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Dr Fiorella Colonio-Salazar, BDS, MSc (Distinction), PhD, DDPH RCS (Eng.), FHEA

Fiorella

Lecturer in Orthodontics

Email: f.colonio-salazar@qmul.ac.uk

Profile

Fiorella graduated from Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University in 2003, awarded a BDS with Honours and obtained the Professional Dental Surgeon title from the Peruvian Dental Council in 2005.

Fiorella worked in the Public Health Department at the NHS Tower Hamlets Trust until 2010 and contributed to the development, delivery and evaluation of successful oral health promotion programmes in the local community. She held a Teaching and Post-Doctoral Research Associate post at King’s College London until 2019. Fiorella firstly joined the Orthodontics team at Queen Mary University of London in 2016 as a Qualitative Research Assistant, before being appointed as a Post-doctoral Research Assistant. Since 2022, Fiorella has been a part-time Lecturer in Orthodontics in the Centre for Oral Bioengineering. 

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Centre: Oral Bioengineering

 

Teaching

Fiorella obtained a Certificate in Teaching and was appointed a Fellow in the Higher Education Academy, in recognition of her learning and teaching experience. 

Fiorella is an academic supervisor for PhD and DClinDent candidates in Orthodontics within the University. In this role, she contributes towards the development of the trainees’ research skills and knowledge. She has successfully supervised research projects of at least six postgraduate students. Recently, the study team and Fiorella got awarded the Chapman Prize 2020 from the British Orthodontics Society for our article: ‘Understanding factors influencing compliance with removable functional appliances: A qualitative study’.

Since 2016, Fiorella has collaborated with the Centre for Teaching and Innovation and been responsible for developing and delivering face-to face and online lectures and leading on various assessment in Sociology to undergraduate dental and dental care professional students. 

Research

Research Interests:

•    Societal value and cost-effectiveness of orthodontic treatments;
•    Impact of orthodontic treatment;
•    Adherence to orthodontic appliances wear;
•    Dental workforce education, health and wellbeing; 
•    Oral health needs assessment and quality of life. 

Fiorella has a broad spectrum of experience in mixed-methods, qualitative and quantitative research studies.  

Publications

  1. A comparison of children's experiences with fixed and removable functional appliances: A qualitative study.  Kwon O, Joury E, Colonio-Salazar F, Moussa-Pacha M, Johal A. A comparison of children's experiences with fixed and removable functional appliances: A qualitative study. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2023 Apr 9:S0889-5406(23)00165-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2023.02.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37041097.
  2. Prioritising NHS dental treatments: a mixed-methods study. Fleming PS, Colonio-Salazar F, Waylen A, Sherriff M, Burden D, O Neill C, Ness A, Sandy J, Ireland T. Br Dent J. 2022 Jan 13. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3824-z. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35027685
  3. Development of a core outcome set for use in routine orthodontic clinical trials. Tsichlaki A, O'Brien K, Benson PE, Marshman Z, Johal A, Colonio-Salazar FB, Harman NL, Fleming PS. Development of a core outcome set for use in routine orthodontic clinical trials. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2020 Nov;158(5):650-660. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2020.05.010. Epub 2020 Sep 16. PMID: 32950336.
  4. Development of a core outcome set for orthodontic trials using a mixed-methods approach: protocol for a multicentre study. Tsichlaki A, O'Brien K, Johal A, Marshman Z, Benson P, Colonio Salazar FB, Fleming PS. Trials. 2017 Aug 4;18(1):366. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2098-x.PMID: 28778170 
  5. Factors affecting willingness to pay for NHS-based orthodontic treatment. Fleming PS, Colonio-Salazar F, Waylen A, Sherriff M, Burden D, O Neill C, Ness A, Sandy J, Ireland T.Br Dent J. 2022 Jan 28. doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-3878-6. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35091691. 
  6. Supporting dentists' health and wellbeing - workforce assets under stress: a qualitative study in England. Gallagher JE, Colonio-Salazar FB, White S.Br Dent J. 2021 Jul 20:1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3130-9. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34285387 
  7. Supporting dentists' health and wellbeing - a qualitative study of coping strategies in 'normal times'. Gallagher JE, Colonio-Salazar FB, White S.Br Dent J. 2021 Jul 20:1-9. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-3205-7. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34285386 
  8. Development of 'My Retainers' mobile application: Triangulation of two qualitative methods. Al-Moghrabi D, Colonio-Salazar FB, Johal A, Fleming PS. J Dent. 2020 Mar;94:103281. doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2020.103281. Epub 2020 Jan 24.PMID: 31987979
  9. Understanding factors influencing compliance with removable functional appliances: A qualitative study. El-Huni A, Colonio Salazar FB, Sharma PK, Fleming PS.Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2019 Feb;155(2):173-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2018.06.011.PMID: 30712688
  10. Colonio Salazar FB, Sipiyaruk K, White S, Gallagher JE. Key determinants of health and wellbeing of dentists within the UK: a rapid review of over two decades of research. Br Dent J. 2019 Jul;227(2):127-136. doi: 10.1038/s41415-019-0485-2. PMID: 31350498.
  11. Factors influencing adherence to vacuum-formed retainer wear: A qualitative study. Al-Moghrabi D, Colonio Salazar FB, Johal A, Fleming PS.J Orthod. 2019 Sep;46(3):212-219. doi: 10.1177/1465312519851196. Epub 2019 May 31.PMID: 31151360 Clinical Trial. 
  12. Attitudes of the first cohort of student groups trained together at the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy towards dental interprofessional education. Colonio Salazar FB, Andiappan M, Radford DR, Gallagher JE.Eur J Dent Educ. 2017 May;21(2):91-100. doi: 10.1111/eje.12183. 
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