Honours and Awards
External committees
National Information and Governance Board for Health and Social Care, National Health Service - independent body. Member. Jul 2011 - Web link
Research and Development Advisory Committee, The George Institute of International Health. Member. Oct 2008 -
Twins UK Steering Committee, Wellcme Trust. Member. Jan 2008 -
OSCHR E-Health Board and NHS CfH Research Capability Programme External Reference Group, Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research. Member. Nov 2007 - Dec 2009.
Steering Committee for the MRC National Programme for Training and Capacity Building for Integrative Toxicology, Medical Research Council. Member. Jun 2007 -
UK Biobank Sample Enhancements Sub Group, UK Biobank. Chair. May 2007 - May 2009.
DEFRA Science Advisory Council, DEFRA. Member. Apr 2006 - Jan 2008.
Sub Committee on Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Health Protection Agency. Member. Apr 2005 - Jul 2010.
Populations and Public Health Strategy Committee, Wellcome Trust. Member. Oct 2004 - Oct 2007.
Population and Systems Medicine Board (previously known as the Physiological Systems and Clinical Sciences Board), Medical Research Council. Member. Sep 2004 - Feb 2009.
Working Group on Pharmacogenetics, Royal Society. Member. Sep 2004 - Oct 2005.
UK Biobank Steering Committee. Member. Jul 2003 - Oct 2005.
Expert Advisory Panel for The National Focus for Chemical Incidents. Honorary member. May 2002 -
Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme Management Committee, Department of Health/Department of Trade and Industry. Committee Member. Aug 2000 - Jun 2008.
Memberships of professional bodies
Member, International Society of Hypertension. 1988 - Web link
Member, International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. 1991 - Web link
Member, British Hypertension Society. 1992 - Web link
Member, UK Society of Social Medicine. 1995 - Web link
Member, World Heart Federation. 1997 -


