Julie Burke

Biography

Since gaining her dental degree at the University of Leeds in 1995, Dr Burke has worked in the fields of oral surgery and maxillofacial surgery. She gained her FDS in 1999 and went on to complete a Diploma in Conscious Sedation at the University of Newcastle. In 2002 Julie took up her first University post as a clinical tutor, went on to take up a lecturer’s post in 2005 and was accepted on to the Specialist List on Oral Surgery in 2008. In this post she gained her PhD in Tissue Engineering and was promoted to Honorary Consultant in 2014. Julie has a wealth of experience within learning and teaching and regularly teaches to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She completed the Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE) and subsequently is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Routinely her teaching involves facilitating the learning of both practical skills and theory in all aspects of oral surgery and in communications skills, team working l and medical emergencies. Dr Burke has extensive experience of training the whole of the dental team in medical emergency management.

Research Interest

bone repair; notably of skeletal tissues in the craniofacial regio