Elaine is a qualified Dental Hygienist and post graduate tutor. She is the Education and Project Manager for Molar Ltd where she is involved with designing and implementing educational programmes for the dental profession and the general public. As a passionate crusader of the ‘’team ethic’ in health, she sits on the editorial boards of Preventive Practice, Team in Practice and Dental Health and is the elected Publications member on the BSDHT council. She also writes regularly for the dental press on a variety of subjects. Elaine is the immediate Past President of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education and is a member of the SUSTAIN working group which amongst other things campaigns against inappropriate marketing of unhealthy foods to children.