Professor Khaled Khalaf

Biography

Professor Khaled Khalaf

Khaled is currently the Director of the Institute of Dentistry, University of Aberdeen and Professor and Honorary Consultant in Orthodontics, University of Aberdeen / NHS Grampian. He has been working in clinical academia, in the field of Orthodontics, working in Higher Education Institutes and NHS Hospitals, over 25 years. He completed his PhD in 2002 from the University of Sheffield and a post-CCST clinical academic training programme in Orthodontics in 2011 from Newcastle University/ Newcastle Dental Hospital & The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough followed by the completion of the ISFE in Orthodontics and the attainment of a Fellowship in Orthodontics (FDS-Orth) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He gained a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) in 2009 and a Fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Trainers (FFDT) RCS Edinburgh in 2017. He has been heavily involved at different levels of administration in higher education/ NHS including, for example, Programme Director, Head of Department, Clinical Director, Internal and External Accreditation Lead and currently as the Director of the Institute of Dentistry, University of Aberdeen. His main research interests include hypodontia; evidence-based orthodontics (RCTs, systematic reviews and meta-analyses) and medical/dental education research. Khaled is currently supervising 4 PhD students as a main supervisor investigating the impact of factors on fine motor skill learning in dentistry, the use of generative AI in dental education and training, and the impact of educational factors on stress in dental students.