ADEE and Oral were pleased to announce the awarding of the 2025 Intra/Inter-professional Educator Award as part of ADEE 2025 Dublin on Thursday 21st August.
The ADEE Oral Intra/Inter-professional Educator Award, is aimed at fostering and developing academic careers within the Oral Health Education environment particularly those who are engaged in inter-professional education of the dental professions. It has a focus on recognition of evolving excellence in inter professional dental/oral health education as a means of exemplifying best practice.
The 2025 award was presented to Leon Bassi, University of Liverpool.
Leon Bassi - University of Liverpool School of Dentistry, UK
 Receiving their award from Dr William Minston P&G and ADEE President Prof Brian O'Connell |
Leon received his diploma’s in Dental Therapy and Hygiene in 2009, a Postgraduate Certification in Inhalation Sedation (2015), a Diploma in Paediatric Dentistry in 2018, and a MSc in Advanced Specialist Healthcare. He leads the Year 1 of the Liverpool integrated Dental and Dental Hygiene & Therapy Bachelor programme, delivering shared learning, assessment, and collaborative clinical teaching. His leadership of the longitudinal Patient Care Observation component has brought early clinical exposure and real-world integration of dental professionals in training, embedding the principles of team-based care from the outset. In addition his innovations in digital and interprofessional education - particularly in the development of inhalation sedation and haptic simulation resources - has led to multiple abstracts, national recognition, and, most recently, the 2025 Royal Society of Medicine Presidential Award for Dental Education. His scientific paper in which you argued for the creation and dissemination of knowledge by dental therapists to promote professional identity, not only led to an invited speaker presentation in Italy recently, but also to the creation of a new Community of Practice on inter professional education, launching at this ADEE 2025 meeting. |
ADEE looks forward to watching Leon's career evolve over the coming years
