Clinical Professor and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry/Chair of Endodontology and Translational Research at the School of Medicine Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences Queens University Belfast.
Graduated from Faculty of Dentistry Khartoum University and completed PhD and speciality training in Restorative Dentistry in the School of Dentistry Queen’s University Belfast. Dr El karim currently leads a clinical and translational research programme in endodontics with a focus on developing novel pulpal diagnostics and therapeutics for vital pulp treatment at the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queens University Belfast. She has published over 70 peer reviewed papers, co-edited Vital Pulp Treatment Book and contributed to many books’ chapters in the field. She has presented her work nationally and internationally as invited and keynote speaker. Dr El karim is past president of the Irish Division of the International Association of Dental Research, Vice President of the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group and Associate Editor for Clinical Research for the International Endodontic Journal. She was member of the European Society of Endodontology Steering Group for development of S3- level clinical practice guidelines and a co-led the treatment of pulpitis working group.