Staff Profile

I am a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at the School of Dental Sciences and Newcastle Dental Hospital.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Health Economics and Health Policy (PGDip) (Merit), University of Birmingham (2024)
• Fellowship in Paediatric Dentistry (FDS) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2022)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Sheffield (2021)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sheffield: Developing a child-centred caries-specific preference-based measure for use in economic evaluation (2020)
• Membership in Paediatric Dentistry (MPaed Dent) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2018)
• Master of Clinical Research (Merit), University of Sheffield (2017)
• Diploma in Conscious Sedation (PGDip ConSed), Newcastle University (2015)
• Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2013)
• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Newcastle University (2011)

Leadership Management and Professional Standing:

• Current Elected Board Member Faculty of Dental Surgery Board, Royal College of Surgeons (England)
• Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leaders Fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons (England) 2019/2020
• Founder and Past Chair of ‘Child Oral health NatioNal rEsearch CollaboraTive’ (CONNECT), an award-winning trainee-led research group
• Past Chair of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry Teachers’ Branch
• Former Editor for the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry: Quality Improvement Briefing Supplement
• Winner of the Charles Tomes Medal from the Faculty of Dental Surgery. RCS England, the President’s Prize from the British Society for Oral and Dental Research 2023, the Outstanding Innovation Award from the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry 2019, the Young Investigator Award from Dentistry Journal 2021, and six other international, national and local prizes

My main research interests relate to child-centred research, dental caries, developmental defects of enamel, ssessment of oral health-related quality of life in children and oral health economics, in particular the generation of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in child oral health research.

I am the lead investigator on the NECTAR study, which aims to conduct a triple bottom line analysis of care pathways for children with dental caries (tooth decay) in England. This study received £1.5 million funding from NIHR through an Advanced Fellowship. Further information about the NECTAR study can be found here.

I am the lead developer of the CARIES-QC-U utility instrument, which has both an adolescent and adult tariff to generate caries-specific utilities for children with caries. Access to the tariffs, algorthms and more information about CARIES-QC-U can be obtained through completion of this web form, hosted by the University of Sheffield: CARIES-QC and CARIES-QC-U

My publications can be viewed here: Helen Rogers (0000-0001-5031-5009) - ORCID

I have received funding as lead investigator for the following studies:

• Smart School Screening: assessing the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of a smartphone-based Artificial Intelligence app on tooth decay diagnosis in schoolchildren (SMART-SCREEN). (CoCI with Dr Richard Holliday) £100,000 North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (2026) 
• The NECTAR study: An economic evaluation of care pathways for children with caries. £1.5 million Advanced Fellowship National Institute for Health and Care Research (2025)
• Generating a consensus for a paediatric caries management curriculum for undergraduate dental students. £3950 Education Research Development Programme Grant, Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences (2024)
• Co-creation of educational resources to improve cultural competence in diet advice delivery by undergraduate dental students. (Co-applicants: Professor Ruth Valentine, Professor Paula Waterhouse, Miss Kiska Wilson) £6881 Education Research Development Programme Grant, Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences (2023)
• Development and Skills Enhancement Award. £83,586 National Institute for Health and Care Research (2022)
• Development of a child-centred preference-based measure of dental caries, suitable for use in economic evaluation. (Supervisors: Professor Helen Rodd, Dr Zoe Marshman, Dr Katherine Stevens) £297,613 Doctoral Research Fellowship, National Institute for Health and Care Research (2016)
• Development of a child-centred preference-based measure of dental caries, suitable for use in economic evaluation. (Supervisors: Professor Helen Rodd, Dr Zoe Marshman, Dr Katherine Stevens) £47,777 (declined by applicant) Research Fellowship Joint BSPD and RCS England Faculty of Dental Surgery (2016)
• Involving children and parents in the development of a child-centred preference-based measure of dental caries. £440 Patient and Public Involvement Award Research Design Service (2015)

As co-applicant/investigator:

• Can SDF reduce children experiencing pain and infection due to dental caries? A feasibility study. (Lead applicant: Dr Laura Timms, (University of Sheffield) Other co-applicants: Prof Zoe Marshman, Dr Bhupinder Dawett and Miss Amber Illingworth) £292,215 (2026)
• Prioritization, incentives, and resources use for sustainable dentistry (PRUDENT). (Lead applicant: Prof Stefan Listl (Radboud University) Co-applicants: Numerous, including Dr Chris Vernazza and Prof John Wildman) €5.3 million (€668,616 Newcastle University component), EU, through Horizon Europe (2023)
• Education Research Grant. (Lead applicant: Faith Campbell. Co-applicants: Professor Chris Deery and Professor Kirsten Jack) $2500 International Association for Dental Research (2022)

I have the following responsibilities:

• Chair of the Personal Extenuating Circumstances Committee in the School of Dental Sciences
• Provision of lectures, clinical supervision and examining for undergraduate Dentistry and Dental Therapy courses
• Teaching and examining for MRes courses