Janet Clarkson

Professor Jan Clarkson is a Director of the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) and Professor of Clinical Effectiveness at the University of Dundee.

Her remit is to conduct high-quality research and promote the implementation of evidence in dental primary care.

Professor Clarkson has attracted more than £15m to lead UK-wide trials to evaluate aspects of routine dental care involving over 200 dental practices and 5,000 of their patients. A current multicentre trial compares pulpotomy with root canal treatment in permanent molars diagnosed with irriversible pulpitis.

She is a founding member of the Cochrane Oral Health Group and is Joint Co-ordinating Editor. In recognition of these achievements in 2023 she was elected a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences, the first dentist to have been awarded both.