Degrees and Diplomas | B.D.S. London University 1963
L.D.S.R.C.S. Roy. Coll. Surg. Eng. 1963
Ph.D. Manchester University 1972
F.D.S.R.C.S. Roy. Coll. Surg. Edin. 1975
D.Sc. London University 1990 |
Decoration | R.D. |
| Education and employment | Undergraduate at The London Hospital Medical College Dental School, University of London - holder of Armed Forces Lord Kitchener Scholarship: 1958-1963
Constance Klein Prize in Children's Dentistry 1962
Dental Branch of Royal Navy - Five-year Short Service Commission 1963-1968
University of Manchester Dental School 1968-1972
Colgate Research Fellow in Dental Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Dentistry.
University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dental School 1972-2001
1972-1979 Lecturer in Preventive Dentistry in the Departments of Child Dental Health and Oral Physiology.
1979-1988 Reader in Preventive Dentistry in the Departments of Child Dental Health and Oral Physiology. Honorary Consultant in Dental Surgery, Newcastle Health Authority. 1988-1992 Professor of Preventive Dentistry. Honorary Consultant.
1993-2001 Professor of Preventive Dentistry and Head of the Department of Child Dental Health. Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Newcastle Dental Hospital.
1994-2001 Co-Director, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Newcastle University.
1996-2001 Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition and Oral Health.
2001- Professor Emeritus, Newcastle University. |
Prizes and Awards | 1979 Wisdom Research Award
1987 Van den Burghs and Jurgens National Reporting Award in Human Nutrition
1990 Honorary Associate of the British Dietetic Association 1991 Community Dental Health Journal Award 1993 E.W. Borrow Memorial Award, International Association for Dental Research
1996 H. Trendley Dean Award, International Association for Dental Research
1996 ORCA Annual Rolex Prize, European Organisation for Caries Research
1999 John Tomes Medal, British Dental Association 1999 King James IV Professorship, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2002 Miller Prize, FDI World Dental Federation 2010 Honorary Life Member, British Society of Paediatric Dentistry 2010 Honorary Life Member, British Dental Association 2016 Honorary Life Member, Faculty of Public Health 2021 Honorary Life Member, Nutrition Society
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Prestigious lectures | 1990 Evelyn Sprawson Memorial Lecture, Royal London Hospital.
1991 MIA Inaugural Lecture, Sheffield University.
1995 Lectio Magistralis, University of Padua
2001 Founders’ and Benefactors’ Lecture, Newcastle University
2001 King James IV Professorship Lecture, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2017 Colgate Eminent Speaker, IADR Australia and New Zealand Division |
Committees and Societies |
1987-89 Member, Department of Health COMA panel on Dietary Sugars and Human Disease 1989 President of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry
1992-99 Scientific Editor, British Dental Journal
1993-96 Chairman of the British Association for Toothfriendly Sweets
1997-03 Chairman of the BDA Food Accreditation Panel
1997-99 Chairman of the IADR Ethics in Dental Research Committee
2000-01 Chairman of the IADR H Trendley Dean Awards Committee
1997-03 Consultant Advisor on Dental Research to the Chief Medical Officer
1999-00 President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
2001-06 Member, Government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition
2003- Trustee, The Borrow Foundation (Chair 2015-)
2004-10 Trustee, Eastman Foundation for Oral Research and Training
2004-10 Consultant Advisor, National Fluoride Information Centre, Manchester University |
External examiner | Universities: London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Cork, Kuopio, Bergen, Adelaide, Hong Kong, Otago.
Royal College of Surgeons: Edinburgh, Dublin. |
Research interests | Preventive dentistry, fluoride, nutrition and diet, epidemiology, paediatric dentistry, dental public health. Supervised 9 PhD and 2 DDS students. |
