Mr Grant Creaney

  • Clinical Lecturer in Dental Public Health (Dental School)

email: Grant.Creaney@glasgow.ac.uk

Room L7 Glasgow Dental School & Hospital, 378 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JZ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629

Biography

Having graduated from the University of Glasgow with BDS(Hons) in July 2015 and completing his MFDS with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow in 2016, Grant worked across various fields in Dentistry both in Scotland and abroad before joining the University of Glasgow as Clinical Lecturer in Dental Public Health in November 2020. 

Concurrently with his university role, Grant is undertaking his Dental Public Health Specialty Training as an Honorary Specialty Registrar with NHS Geater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Forth Valley Health Boards in Scotland.

Grant completed his PhD research in Health Systems Factors in Advanced Stage Diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancers in South America and Europe as part of the EU Horizon 2020-funded HEADSpAcE project (Grant No: 825771) in early 2025. Subsequently he completed his Masters in Public Health (MPH) in August 2025. His areas of research primarily include mixed-methods approaches in the fields of head and neck cancer and child oral health.

Grant provides teaching to undergraduate dental students and students undertaking the Oral health module of the Masters in Public Health (MPH). He has wide ranging teaching interests that include public health, oral health inequalities, health systems, and head and neck cancer. Grant leads on the development and implenentation of the sustainability in dentistry and healthcare ILOs within the BDS curriculum.

Research interests

Head and Neck Cancer; Oral Cancer; Dentistry; Dental Public Health; Planetary Health; Health inequalities; Qualitative Research; Health Systems

Research groups

Publications

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2025

Creaney, G. et al. (2025) Advanced stage head and neck cancer diagnosis: HEADSpAcE Consortium health systems benchmarking survey. Head and Neck, 47(7), pp. 1977-1988. (doi: 10.1002/hed.28094) (PMID:39994901) (PMCID:PMC12146806)

2024

Smith, Craig D.L., McMahon, Alex D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Purkayastha, Mitana, Creaney, Grant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Clements, Kelten, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Bhatti, Lesley A., Douglas, Catriona M., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2024) Head and neck cancer incidence is rising but the sociodemographic profile is unchanging: a population epidemiological study (2001-2020). BJC Reports, 2, 71. (doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00089-z) (PMID:39301277) (PMCID:PMC11408244)

Homer, J. J. et al. (2024) Head and Neck Cancer: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines, Sixth Edition. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 138(S1), S1-S224. (doi: 10.1017/S0022215123001615) (PMID:38482835)

2022

Creaney, Grant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Ross, Alastair J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3182, Bhatti, Lesley A., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2022) Head and neck cancer in the UK: what was the stage before COVID-19? UK cancer registries analysis (2011-2018). British Dental Journal, 233(9), pp. 787-793. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5151-4) (PMID:36369569) (PMCID:PMC9650177)

Gormley, Mark, Creaney, Grant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Schache, Andrew, Ingarfield, Kate and Conway, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2022) Reviewing the epidemiology of head and neck cancer: definitions, trends and risk factors. British Dental Journal, 233(9), pp. 780-786. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5166-x) (PMID:36369568) (PMCID:PMC9652141)

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Articles

Creaney, G. et al. (2025) Advanced stage head and neck cancer diagnosis: HEADSpAcE Consortium health systems benchmarking survey. Head and Neck, 47(7), pp. 1977-1988. (doi: 10.1002/hed.28094) (PMID:39994901) (PMCID:PMC12146806)

Smith, Craig D.L., McMahon, Alex D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Purkayastha, Mitana, Creaney, Grant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Clements, Kelten, Inman, Gareth J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6264-4253, Bhatti, Lesley A., Douglas, Catriona M., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2024) Head and neck cancer incidence is rising but the sociodemographic profile is unchanging: a population epidemiological study (2001-2020). BJC Reports, 2, 71. (doi: 10.1038/s44276-024-00089-z) (PMID:39301277) (PMCID:PMC11408244)

Homer, J. J. et al. (2024) Head and Neck Cancer: United Kingdom National Multidisciplinary Guidelines, Sixth Edition. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 138(S1), S1-S224. (doi: 10.1017/S0022215123001615) (PMID:38482835)

Creaney, Grant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, McMahon, Alex D. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Ross, Alastair J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2952-3182, Bhatti, Lesley A., Paterson, Claire and Conway, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2022) Head and neck cancer in the UK: what was the stage before COVID-19? UK cancer registries analysis (2011-2018). British Dental Journal, 233(9), pp. 787-793. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5151-4) (PMID:36369569) (PMCID:PMC9650177)

Gormley, Mark, Creaney, Grant ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9972-7629, Schache, Andrew, Ingarfield, Kate and Conway, David I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-4063 (2022) Reviewing the epidemiology of head and neck cancer: definitions, trends and risk factors. British Dental Journal, 233(9), pp. 780-786. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5166-x) (PMID:36369568) (PMCID:PMC9652141)

This list was generated on Sat Nov 1 10:01:48 2025 GMT.

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: IADR: BEHSR Satellite Event (Bogota, Colombia)
  • 2023: IADR: HEADSpAcE Workshop (Bogota, Colombia)
  • 2023: ICOHIRP: Health Systems Factors in Advanced Stage Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosis (Online)