93k

Research Supervision

Postgraduate research supervisor for PhD and MRes students

Research supervisor for Academic Dental Core, Dental Foundation, and Dental Therapy Foundation Training programme placements.

External Links

Undergraduate Teaching

Deputy Director of Admissions, School of Dental Sciences

Stage 1 & 2 BDS

Contributor to Craniofacial and Tooth Biology course

Previous course lead for Neurobiology Course (2018 – 2021)

Stage 3 & 4 BDS

Stage 4 Board of Examiners member

Contributor to Human Diseases and Temporomandibular Disorders courses

Clinical teacher on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinical Attachments

Previous clinical teaching lead for Clinical Introduction Course (2018 – 2021; 2024 – 2026)

Stage 5 BDS

BDS Finals Board of Examiners member

Postgraduate Teaching

Teaching on dental bioaerosols on the Oral and Dental Sciences module of the MRes/ MSc Oral Sciences programmes.

Teaching on local anaesthesia, pain management, dental pharmacology, and prescribing for Dental Core and Foundation Trainees as part of study programme for Health Education England North East and North Cumbria.

Clinical supervisor for Dental Core Trainees Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at 麻豆传媒 Dental Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

• Articles

  • Lövgren A, Liv P, Allison JR, Baad-Hansen L, Beecroft EV, Bergman S, Bijelic T, Bucci R, Böthun A, Christidis N, Colonna A, Draghici R, Drangsholt M, Durham J, Ernberg M, Giannakopoulos NN, Gonçalves DAG, Groenke B, Jusakos M, Lobbezoo F, Lua ESP, Lunecke G, Malysa A, Manfredini D, Marpaung C, Michelotti A, Moana-Filho E, Moreno B, Nilsson E, Nixdorf DR, Nykänen L, Oyarzo JF, Peck CC, Penlington C, Restrepo C, Rongo R, Schierz O, Stanisic N, Visscher CM, Wieckiewicz M, Xiong X, Xu Y, Yanez C, Häggman-Henrikson B, Svensson P. . BMC Medicine 2026, 24, 165.
  • Edwards D, Allison J, Coulter J, Durham J, Beecroft E. . British Dental Journal 2025, 238, 517-526.
  • Beltrán EO, Allison JR, Jakubovics N, Holliday RS, Velandia-Romero M, Forero M, Castellanos JE, Martignon S. . International Dental Journal 2025, 75(6), 103963.
  • Beecroft EV, Edwards D, Allison JR. . Neurologic Clinics 2024, 42(2), 615-632.
  • Allison JR, Tiede S, Holliday R, Durham J, Jakubovics NS. . International Dental Journal 2024, 74(2), S418-S428.
  • Allison JR, Offen E, Cowley T, Clare D, Bergman S, Ginsburg Feldman J, Schmidt LM, Kalinowski T, Türp JC, Manfredini D, Nixdorf DR, DePalma AMC, Durham J, International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM). . Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2023, 50(6), 482-487.
  • Offen E, Allison JR. . Evidence Based Dentistry 2022, 23, 36-37.
  • Allison JR, Dowson C, Jakubovics NS, Nile C, Durham J, Holliday R. . Journal of Dental Research 2022, 101(10), 1198-1204.
  • Allison JR, Chary K, Ottley C, Vuong QC, German MJ, Durham J, Thelwall P. . Journal of Dentistry 2022, 127, 104322.
  • Zemouri C, Beltrán EO, Holliday R, Jakubovics NS, Allison JR. . British Dental Journal 2022, 233, 569-574.
  • Allison JR, Dowson C, Pickering K, Cervinskyte G, Durham J, Jakubovics N, Holliday R. . Journal of Dental Research 2022, 101(4), 384-391.
  • Offen E, Allison JR. . Evidence-Based Dentistry 2022, 23, 126-127.
  • Allison JR, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Pickering K, Dowson C, Stone SJ, Lumb J, Durham J, Jakubovics N, Holliday R. . Journal of Dentistry 2021, 112, 103746.
  • Beecroft EV, Penlington C, Allison JR, Palmer J, Durham J. . Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, (12), CD014919.
  • Holliday R, Allison JR, Currie CC, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Pickering K, Reay S, Durham J, Lumb J, Rostami N, Coulter J, Nile CJ, Jakubovics N. . Journal of Dentistry 2021, 105, 103565.
  • Allison JR, Currie CC, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Coulter J, Pickering K, Kozhevnikova E, Durham J, Nile CJ, Jakubovics N, Rostami N, Holliday R. . Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2021, 48(1), 61-72.
  • Llandro H, Allison JR, Currie CC, Edwards DC, Bowes C, Durham J, Jakubovics N, Rostami N, Holliday R. . British Dental Journal 2021, Epub ahead of print.
  • Rasaiah SR, Allison JR, Edwards DC. . Evidence-Based Dentistry 2021, 22(2), 76-77.
  • Allison JR, Penlington C, Durham J. . Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2021, 48(11), 1210-1218.
  • Allison JR, Stone SJ, Pigg M. . Oral Surgery 2020, 13(4), 309-320.
  • Allison JR, Kearns A, Banks RJ. . Emergency Radiology: A Journal of Practical Imaging 2020, 27(1), 31-36.
  • Allison JR, Currie C, Trainor J, Corson M, Durham J. . Oral Surgery 2019, 12(3), 224-229.
  • Vuong QC, Allison JR, Finkelmeyer A, Newton J, Durham J. . JDR Clinical & Translational Research 2019, 5(3), 224-232.
  • Allison JR, Kearns A, Banks R. . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2018, 56(10), e66-e66.
  • Allison JR, Kearns A. . British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2017, 55(10), e129-e130.
  • Allison JR, Garlington G. . Dental Update 2017, 44(3), 182-188.
  • Allison JR, Carr A. . Oral Surgery 2017, 10(4), e55-e61.

• Book Chapter

  • Edwards D, Matten J, Allison JR, Beecroft EV, Penlington C, Durham J. . In: Davies, S; Beecroft, EV; Durham, J, ed. Temporomandibular Disorders in Primary Dental Care, The Clinical Guide. Cham: Springer, 2026, pp.9-25.

• Letters

  • Patel N, Docherty C, Allison JR, Walton G, Cole B, Durham J, Jakubovics N, Holliday R. . OSF Preprints 2020.
  • Allison JR, Garlington G. . British Dental Journal 2015, 219, 514–515.