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The UK’s surgical research charity Saving Faces and its national research centre NFORC are proud

26
Apr

New PCR test for oral cancer set to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment

qMIDS, the world’s first rapid oral cancer test, has been developed by Queen Mary University

05
Apr

New publication shows uncertainty over the best way to treat wisdom tooth infection

Breaking news: A survey of 289 UK surgeons, led by Mr Geoff Chiu and conducted

04
Mar

Saving Faces SEND study was the top viewed paper in the British Journal of Cancer

We are thrilled to announce that the SEND paper, funded by Saving Faces, Elliott Bernerd

27
Feb

Masters student awarded distinction for work on facial injuries data collected by Saving Faces

Saving Faces and the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS), in conjunction with

24
Feb

BAOMS Chair Patrick Magennis comments on the SEND publication in The OTJ Journal November 2019 issue

“This open access paper funded by charity Saving Faces and Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is

02
Dec

Saving Faces SEND Study Publication Interview with Prof Iain Hutchison – BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 24 October 2019

Listen to Prof Iain Hutchison on BBC Radio 4 The Today Programme with Sarah Smith

24
Oct

Ground breaking UK research by Saving Faces on early mouth cancer could save 30,000 lives world wide every year

Headline News 17/10/2019: Findings of ground-breaking new surgical trial on mouth cancer published by the

17
Oct

Rita Neto talks about her internship research experience at Saving Faces

My internship by Rita Pereira Neto I had my first contact with Saving Faces at

07
Aug

Saving Faces researchers at BAOMS AAOMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2019

Saving Faces and NFORC attended the BAOMS with AAOMS Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 on the

05
Jul

NFORC/BAOMS Collaborative Research Summit 2019 for medical students and trainees was a success

The hugely successful 2019 NFORC/BAOMS Collaborative Research Summit aimed at medical/dental students and trainees took

21
Jun

NFORC-BOPSS Research Summit 2019

Surgeons, nurses, trainees and researchers from around the country gathered on the 9th May 2019

10
May

PhD Student – Elisavet Moschopoulou

Title: Living with and beyond head and neck cancer: Psychosocial factors associated with impact of

09
Jan

New research on equality and non-discrimination law for people with a visible difference

An interesting new study is being conducted by Hannah Saunders at Durham University, who is

09
Jan

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PhD Student – Fatima Qadir

Title: Cellular and Molecular Signature of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Fatima Qadir was a PhD

21
May

PhD Student – Katarzyna Niemiec

Title: An investifation on the effects of HPV16-induced immortalisation and POU2FC regulation in keratinocytes Katarzyna

09
Feb

Life after facial trauma, domestic violence and knife crime conference

For the first seminar of the Medicine & Me series, we were invited by the

25
Jan

Are facial injuries really different?

Massive congratulations for the third time this year to Dr Emmylou Rahtz on her third

26
Sep

Dr Emmylou Rahtz published in The Conversation

Congratulations again to Dr Emmylou Rahtz for her second publication this year in The Conversation.

10
Jul

Researchers funded by Saving Faces awarded Proof of Concept funding (£50,000) from QMUL to develop new technology to better identify head and neck cancers caused by HPV

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) researcher Professor Ahmad Waseem (Institute of Dentistry) and his

19
Jun

Violent injuries are associated with high levels of psychological distress

We are pleased to announce that the respected British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open has published

06
Jun

PhD research funded by Saving Faces wins poster award!

Congratulations to Fatima Qadir and her team at Queen Mary University of London who were

22
May

Saving Faces Clinical Researchers present their research projects at QMUL ‘Let’s talk about research’ lecture series

In September 2016, our Clinical Researchers were invited by Queen Mary University of London Dental

10
Sep

PhD Final Report – Emmylou Rahtz

Congratulations to Emmylou who submitted and successfully defended her PhD thesis in May 2015

06
Aug

SEND study closes recruitment

Headline News 30/07/2015: Our Data Monitoring Committee applaud SEND recruitment. They find statistical significance in

30
Jul

HQIP awards National Head and Neck Cancer Audit contract to Saving Faces

Update 07/01/21 – This information is out-of-date. Please email hana@savingfaces.co.uk for the latest National Head

21
Jul

A Brilliant Year for Saving Faces

The most exciting and dramatic news of the year is that Saving Faces has collaborated

19
Aug

Research Spotlight – Summer 2014

Saving Faces continues to lead ground-breaking research to prevent disease and injury and find better

19
Aug

Genetic markings could spot cancer before it develops

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have found 4 unique gene markers that could

11
Oct

Saving Faces-funded PhD students win prize

Congratulations to Emmy and Farah who won a William Harvey Day award for an outstanding

19
Oct

Gene link sheds light on cancer-causing stem cell mechanism

Researchers at Queen Mary University, London have discovered a new gene interation which may influence

03
Jul

PhD Student – Helena Emich

Helena Emich was a previous PhD student at the Blizard Institute, funded by Saving Faces.

28
Mar

PhD Students – Farah Shiraz and Emmylou Rahtz

Update: Read Emmylou’s final PhD report here and Farah’s final PhD report here. Emmylou Rahtz

28
Mar

New research in head and neck cancer funded by Saving Faces

The prestigious International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics has just published research on osteoradionecrosis

17
Aug

Saving Faces research poster wins prize

Saving Faces carried out a survey of pharmacists across the UK to assess the advice

16
Jun

Face surgery patients to grow their own bones – The Times, 10 May 2009

Professor Hutchison featured in the Times for attempting to grow replacement bone from a patient’s

10
May

National Facial Injury Survey 2008 – initial results

The second national survey of all facial injuries recorded over a one week period took

05
Sep

The launch of Saving Faces Clinical Research Training Summit for medical students in London

In October 2007, Saving Faces launched an innovative and unique program – the Saving Faces

24
Jul

Saving Faces hosted the "Face and Reconstruction" debate at the Southbank Centre

The Saving Faces and Reconstruction Debate – The Guardian/BBC, 4 March 2008

The Saving Faces debate on The Face and Reconstruction, which took place on 4th March

05
Mar

Saving Faces’ public debate on facial transplantation, tissue engineering and the impact on identity

Saving Faces is organising a public debate on The Face and Reconstruction, which takes place

25
Feb

Saving Faces’ initiative to reduce underage binge drinking, Telegraph Magazine, 2007

Read full article below

17
Jul

The role of selective neck dissection in early oral cancer treatment (SEND study)

Update 17/10/2019: The results of the SEND study is published in the British Journal of

16
Jul

SEND research moves ahead

Saving Faces researchers have made great progress with the multi-centre mouth cancer trial, SEND, an

13
Jun

Schools stop smoking project – Radio Five Drive, 27 March 2006

Steve Clarke from Tabor School in Braintree, Essex talked about the Saving Faces smoking project

27
Mar

I’m really going to try to give up now – BBC, 18 November 2005

Following Prof Iain Hutchison’s talk to pupils at a secondary school about the danger warnings

19
Nov

Saving Faces’ public debate on stem cell research with internationally renowned speakers, 25th May 2005

Join us at our 2005 public debate with internationally renowned speakers on the topic of

09
May

Face cancer shocks for child smoker, The Independent, 2004

The Saving Faces smoking prevention study featured in The Independent. Read full article below

17
Dec

Putting heads together, British Medical Association, 24 July 2004

Saving Faces launches a de Lotbinière Facial Surgery Research Centre in memory of Henry de