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The Steering Group oversees all the activities within the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) and includes the following representatives of the guidance development groups, the dental institutions in Scotland and members of the Programme Development Team. The Chairs of Guidance Development Groups may also join the Steering Group.

Steering Group Members

Name Position
Jan Clarkson (chair) Director, Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme; Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, University of Dundee
Saba Affar Specialist Research Lead, Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, NHS Education for Scotland
Aileen Bell Head of University of Glasgow Dental School; Professor of Oral Surgery and Dental Education, University of Glasgow Dental School
Pauline Carruthers Dental Care Professional Representative
Anne-Marie Glenny Professor of Health Sciences, Associate Dean for R&I, School of Medical Sciences (SMS), University of Manchester
Abdul Haleem Chairman of the National Dental Advisory Committee; General Dental Practitioner, Paisley; Dental Practice Advisor, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Nicola Innes Professor of Paediatric Dentistry & Head of School of Dentistry, Cardiff University
Niall McGoldrick Hon Consultant in Dental Public Health, University of Dundee 
Grant McIntyre Dean of The Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Alice Miller Assistant Postgraduate Dental Dean (Clinical Effectiveness), NHS Education for Scotland; Vocational Training Advisor, NHS Education for Scotland
Gillian Nevin Assistant Postgraduate Dental Dean (CPD/DWD), NHS Education for Scotland
Emma O'Keefe Consultant in Dental Public Health, NHS Fife and NHS Lothian and Deputy Director of Public Health, NHS Fife; Realistic Medicine Clinical Co-Lead, NHS Fife.
Fiona Ord Project Officer, Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, NHS Education for Scotland
Samantha Rutherford Programme Lead (Guidance), Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, NHS Education for Scotland
Lee Savarrio  Postgraduate Dental Dean, NHS Education for Scotland
Toni Tan Senior Technical Adviser (Methodology)
Linda Young Programme Lead (Implementation), Translation Research in a Dental setting (TRiaDS), NHS Education for Scotland
Roshni Karia President, College of General Dentistry
Antony Visocchi Director of Dentistry, NHS Shetland; Representative of Directors of Dentistry
Michele West Specialist Research Lead, Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme, NHS Education for Scotland

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