Honours and Awards
Awards
Kowsar Award, Kowsar Medical Institute Tehran Iran. Dec 2011.
Sheila Sherlock Lecturer; British Society of Gastroenterology, British Society of Gastroenterology. 2005.
Inaugural Ralph Wright Lecturer, Southampton General Hospital. Oct 1999.
Medal of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Ivanovsky Institute of Virology (Moscow; Russia) for description of molecular variants of hepatitis B (HBe antigen negative virus) and vaccine escape variants.. 1997.
External committees
International Advisory Committee Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Medical College; Mauritius., University of Mauritius. Member. 24 Feb 2009 - 26 Feb 2009.
NICE Appraisal Committee for Use of Telbivudine and Entecavir in Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B, NICE. Clinical Advisor. 12 Mar 2008 -
EASL, AASLD,APASL,ALEH and IASL Joint Conference on Hepatitis B and C Virus Resistance to Antiviral therapies., EASL. Session Chairman. 13 Feb 2008 - 16 Feb 2008.
Trustee of Hepatitis B Foundation, Hepatitis B Foundation. Trustee. 2007 -
DSMB for 'German Acute Hepatitis B Study'., German Federal Ministry for Education and Research.. DSMB member. 1 Oct 2005 - 30 Oct 2008.
Pan-London Commissioning Group for Hepatitis, Pan-London Commissioning Group for Hepatitis. Chairman. 2003 -
National Expert Panel on New and Emerging Infections, UK Department of Health. Member. 29 Jul 2003 - 1 Jan 2009.
Advisory Board of German Research -Network on Viral Hepatitis 'Hep-Net'. Member. 2002 -
Council of British Society of Gastroenterology, Council of British Society of Gastroenterology. 2001 - 2004.
Council of Royal College of Physicians, Council of Royal College of Physicians. Member of Council. 2001 - 2004.
Trustee of British Liver Trust, British Liver Trust. Vice-President. 1998 - 2005.
WHO Adviser on Antiviral Drugs, Geneva,, WHO. 1987 -
Memberships of professional bodies
British Society for Gastroenterology, BSG. 1970 -
President, British Association for the Study of the Liver.
Association of Physicians.
International Association for the Study of the Liver, International Association for the Study of the Liver.
American Association for Study of Liver, American Association for Study of Liver.
President, European Association for Study of Liver.
Links with other academic bodies
INSERM/ IMPERIAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION, INSERM, INSERM; PARIS. Lead Academic collaborating with Professor Christian Brechot to develop Interface contracts and post-doctoral collaborations with INSERM Units.
