DrSomasundaram Prasadh

Dr. Somasundaram Prasadh is an academic clinician and researcher with over 15 years of experience in higher education, clinical teaching, and research supervision across Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, and the United States. His teaching philosophy is grounded in evidence-based education, active learning, reflective practice, and the integration of research with clinical training.

Throughout his academic career, he has taught undergraduate and postgraduate students across a broad range of disciplines including Orthodontics, Prosthodontics, Dental Materials, Restorative Dentistry, Biomaterials, Research Methodology, and Clinical Research. He has extensive experience delivering lectures, tutorials, problem-based learning sessions, laboratory demonstrations, simulation training, and clinical supervision in both classroom and clinical environments.

Currently serving as Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Dr. Prasadh contributes to teaching within the Department of Orthodontics through research methodology instruction, postgraduate supervision, clinical reasoning development, and academic mentoring. He supports Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (DClinDent), Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD), PhD, and Master's students through project supervision, thesis development, manuscript preparation, ethical application review, and research skills training. He also collaborates with academic staff in developing teaching materials, assessments, and learning resources for postgraduate education.

Previously, Dr. Prasadh held academic appointments as Senior Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Malaysia and India, where he delivered undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Dental Materials, Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics, Crown and Bridge Dentistry, and Restorative Dentistry. His responsibilities included curriculum development, assessment design, OSCE and OSPE examinations, student mentoring, academic advising, quality assurance activities, and educational administration. He has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate research projects and contributed to curriculum review and continuous quality improvement initiatives.

At the University of Connecticut and the National Dental Centre Singapore, he further developed his teaching expertise through mentoring graduate students, supervising laboratory and translational research projects, delivering engineering and biomaterials-related instruction, and supporting interdisciplinary learning environments. His supervision experience spans undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and visiting international students across dentistry, biomedical engineering, materials science, and tissue engineering disciplines.

Dr. Prasadh is committed to advancing his educational practice through formal scholarship in higher education and is currently undertaking the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) at the University of Sydney. His educational interests include clinical reasoning, research-informed teaching, postgraduate supervision, reflective practice, assessment and feedback, curriculum innovation, and the application of digital technologies and artificial intelligence in health professions education.