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Cynthia Pine
Cynthia Pine CBE is Professor of Dental Public Health at the Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London since 2013. She also holds NHS positions as a Consultant in Dental Public Health at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and at Barts Health NHS Trust. Cynthia Pine was the first female Dean of a dental school in the UK.

Education
She was born in Guyana and moved with her family to Birmingham at 2 years of age. She graduated in Dentistry from the University of Manchester in 1976 and completed her PhD in 1982 also at the University of Manchester. In 2001 she gained an MBA from the University of Dundee.

Academic career
Cynthia Pine was appointed Dean of Dental Studies at the University of Liverpool in 2002. In 2008 she became Dean of the College of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford and in 2010 she was appointed Pro Vice Chancellor International at the University of Salford, Manchester. She is currently Professor of Dental Public Health Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Awards
Cynthia Pine was awarded the order of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to dentistry. Cynthia has also been honoured in the Black PowerList 2009 - a list of the UK's 100 most influential people of African or Afro-Caribbean heritage - for the second year running.