DT News - UK - DSC appoints Sheffield dental school dean as new chair

Dental Tribune International

Tue. 25 July 2017

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LONDON, UK: The Dean of the University of Sheffield’s School of Clinical Dentistry, Prof. Chris Deery, has been appointed as the new chair of the Dental Schools Council (DSC). He is succeeding Prof. Callum Youngson, the head of the School of Dentistry at the University of Liverpool, who has been leading the organisation since 2014.

Commenting on his appointment, Deery said owing to an increase in the number of clinical dental academics, as demonstrated by a recent survey, the opportunities to conduct dental research must be increased. More must also be done to provide support for those who work in clinical academia, which will require collaboration from organisations across the sector, according to Deery.

“Professor Youngson has done a fantastic job leading the Council for the last few years,” he said. “I look forward to continuing this work alongside my dental school colleagues and our colleagues from across dental healthcare.”

“We have seen great strides in public dental health over the last decade and these strides are in large part down to the quality of our dental school graduates,” he added.

Also working as Programme Director for the MClinDent in Paediatric Dentistry, the Clinical Lead for Paediatric Dentistry and Associate Clinical Director at the Charles Clifford Dental Hospital, Deery joined the University of Sheffield as paediatric dentistry professor in 2006. Since 2015, he has been holding the position of Dean at its dentistry department.

Among other positions, Deery also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry published by John Wiley & Sons and as Chair of the Consultants in Paediatric Dentistry Group.

The Dental School Council represents all 18 dental schools in the UK and three in Ireland.

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