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A conversation with Lydia Austin, a dental therapist, who has completed a foundation training research module at Newcastle University and has recently been appointed a Leadership and Management Clinical Fellowship with the deanery, Health Education England North-East and Cumbria. Lydia describes her experiences of doing foundation training and her new fellowship which will involve working on projects based around Dental Therapists and NHS contract reform.