Our Impact

Our aim is to reduce harm and save lives. These are some of the ways we've had impact so far.

Presentations by Dr Mohammed Alshammari ‘Development of a Domestic Violence Training Program for CranioMaxilloFacial Surgeons’ & Dr Ali Golkari for Dr Mohammad Ismail Farook ‘Facial Injury caused by Domestic Violence in the Drug Treatment population in Afghanistan’ at the European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery

Research Poster at European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery Congress, Rome by Nouf Alshahri ‘A Referral Pathway for Patients experiencing Domestic Violence and presenting to CranioMaxilloFacial Surgeons’.

Underscores importance of healthcare response to establish effective referral pathways
Calls for enhanced training that integrates cultural understanding

Presentation ‘Barriers to patients disclosing domestic violence to CranioMaxilloFacial Surgeons’ by Dr Tamana Barakati at the European Association for Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery Congress, Rome, Italy.

Research presentation in Rome, Italy, by Professor Tuan D Pham ‘Artificial Intelligence for CranioMaxilloFacial Imaging Support’.

Bloomsbury Trust has contributed to the evidence-based guidance and an international reference set of competencies and educational outcomes, aligning education with employment and public health needs to build and strengthen the global public health workforce.

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University of Sharjah, UAE, presentation about Facial Injury Prevention. Falls and Road Traffic Accidents are the primary cause of facial injury in the UAE.

Arendal, Norway. Dental Trauma Management and Prevention with sports guards & helmets and how to identify domestic violence.

Road Traffic Accidents are major cause of facial injury Jordan. Presenting to Jordanian Maxillofacial Surgeons Association. Picture with the President.

Online meeting with Jilli Blackwood, Artist in Residence, to discuss the ‘Is this Love?’ installation project. Glasgow

Bloomsbury Trust recognises the importance of listening to the Unheard Voices and Community Engagement in the creation of an art installation that will inform improvement in care

Bloomsbury Trust PLEDGES to partner and work towards overall ambition of the Mayor of London office to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls across the capital ‘VAWG PLEDGES’

Meeting with Gulf Medical University Founder and President Dr. Thumbay Moideen to discuss collaboration for AI and facial injury research. UAE Bloomsbury Trust works to use AI for improved digital data technologies. Data enables advocacy

Connecting with Jamia Millia Islamia University. New Delhi, India Data collection and analysis are key for healthcare systems and public health agencies to understand and investigate methods of all injury prevention

Connecting with Manipal University regarding collaboration on causes of oral and maxillofacial injury in India. Bloomsbury Trust investigates the epidemiology and aetiology of facial injury. Comprehensive Date is essential to inform policy

Visiting the Finnish Battered exhibition at MNAC Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal Interpersonal violence is a major cause of facial injury in Europe

London’s Air Ambulance. This amazing charity delivers an advanced trauma team to critically injured people in London. The Royal London Hospital is a designated Major Trauma Centre

Raising awareness of need to support healthcare providers caring for patients with facial injury by training. Kuwait The role of Health Professionals has traditionally been to manage the physical facial injury alone but there is also a need for contribution to injury prevention by identification of aetiology and reporting

Presenting at the international AEEDC Conference in Dubai. Bloomsbury Trust raises the awareness of identifying the cause of dental and facial injury by healthcare professionals so that work can be done to prevent further injury. A Major cause of injury is road traffic accidents and fall in the Middle East

Meeting with Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons before presenting to raise awareness of ‘Dental and Facial Trauma Aetiology’ at International Conference. University of Jordan Road traffic accidents are a major cause of facial injury in Jordan

Meeting with Jilli Blackwood, globally celebrated textile artist and designer to plan the ‘Is this Love?’ installation project. Edinburgh

Presenting ‘Humanitarianism and Enhancing Research Capacity’ at the Association of British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Meeting with Sara Hurley, Chief Dental Officer for England, to discuss the role of the dental profession in identifying domestic violence in patients presenting with dental injury. London

Contributing to the ‘Crossing Pathways Health and Domestic Abuse Conference’. Hosted by Standing Together, supporting organisations to work in partnership to identify and respond effectively to domestic abuse. London

Discussing interpersonal violence and healthcare responsibilities with Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Human Rights Lawyer and Broadcaster at the House of Lords, London

Raising awareness of need for training to enable identification and referral of patients experiencing domestic violence. Presenting to Manchester University Dental School Alumni

Presenting on Domestic Violence and Dentistry! EDSIC Conference. Cairo, Egypt. Awareness raising is a key aim of Bloomsbury Trust

Household isolation measures to reduce coronavirus transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in increased risk of domestic violence and physical injury involving the face. We published urgent guidance to members of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the British Association of Oral Surgeons.

Testing a Brief Training Intervention of Domestic Violence and Health. Demonstrated that a Brief Training Intervention can be effective in improving attitudes, knowledge and understanding of role. Manchester

Presenting the case for the dental profession for be actively involved in identification and referral of patients experiencing domestic violence. Look Beyond. Bristol

Bloomsbury Trust raises awareness of the need for the surgical team to identify the cause of the physical injury in addition to providing surgical care. Manchester

Raising awareness in Hong Kong of the dental patient benefit in identifying the cause of injury in addition to clinical management

Thank you Dr. Tamsin Cooper, Consultant Oral Surgeon, for your acting skills in this Training Video for healthcare professionals. Tamsin demonstrates ‘how to do it’ and ‘how not to do it’! Without training, healthcare professionals do not support patients in the prevention of further injury

Raising awareness in Seoul, South Korea, of the need for the healthcare professional to identify the cause of the facial injury. This is the key mission of Bloomsbury Trust

Operating Theatre Team. Bloomsbury Trust enables healthcare workers to
do more than fix the physical injury. It was set up to provide training to support
healthcare workers in identifying the cause of injury