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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, SDCEP; Associate Postgraduate Dean - Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland; Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, University of Dundee
Saba Affar Specialist Research Lead (SDCEP), Public Services Delivery Scotland
Lorraine Arnot General Dental Practitioner, Montrose; Adviser to Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Heather Ballantyne Senior Dental Officer, NHS Tayside; Chair of the Management of Acute Dental Problems guidance development group
Aileen Bell Professor of Oral Surgery and Dental Education, University of Glasgow Dental School
Hannah Campbell (Observer) General Dental Practitioner, Glasgow; GDP Leadership Fellow
Francesca Capaldi (Observer) Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, NHS Lothian; Clinical Academic Fellow (University of Dundee) 
Anne-Marie Glenny Professor of Health Sciences Research, University of Manchester; Co-ordinating Editor, Cochrane Oral Health
Abdul Haleem Chair of the National Dental Advisory Committee; General Dental Practitioner, Paisley; Dental Practice Advisor, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Anne Haston (Observer) General Dental Practitioner, Dunfermline; GDP Leadership Fellow
Nicola Innes Dean of School of Dentistry, University of Leeds; Co-chair of the Prevention and Management of Dental Caries in Children guidance development group
Roshni Karia President, College of General Dentistry
Lee McArthur Lead Tutor (QIiPT), Public Services Delivery Scotland
Niall McGoldrick Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health, Dundee Dental Hospital; Director of Dentistry, NHS Tayside
Margaret Mooney Business Support, Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Gillian Nevin Associate Postgraduate Dean - Vocational Training, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Emma O'Keefe Consultant in Dental Public Health and Director of Dentistry, NHS Fife & NHS Lothian; Deputy Director of Public Health, NHS Fife
Fiona Ord Project Officer, Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Andrew Paterson Clinical Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, University of Glasgow Dental School; Chair of the Antibiotic Prophylaxis Against Infective Endocarditis Short-life Working Group
Craig Ramsay Principal Research Lead (Implementation), Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland 
Christine Randall Assistant Director, Lead Pharmacist for Dental Medicines Information and Pharmacovigilance, North West Medicines Information Centre, Specialist Pharmacy Service
Hazel Reid (Observer) StR in Special Care Dentistry; Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow (SCLF)
Sam Rutherford Head of Programme (Guidance), Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Lee Savarrio  Postgraduate Dental Dean and Director of Dentistry, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Toni Tan Senior Technical Adviser (Methodology), NICE
Antony Visocchi Director of Dentistry, NHS Shetland; Representative of Directors of Dentistry
Callum Wemyss Clinical Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery & Human Factors/Honorary Consultant in Oral Surgery University of Glasgow Dental School; Clinical chair for upcoming SDCEP Oncology resource
Michele West Specialist Research Lead (SDCEP), Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Alison Wright Consultant in Oral Surgery, Dundee Dental Hospital; Adviser to Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland
Linda Young Head of Programme (Implementation), Clinical Effectiveness, Public Services Delivery Scotland

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