Dr Vahid Ravaghi DDS, MSc, PhD

Dr Vahid Ravaghi

School of Dentistry
Lecturer in Dental Public Health

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 1214665377
Fax
+44 (0) 1214665461
Email
v.ravaghi@bham.ac.uk
Address
The School of Dentistry
5 Mill Pool Way
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B5 7EG
United Kingdom

Vahid Ravaghi is a Lecturer in Dental Public Health at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ School of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences. He leads the module of Public Health and Epidemiology and teaches both dental and dental hygiene students.

His research is focused on two main areas: global oral health and health inequalities. He is currently working on a funded project aiming to strengthen dental care in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Qualifications

  • PhD in Health Inequalities, Bart and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, England (2010)
  • MSc in Dental Public Health, Bart and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, England (2007)
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran (2003)

Teaching

  • Dental Surgery BDS
  • Dental Hygiene and Therapy BSc
  • Masters in Public Health

Postgraduate supervision

Dr Ravaghi is interested in supervising PhD projects related to dental public health. He is especially interested in supervising PhD students who want to study:

- dental health and dental care in low- and middle-income countries.
- oral health inequalities and social determinates of oral health.

Other activities

Assistant Professor (Status-only), University of Toronto, Canada

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ashtiani, GH, Sabbagh, S, Moradi, S, Azimi, S & Ravaghi, V 2024, '', International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry.

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Sitch, A, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Frew, E, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Pokhilenko, I, Rowland, M, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, '', The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, vol. 21, 123.

Pallan, M, Murphy, M, Morrison, B, Pokhilenko, I, Sitch, A, Frew, E, Rawdin, C, Adams, R, Adamson, A, Bartington, S, Dobell, A, Duff, R, Griffin, T, Hurley, K, Lancashire, E, McLeman, L, Passmore, S, Ravaghi, V, Spence, S & Adab, P 2024, '', Public Health Research, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1-167.

Al-Hammadi, Z, Ravaghi, V, Hill, K & Morris, AJ 2023, '', British Dental Journal.

Abdelrehim, M, Ravaghi, V, Quiñonez, C, Singhal, S & Ghasemi, H (ed.) 2023, '', PLOS One, vol. 18, no. 7, e0280370.

Chari, M, Ravaghi, V, Sabbah, W, Gomaa, N, Singhal, S & Quinonez, C 2022, '', PLOS One, vol. 17, no. 5, e0268006.

Chari, M, Ravaghi, V, Sabbah, W, Gomaa, N, Singhal, S & Quiñonez, C 2021, '', Journal of Public Health Dentistry, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 453-460.

Moradi, S, Sabbagh, S, Timms, L & Ravaghi, V 2021, '', BMC oral health, vol. 21, no. 1, 368.

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.

Fang, C, Aldossri, M, Farmer, J, Gomaa, N, Quiñonez, C & Ravaghi, V 2020, '', Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology.

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

Virdee, S, Ravaghi, V, Camilleri, J, Cooper, P & Tomson, P 2020, '', British Dental Journal.

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

Letter

Ravaghi, V & Kazemian, A 2022, '', Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-4.

Review article

Sabbagh, S, Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, F, Ravaghi, V, Azadi Mood, K, Sarraf Shirazi, A, Abedi, A-S & Noorollahian, H 2023, '', International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 346-363.