Dr Alexander John Morris

Alexander John Morris

School of Dentistry
Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 466 5487
Email
a.j.morris@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Dentistry
5 Mill Pool Way
Birmingham
B5 7EG

Dr Morris joined the University's School of Dentistry in 2017 as Senior Lecturer in Dental Public Health having previously worked for Public Health England and the NHS as a consultant in Dental Public Health. He is also a part-time general dental practitioner.

Dr Morris is module lead for Dental Public Health in years 3-5, lead for outreach teaching and has research interests in the following areas:

  • Dental epidemiology
  • Dental services commissioning
  • Water fluoridation
  • Oral cancer
  • Management of performance concerns in primary care

Qualifications

  • DDS, University 麻豆精选, 2007
  • Certificate of Accreditation in Dental Public Health, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, 1997
  • MCDH, University 麻豆精选, 1993
  • Diploma in Dental Public Health,  Royal College of Surgeons  England, 1992
  • Fellowship in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, 1989
  • Fellowship in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow, 1989
  • BDS, University 麻豆精选, 1985

Teaching

  • Dental Surgery BDS
  • Public Health and Epidemiology (yr2)
  • Disability Studies (yr2)
  • Dental public health (yr3-5)
  • Lead for Outreach teaching
  • Clinical practice

Postgraduate supervision

Water fluoridation impact
Dental fluorosis
Oral cancer

Other activities

  • Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, Public Health England
  • Chair of examiners panel for the dental public health Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination for the UK Royal Colleges
  • Academic Lead Trainer for dental public health in the West Midlands
  • General Dental Practitioner, Birmingham
  • External examiner for Sheffield, London and Peninsula universities

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ajay, K, Azevedo, LB, Haste, A, Morris, AJ, Giles, E, Gopu, BP, Subramanian, MP & Zohoori, FV 2023, '', Frontiers in Oral Health, vol. 4, 1125070.

Hearnshaw, S, Cockcroft, B, Rugg-Gunn, A, Morris, AJ, Lowry, RJ, Beal, J, Jacob, M & Johnson, J 2023, '', British Dental Journal, vol. 235, no. 8, pp. 639-641.

Roberts, DJ, Massey, V, Morris, J, Verlander, NQ, Saei, A, Young, N, Makhani, S, Wilcox, D, Davies, G, White, S, Leonardi, G, Fletcher, T & Newton, J 2022, '', Journal of Public Health.

Ravaghi, V, Durkan, C, Jones, K, Girdler, R, Mair-Jenkins, J, Davies, G, Wilcox, D, Dermont, M, White, S, Dailey, Y & Morris, AJ 2020, '', Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 69, 101840.

Ravaghi, V, Rezaee, A, Pallan, M & Morris, J 2020, '', BMC oral health, vol. 20, no. 1, 338.

Salomon Ibarra, C, Rezaee, A, Morris, J & Ravaghi, V 2020, '', Community Dental Health, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 161鈥�166.

Ravaghi, V, Salomon Ibarra, C & Morris, J 2020, '', Community Dental Health, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 108-109.

Sofi-Mahmudi, A, Moradi, S, Salomon Ibarra, C, Morris, J & Ravaghi, V 2020, '', Community Dental Health, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 138-142.

Ravaghi, V, Hargreaves, DS & Morris, J 2020, '', JDR Clinical & Translational Research, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 185-194.

Roberts, DJ, Morris, J, Wood, A, Verlander, NQ, Leonardi, GS & Fletcher, T 2020, '', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 192, no. 8, 514.

Hong, B, Morris, A & Dietrich, T 2019, '', British Dental Journal, vol. 226, no. 9, pp. 679鈥�686.

Ravaghi, V, Al-Hammadi, Z, Landes, D, Hill, K & Morris, A 2019, '', Community Dental Health, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 198鈥�202.

Salomon Ibarra, C, Ravaghi, V, Hill, K, Jones, CM, Landes, D & Morris, A 2019, '', Community Dental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 22鈥�26.

Ravaghi, V & Morris, A 2019, '', Community Dental Health, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 17-21.

Bradbury-Jones, C, Isham, L, Morris, A & Taylor, J 2019, '', Trauma, Violence and Abuse.