PRESS RELEASE - Wednesday 15th March 2000
NEW APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEES ON CARCINOGENICITY AND MUTAGENICITY OF CHEMICALS IN FOOD, CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Professor Liam Donaldson, the Government’s Chief Medical Officer, has announced today the new appointments and reappointments of members of the Committees on Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity. The appointment will be for a term of three years from 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2003.
The full membership details are given in the Annexes A and B.
New Appointments are:
Committee on Carcinogenicity
Professor Harrison
Ms Howel
Professor Phillips
Dr Roberts
Dr Shuker
Committee on Mutagenicity
Dr Clements
Professor Farmer
Dr Gooderham
Dr Mitchell
Professor Phillips
Notes to Editors
1. The Committee on Carcinogenicity (COC) and Committee on Mutagenicity (COM) are non-statutory independent advisory Committees which advise the CMO and, through the CMO, the government on a wide range of matters concerning chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment. These Committees will continue to operate on a UK basis and advise the Food Standards Agency as appropriate.
Details of these Committees can be found on the Internet at:
http://www.doh.gov.uk/coc.htm
http://www.doh.gov.uk/com.htm
2. The Committees were first established in 1978 and the Chief Medical Officer appoints their members. Before 1978, advice was provided by sub-committees of the Committees on the Medical Aspects of Food Safety (COMA). In future COMA will be known as the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).
3. The Committees meet 3 times a year. Members are unpaid, but receive an attendance fee of £86.50 and a reading fee of £22 per meeting. Chair are also unpaid , but receive £108 attendance fee and a reading fee
of £27 per meeting. All travel and subsistence expenses are reimbursed.
Annex A
COMMITTEE ON CARCINOGENICITY
CHAIR
Professor Peter G Blain BmedSci MB PhD FRCP(Lond) FRCP(Edin) FFOM Cbiol Flbiol
Head of Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Newcastle (reappointed)
MEMBERS
Professor Colin Cooper BSc PhD DSc
Head of Molecular Carcinogenesis Section, Institute of Cancer Research, Haddow Laboratories (reappointed see also COM)
Professor David Forman BA PhD Hon MFPHM
Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Leeds
(reappointed)
Professor David J Harrison BSc MB ChB MD FRCPath
Professor and Head of Department of Pathology, University of Edinburgh Medical School (new appointment)
Ms Denise Marjorie Howel BSc MSc FRSS FIS
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiological Statistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Newcastle (new appointment)
Dr Sandra Jane Kennedy BSc PhD FRCPath Cbiol Flbiol
Scientific Director, Quintiles England Limited (reappointed)
Mrs Margaret Langley BA
Lay Member (reappointed see also COM)
Professor Jim M Parry BSc PhD DSc
Professor of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea
(reappointed till 30.09.01 see also Chairman of COM)
Professor David H Phillips BA PhD DSc FRCPath
Professor of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Institute of Cancer Research
(new appointment see also COM)
Professor Andrew G Renwick OBE BSc PhD DSc
Professor of Biological Pharmacology, University of Southampton
(reappointed)
Dr Ruth A Roberts BSc PhD CRC
Cancer Project Manager and Group Leader, AstraZeneca CTL
(new appointment)
Dr David E G Shuker BSc ARCS PhD DIC
Biomonitoring and Molecular Interactions Section, MRC Toxicology Unit
(new appointment)
Professor Geraint T Williams BSc MD FRCP FRCPath
Department of Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine
(reappointed)
Annex B
COMMITTEE ON MUTAGENICITY
CHAIR
Professor Jim M Parry BSc PhD DSc
Professor of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales (reappointed till 30.09.01 see also Member COM)
MEMBERS
Professor John Ashby BSc PhD FRCS
Senior Research Associate, Zeneca Central Toxicology Laboratory (reappointed)
Dr Julie Clements BSc PhD
Head of Molecular Toxicology, Covance (new appointment)
Professor Colin Cooper BSc PhD DSc
Head of Molecular Carcinogenesis Section, Institute of Cancer Research, Haddow Laboratories (reappointed see also COC)
Professor Peter B Farmer MA DPhil C.Chem FRSC
Professor of Chemistry, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester
(new appointment has been on COC)
Dr Nigel John Gooderham PhD C.Chem FRSC
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Toxicology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (new appointment)
Mrs Margaret Langley BA
Lay Member (reappointed see also COC)
Dr Ian Mitchell BA PhD
Consultant in Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, Kelvin Toxicology Associates
(new appointment)
Professor David H Phillips BA PhD DSc FRCPath
Professor of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Institute of Cancer Research
(new appointment see also COC)
Dr David J Tweats BSc PhD Cbiol FIBiol FRCPath
Director of Preclinical Safety Sciences, Glaxo Wellcome Research & Development Ltd (reappointed)