{"id":6260,"date":"2026-04-07T12:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iti.org\/?page_id=6260"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:23:55","slug":"qmul_shahdad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iti.org\/de\/education\/scholarship-program\/qmul_shahdad\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institut f\u00fcr Zahnmedizin, Royal London Dental Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":2383,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"hero_section","display_block":true,"full_size":true,"label":"Scholarship Center","title":"<strong>Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institut f\u00fcr Zahnmedizin, Royal London Dental Hospital<\/strong>","description":"Abteilung f\u00fcr restaurative Zahnmedizin &amp; Zentrum f\u00fcr orale Bioingenieurwissenschaften","background_image":4310,"button":{"text":"","url":""},"cta2":"","dropdown":{"title":"","items":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_simple_centered","description":"<h2><strong>\u00dcber das Stipendienzentrum<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nAn der Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Institut f\u00fcr Zahnmedizin, gibt es zwei ITI-Stipendienzentren: eines in der Abteilung f\u00fcr restaurative Zahnmedizin und im Zentrum f\u00fcr orale Bioingenieurwissenschaften, dessen Programmleiter Professor Shakeel Shahdad ist, und das andere im Zentrum f\u00fcr orale klinische Forschung, dessen Programmleiter Professor Nikos Donos ist.\r\n\r\nBeide Zentren verfolgen die Philosophie eines multidisziplin\u00e4ren Ansatzes in der Implantologie. Aus diesem Grund arbeiten alle unsere Facharztausbildungsstudierenden im Rahmen ihrer Implantologie- und Forschungsausbildung als Team zusammen. Die Stipendiaten arbeiten eng miteinander sowie mit Teilnehmern des dreij\u00e4hrigen DClinDent-Programms in Parodontologie und Prothetik und mit Fach\u00e4rzten in der Ausbildung zusammen, die ein f\u00fcnfj\u00e4hriges Ausbildungsprogramm in restaurativer Zahnmedizin absolvieren. Sie werden die M\u00f6glichkeit haben, sich aktiv an verschiedenen vorklinischen und klinischen Forschungsprojekten zu beteiligen, die derzeit in der Abteilung durchgef\u00fchrt werden."},{"acf_fc_layout":"highlight_people_3","title":"Lehrst\u00fchle des Stipendienzentrums","items":[{"image":6361,"position":"Scholarship Center Chair","name":"Prof. Shakeel Shahdad","location":"Department of Restorative Dentistry & \r\nCentre for Oral Bioengineering\r\n"},{"image":6362,"position":"Scholarship Center Co-Chair","name":"Dr. Mital Patel","location":"Department of Restorative Dentistry & \r\nCentre for Oral Bioengineering\r\n"}],"cta":"","cta2":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"video_section","display_block":true,"background":"White","select":["Display video"],"title":"Mehr \u00fcber das Stipendienzentrum","video_thumbnail":6346,"iframe_embed":true,"youtube_url":"https:\/\/customer-qjgpn8cvjtmyy205.cloudflarestream.com\/c1a635c9949b486b41a56de19a9394a6\/watch"},{"acf_fc_layout":"scholarship_activities_list","description":"","image":4311,"sub_sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"list","title":"Clinical activities the ITI Scholar will participate in during the Scholarship year ","description":"","items":[{"title":"Treatment planning sessions","available":true},{"title":"Performing oral hygiene procedures and maintenance","available":true},{"title":"Observing patient treatment","available":true},{"title":"Assisting in patient treatment","available":true},{"title":"Treating patients under faculty supervision: placing implants","available":true},{"title":"Treating patients under faculty supervision: restoring implants","available":true},{"title":"Treating patients alone: placing implants","available":true},{"title":"Treating patients alone: restoring implants","available":true},{"title":"Laboratory and procedures associated with treatment ","available":true},{"title":"Attend Multi-disciplinary Hypodontia clinics with Orthdontics and Paediatric dentistry","available":true}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"description","title":"Local regulations and special requirements the Scholar must fulfill to be able to participate in clinical activities and treat patients ","description":"ITI Scholars will need to obtain a limited license to work with patients. 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Non-EU candidates will not be able to practice dentistry in U.K. without temporary registration with the GDC (practice under supervision and not independently) and will have to be sought upon arrival (this implies delay to entering the clinic for a period that is difficult to specify).\r\n\r\nITI Scholars do not have formal QMUL\/BartsHealth student\/trainee status. Based on the University Honorary contracts and the Hospital Honorary contract they will be allocated a working space, an email account, access to the library and will be able to perform clinical activity and research under the supervision of delegated staff members\/consultants.\r\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"description","title":"Additional information on the clinical activities","description":"Authorization for \"independent\" treatment of implant patients with problems of varying degrees of complexity will depend on the competencies of the individual ITI Scholar. 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