Prof. Barry F. Quinn graduated from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, University of London, which subsequently merged with King’s College London. He completed his specialist training at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals and intercalated an MSc (Hons and Distinction) with clinical training at the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London. He also completed a PhD at King’s College London. He joined the University of Liverpool in 2021. He is presently Secretary General for the Association of Dental Education in Europe, Past-President of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), Education Research Group and the British Dental Association Metropolitan Branch (largest branch in UK), President-Elect for the Prosthodontic Research Group (IADR), President of the Section of Odontology for the Royal Society of Medicine, member of the Dental Schools Council's Clinical Academic Workforce Planning Committee, and NIHR ClinEdR committee. His leadership extends to various advisory roles, including being a Simulation Advisor for the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm (2022) and a member of the UK Government No.10 Delivery Unit Group - Ops Leaders & Acute Clinical Reference Group (2024). Education guidance invited panellists for the European Federation of Periodontology and the European Society for Endodontics (2023).