Rate My Professor Jane Taylor

Conjoint Professor Jane Taylor is the Head of Discipline of Oral Health in the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine at the University of Newcastle, and Program Convenor for the Bachelor of Oral Health. She is a qualified dentist with specialist training in Forensic Odontology and has worked as a clinical dentist in Australia and the United Kingdom. Her academic qualifications include a PhD in Oral Health from the University of Newcastle, a Master of Science in Dentistry from the University of Adelaide, a Bachelor of Science in Dentistry (Honours) from the University of Adelaide, a Bachelor of Science (Dentistry) from the University of Adelaide, and a Graduate Certificate in Practice of Tertiary Teaching from the University of Newcastle. Taylor has extensive teaching experience at both the University of Adelaide and the University of Newcastle. From 2000 to 2004, she served as Director of the Forensic Odontology Unit at the University of Adelaide and as Senior Lecturer in the Dental School there from 1997 to 2001. Since 2005, she has been Senior Lecturer in Oral Health at the University of Newcastle. She also holds the position of Deputy Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Australasian Disaster Victim Identification Committee since 2001.

Professor Taylor's research specializations focus on Forensic Odontology, including identification techniques, disaster victim identification, and age assessment, as well as oral health and dental hygiene. As Head of Discipline, she leads the expanding research activities in this emerging field. Her key publications include the book 'Forensic Odontology: Principles and Practice' (2016) co-authored with J.A. Kieser; 'Developing Protocols for Disaster Victim Identification: The Australian experience' (2010); 'Age assessment' (2016) with R. Bassed and J. Graham; 'Dentistry and forensic odontology in Australia: A brief overview' (2014) with W. O'Reilly and R. Lain; 'Australasian and multinational disaster victim identification' (2011) with H. James; and 'An Australian age estimation chart' (2010) with M. Blenkin. Additional notable works encompass chapters on foundation knowledge in forensic odontology (2016), facial approximation methods (2008), and recent articles on simulation-based dental education (2021) and radiographic matching validation (2017). She has received the Medal of the Order of Australia (2002), Overseas Humanitarian Service Award (2006), and an award from the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (2001).