Professor Keith Palmer

Biography

Professor Keith Palmer became the chair of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) in 2008. Before this, he was a member of the council, and then chair of its Research Working Group between 2001 and 2008.

His is also:

  • a tenured researcher in occupational epidemiology with the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Lifecourse Unit in Southampton
  • Chair in Occupational Medicine at the University of Southampton
  • an honorary consultant occupational physician with the Southampton University NHS Trust
  • a member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affair’s Advisory Committee on Pesticides
  • a member of the scrutiny group supporting the government review of the Work Capability Assessment
  • Editor-in-Chief of the flagship faculty textbook ‘Fitness for Work’ (Oxford University Press)