Broomhead, Tom, Dr

Dr Tom Broomhead

BA (Hons), MSc, PhD

School of Clinical Dentistry

Research Associate

t.w.broomhead@sheffield.ac.uk

19 Claremont Crescent

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Dr Tom Broomhead
School of Clinical Dentistry
19 Claremont Crescent
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S10 2TA

Profile

My background is in geography, and I graduated from the University of ��«Ӱҵ with a BA in Human Geography in 2009 and an MSc in Social and Spatial Inequalities in 2011.

In 2013 I joined the School of Clinical Dentistry as a Research Assistant, before starting a PhD exploring the impacts of neighbourhood environments on oral health. I completed my PhD in 2017.

Following the PhD, I worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (2017-2018), before joining the School of Clinical Dentistry as a Research Associate in 2018.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Human Geography, University of ��«Ӱҵ (2009)

MSc Social and Spatial Inequalities, University of ��«Ӱҵ (2011)

PhD, University of ��«Ӱҵ (2018)

Research interests

My main research interests include geographical variations and inequalities in health-related outcomes, particularly concerning oral health.

Since joining the School of Clinical Dentistry I have worked on the following related projects:

Analysing national patterns of supervised toothbrushing programmes in England (2023-present)
Working with the City of Doncaster Council to investigate neighbourhood profiles and vulnerable populations (2023-2024)
The Oral Health Observatory - using standardised international oral health-related datasets in six countries (2019-2020)
National patterns in paediatric hospital admissions for dental extractions in England (2019)

I am also interested in quality of life and everyday impacts associated with oral health, and have been involved in the following related projects:

Living with removable partial dentures (2021-2022)
Psychometric validation of the gum health experience questionnaire (2020-2021)
Development of a gum-related quality of life measure (2018-2019)

Publications

Journal articles

Aravena-Rivas Y, Heilmann A, Watt RG, Broomhead T & Tsakos G (2024) . The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 100794-100794.
Gibson BJ, Baker SR, Broomhead T, El-Dhuwaib B, Martin N, McKenna G & Alavi A (2024) . Journal of Dentistry, 145, 104964-104964.
Broomhead T, England R, Mason S, Sereny M, Taylor S, Tsakos G, Williams D & Baker SR (2024) . International Dental Journal.
Broomhead T, Baker SR, Martin N, McKenna G, El‐Dhuwaib B, Alavi A & Gibson B (2024) . Gerodontology.
Broomhead T, Gibson BJ, Parkinson C, Robinson PG, Vettore MV & Baker SR (2023) . Journal of Clinical Periodontology.
Taylor S, Baker SR, Broomhead T, England R, Mason S, Sereny M, Tsakos G & Williams DM (2023) . International Dental Journal, 73(4), 566-573.
Broomhead T & Baker SR (2023) . Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(1), 85-88.
Broomhead T, Gibson B, Parkinson CR, Vettore MV & Baker SR (2022) . BMC Oral Health, 22(1).
Broomhead T, Ballas D & Baker SR (2021) . Health & Place, 71, 102657-102657.
Broomhead T, Rodd HD, Baker SR, Jones K, Davies G, White S, Wilcox D, Allen Z & Marshman Z (2021) . Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 49(4), 322-329.
Brennan A, Buckley C, Vu TM, Probst C, Nielsen A, Bai H, Broomhead T, Greenfield T, Kerr W, Meier PS , Rehm J et al (2020) . International Journal of Microsimulation, 13(2), 21-60.
Broomhead T, Rodd HD, Baker SR, Jones K, Davies G, White S & Marshman Z (2020) . British Dental Journal, 229(1), 31-39.
Stamm TA, Omara M, Bakerc SR, Foster Page L, Thomson WM, Benson PE, Broomhead T, Aguilar-Diaz F, Do L, Gibson BJ , Hirsch C et al (2020) . Journal of Dentistry, 93.
Broomhead T & Baker SR (2019) . Community Dental Health, 36(1), 55-62.
Broomhead T, Ballas D & Baker SR (2019) . Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 47(1), 1-11.
Baker SR, Foster Page L, Thomson WM, Broomhead T, Bekes K, Benson PE, Aguilar-Diaz F, Do L, Hirsch C, Marshman Z , McGrath C et al (2018) . Journal of Dental Research, 97(10), 1129-1136.
Marshman Z, Broomhead T, Rodd HD, Jones K, Burke D & Baker SR (2017) . Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45(1), 49-58.
Broomhead T, Baker SR, Jones K, Richardson A & Marshman Z (2014) . Community Dental Health, 31(2), 111-116.
Gibson BJ, Baker SR, Broomhead T, El-Dhuwaib B, Martin N, Salama HR, McKenna G & Alavi A () . Dentistry Journal, 12(11), 344-344.
Broomhead T, Ballas D & Baker S () . Regional Science Policy & Practice.

Chapters

Ballas D, Broomhead T & Jones PM (2019) , The Practice of Spatial Analysis (pp. 69-84). Springer International Publishing

Conference proceedings papers

Broomhead T, Purshouse R, Strong M, Brennan A, Kerr W, Greenfield T, Nielsen A & Probst C (2018) PLATFORM FOR CALIBRATED, SYSTEM-BASED MODELS OF ALCOHOL USE DYNAMICS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, Vol. 42 (pp 331A-331A)

Teaching activities

PhD supervision: Yanela Aravena-Rivas (University College London) - Impact of the governance system on sugar consumption patterns among the Chilean population (co-supervisor, 2021-present).

I have also previously contributed as a lab demonstrator on undergraduate GIS modules and postgraduate statistics modules and supervised a masters level dissertation in Dental Public Health.

Professional activities and memberships

Co-lead of the Place and Communities workstream (Healthy Lifespan Institute – University of ��«Ӱҵ).

Member of:

International Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research (IADR)
Behavioural, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research (BEHSR) group of IADR
British Society for Oral and Dental Research (BSODR)

Journal referee for Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Community Dental Health, BMC Oral Health, BMC Health Services Research, British Dental Journal, Addiction, Health and Place, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy.