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Andrew Rugg-Gunn

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: 1958-1963Constance 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
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 Journal1993-96 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.

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