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List of participants of SAGE and related sub-groups

Updated 1 July 2022

Overview

Since SAGE first met in response to COVID-19 on 22 January 2020, it has been grateful for insights from a huge range of sources. At high pace, experts from academic, public sector, industrial and commercial communities have provided the high quality research and information used to formulate advice given to government.

Participants

Listed here are the names of participants who provided input as experts at one or more meetings, including public servants who acted in an expert capacity. SAGE participants are required to declare any interests relevant to the SAGE meetings they attend. Find out more about participants interests.

The register of participants interests and the list of participants is regularly reviewed and updated quarterly. If you have a query please get in touch.

These meetings are also regularly attended by officials from government. These attendees have not been named.

Attendance at SAGE meetings varies according to the agenda. This means some participants will attend frequently, whilst others infrequently and in some cases only once. To see participants who have attended each individual meetings please see SAGE minutes.

Permission to publish names was requested from all participants. Those who did not give permission have not been named.

SAGE also uses advice generated by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG), which is an existing group that advises the government on the threat posed by new and emerging respiratory viruses. Find out more about NERVTAG.

Support

The continuing demand for COVID-19 science advice from government has placed an exceptional burden on many experts participating in SAGE and its subgroups. In response, the Government Office for Science has offered a range of support to these experts including personal security and wellbeing.

In addition, an unprecedented burden has also been placed on universities – the employers of many SAGE participants – particularly during the academic year. To ease this, the government has secured funding in support of those universities most affected to provide cover for the academic’s duties such as teaching. The funding will enable the key SAGE participants with the most severe time and workload constraints to continue their work on SAGE as appropriate and ensure SAGE continues to benefit from their expertise.

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)

SAGE provides scientific and technical advice to support government decision makers during emergencies. Find out more about SAGE.

Last updated: 4 March 2022.

Sir Patrick Vallance FRS FMedSci FRCP KCB	Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Professor Sir Chris Whitty KCB FMedSci	Chief Medical Officer
Mr Dinesh Aggarwal	University of Cambridge
Professor Rebecca Allen	University of Oxford
Professor John Aston	Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
Dr Marc Baguelin	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London
Professor Charles Bangham	Imperial College London
Professor Wendy Barclay FMedSci	Imperial College London
Professor Laura Bear	London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Jonathan Benger	UWE Bristol
Ms Fliss Bennee	Welsh Government
Professor Phil Blythe	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport
Professor Chris Bonnell	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Sir Ian Boyd FRSE	University of St Andrews
Dr Declan T Bradley FFPH	Department of Health, Northern Ireland Executive
Professor Chris Brightling	University of Leicester
Professor Peter Bruce FRS	University of Oxford
Professor Iain E. Buchan	University of Liverpool
Dr Josh Bunce	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Joint Biosecurity Centre
Ms Caroline Cake	HDR-UK
Professor Doreen Cantrell	University of Dundee
Mr Greg Ceely	Office for National Statistics
Dr Meera Chand	UK Health Security Agency
Professor Lucy Chappell	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care
Professor Nishi Chaturvedi	University College London
Dr Paul Cleary	Department of Health and Social Care
Professor Paul Cosford	UK Health Security Agency
Professor David Crossman FRSE FRCP FRCPE	Chief Scientific Adviser Health, Scottish Government
Professor Andrew Curran	Chief Scientific Adviser, Health and Safety Executive
Dr Gavin Dabrera	UK Health Security Agency
Dr Peter Davis	University Hospitals Bristol
Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy	Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Professor Daniela De Angelis	University of Cambridge
Professor Charlotte Deane	UK Research and Innovation
Professor Sir Ian Diamond FRSE FBA FAcSS	National Statistician, Office for National Statistics
Dr Annemarie Docherty	University of Edinburgh
Professor Yvonne Doyle CB	Medical Director, NHS England
Professor Deborah Dunn-Walters	University of Surrey
Professor Chris Dye	Royal Society
Ms Chantal Edge	University College London
Professor John Edmunds OBE FMedSci	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Rosalind Eggo	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Stuart Elborn	Department of Health, Northern Ireland Executive
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar OBE FMedSci FRS	Director, Wellcome Trust
Professor Kevin Fenton	UK Health Security Agency
Sir Michael Ferguson CBE FRS FRSE FMEDSci FRSB	University of Dundee
Professor Neil Ferguson OBE FMedSci	Imperial College London
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald FREng	University of Cambridge
Professor Julie Fitzpatrick OBE	Chief Scientific Adviser, Scotland
Dr Aidan Fowler FRCS	National Health Service England
Clare Gardiner	Joint Biosecurity Centre
Professor Julia Gog OBE	University of Cambridge
Professor Robin Grimes FRS FREng	Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence
Professor Ravindra Gupta	University of Cambridge
Dr Ian Hall	University of Manchester
Dr David Halpern	Behavioural Insights Team, Cabinet Office
Baroness Dido Harding	NHS Test and Trace Executive Chair
Dame Jenny Harries	Chief Executive, UK Health Security Agency
Dr Demis Hassabis CBE FRS	Personal capacity as a data scientist
Professor Andrew Hayward	University College London
Dr Melissa Heightman	University College London Hospitals
Professor Gideon Henderson FRS	Chief Scientific Adviser, Defra
Professor Julian Hiscox	University of Liverpool
Professor Stephen Holgate CBE FMedSci	University of Southampton
Dr Susan Hopkins	UK Health Security Agency
Professor Sir Peter Horby FMedSci	University of Oxford
Dr Thomas House	University of Manchester
Professor Sir Colin Humphreys	Queen Mary University University London
Professor Ann John	Swansea University
Professor Dame Anne Johnson	Royal Society
Dr Indra Joshi	NHSx
Dr Atiya Kamal	Birmingham City University
Professor Vittal Katikireddi	University of Glasgow
Professor Matt Keeling	University of Warwick
Professor Paul Kellam	Imperial College London
Professor Simon Kenny	NHS England
Professor Kamlesh Khunti CBE FRCP FRCGP FMedSci	University of Leicester
Dr Ben Killingley	UCLH
Dr Camilla Kingdon	Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Professor Marian Knight	University of Oxford
Dr Adam Kucharski	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor David Lalloo	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Dr Richard John Lessells	Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, South Africa
Professor Wei Shen Lim	University of Nottingham
Professor Janet Lord	University of Birmingham
Dr Michael Marks	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Dame Theresa Marteau FMedSci	University of Cambridge
Professor Dame Angela McLean FRS	Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence
Professor Jim McManus OCDS FFPH FBPsS CPsychol Chartered FCIPD CSci FRSB	Association of Directors of Public Health UK
Dr Jim McMenamin	Health Protection Scotland
Dr Nisha Mehta MA (Oxon) MRCPsych MRCGP	Department of Health and Social Care
Professor Graham Medley OBE	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Susan Michie FMedSci FAcSS	University College London
Professor Christine Middlemiss	Chief Veterinary Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Professor Paul Monks	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Professor Andrew Morris FMedSci FRSE	University of Edinburgh
Professor Paul Moss	University of Birmingham
Professor Carole Mundell	Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Professor Cath Noakes OBE FREng CEng FIMechE FIHEEM	University of Leeds
Ms Shannon Nolan	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs/Joint Biosecurity Centre
Dr Éamonn O’Moore	UK Health Security Agency
Professor Tulio de Oliveira	Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, South Africa
Professor Isabel Oliver	UK Health Security Agency
Dr Rob Orford	Health Chief Scientific Adviser, Welsh Government
Professor Michael Parker	University of Oxford
Professor Dame Linda Partridge FRS FMedSci FRSE	Royal Society
Professor Sharon Peacock FMedSci	UK Health Security Agency
Professor Alan Penn	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Dr Pasi Penttinen	European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Professor Guy Poppy	Chief Scientific Adviser, Food Standards Agency
Professor Steve Powis FRCP	National Health Service England
Dr Mike Prentice	National Health Service England
Mr Osama Rahman	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Education
Professor Venki Ramakrishnan PRS	Royal Society
Professor Andrew Rambaut FRSE	University of Edinburgh
Professor Steven Riley	UK Health Security Agency
Dr Helen Roberts	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Professor Tom Rodden	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Professor Brooke Rogers OBE	Kings College London
Dr Cathy Roth	Department for International Development
Professor Sheila Rowan MBE FRS FRSE	Chief Scientific Adviser, Scotland
Dr James Rubin	Kings College London
Professor Jennifer Rubin	Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
Professor Harry Rutter	University of Bath
Dr Hiba Sameen	Department for Health and Social Care
Dr Chris Savoury	Department for Health and Social Care
Professor Gavin Screaton	Oxford
Professor Calum Semple OBE	University of Liverpool
Mr Matthew Sexton	Joint Biosecurity Centre
Mr David Seymour	HDR-UK
Professor Timothy Sharpe	University of Strathclyde
Professor Sir Gregor Smith	Chief Medical Officer, Scotland
Dr Alaster Smith	Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport
Professor Derek Smith	University of Cambridge
Professor Iyiola Solanke	University of Leeds
Dr Nicola Steedman	Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Scottish Government
Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam MBE	Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Professor Russell Viner PRCPCH	University College London
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG FMedSci	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development
Dr Thomas Waite	Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Dr Rhoswyn Walker	HDR-UK
Professor Sarah Walker OBE FMedSci	University of Oxford
Professor Sir Mark Walport FRCP FMedSci FRS	Independent adviser
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG FMedSci	Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Professor Mark Wilcox	University of Leeds
Professor James Wood	University of Cambridge
Dr Jenet Woolford	Office for National Statistics
Dr Edward Wynne-Evans	Joint Biosecurity Centre
Professor Lucy Yardley FAcSS OBE	University of Bristol and University of Southampton
Professor Ian Young	Health Chief Scientific Adviser, Northern Ireland Executive
Professor Maria Zambon FMedSci	UK Health Security Agency

Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B)

SPI-B provides advice aimed at anticipating and helping people adhere to interventions that are recommended by medical or epidemiological experts. Find out more about SPI-B

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Professor Ann John	Swansea University (Chair)
Professor Brooke Rogers OBE	Kings College London (KCL) (Co-Chair)
Dr Atiya Kamal	Birmingham City University
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG FMedSci	Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Professor Chris Bonell	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Clifford Stott	Keele University
Dr Daniel Leightley	Kings College London (KCL)
Dr David Halpern	Behavioural Insights Team, Cabinet Office
Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollock	University of Bristol
Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres	University of Exeter
Dr Gavin Morgan	University College London (UCL)
Professor Gerard Hastings	University of Stirling
Dr Henry Potts	University College London (UCL)
Mr Hugh Stickland	University College London (UCL)
Mr Hugo Harper	Behavioural Insights Team
Professor Imran Awan	Birmingham City University
Professor Iyiola Solanke	University of Leeds
Dr James Rubin	Kings College London
Dr Jo Waller	Kings College London (KCL)
Professor John Drury	University of Sussex
Ms Kathryn Scott	British Psychological Society
Dr Kaveri Qureshi	University of Edinburgh
Professor Laura Bear	London School of Economics (LSE)
Dr Laura de Molière	Cabinet Office
Dr Lorna Riddle	Cabinet Office
Dr Louise Smith	Kings College London (KCL)
Professor Lucy Yardley FAcSS OBE	University of Bristol and University of Southampton
Dr Mark Egan	Behavioural Insights Team
Professor Melinda Mills	University of Oxford
Professor Melissa Parker	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Michael Parker	University of Oxford
Professor Nicola Fear	Kings College London (KCL)
Professor Patricia Kingori	University of Oxford
DCC Paul Netherton	Devon and Cornwall Police
Professor Richard Amlôt	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Mr Richard Pemberton	British Psychological Society
Professor Robert West	University College London (UCL)
Professor Russell Viner PRCPCH	University College London (UCL)
Mr Shaun McNally	Ministry of Justice
Professor Stephen Reicher	University of St Andrews
Professor Subhash Pokhrel	Brunel University
Professor Susan Michie FMedSci FAcSS	University College London (UCL)
Professor Dame Theresa Marteau FMedSci	University of Cambridge
Dr Tushna Vandrevala	Kingston University

4 participants have not given permission to be named.

Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M-O)

SPI-M-O gives expert advice to the Department of Health and Social Care and wider UK government on scientific matters relating to the UK’s response to an influenza pandemic (or other emerging human infectious disease threats). The advice is based on infectious disease modelling and epidemiology. Find out more about SPI-M-O.

Last updated: 11 February 2022.

Professor Dame Angela McLean FRS	Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence (Chair)
Professor Graham Medley OBE	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Chair)
Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Daren Austin	GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), contributing in personal capacity
Dr Marc Baguelin	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London
Professor Wendy Barclay FMedSci	Imperial College London
Dr Rosanna Barnard	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Ms Fliss Bennee	Welsh Government
Dr Samir Bhatt	Imperial College London
Dr Paul Birrell	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Professor Ewan Birney	Deputy Director General European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Dr Joshua Blake	University of Cambridge
Professor Veronica Bowman	Her Majesty’s Government
Professor Stephen Brett	Imperial College London
Professor Mark Briers	The Alan Turing Institute
Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollock	University of Bristol
Dr Robert Challen	University of Exeter
Dr Andre Charlett	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Sam Clifford	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Ewan Colman	University of Edinburgh
Prof Ben Cooper	University of Oxford
Dr Anne Cori	Imperial College London
Dr Thomas Crellen	University of Oxford
Dr Leon Danon	University of Bristol
Dr Nick Davies	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Emma Davis	University of Oxford
Professor Daniela De Angelis	University of Cambridge
Professor Karla Diaz-Ordaz	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Louise Dyson	University of Warwick
Professor John Edmunds OBE FMedSci	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Rosalind Eggo	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Elizabeth Fearon	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Neil Ferguson OBE FMedSci	Imperial College London
Dr Thomas Finnie	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Joshua Firth	University of Oxford
Professor Christophe Fraser	University of Oxford
Dr Sebastian Funk	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Mr Martyn Fyles	University of Manchester
Professor Axel Gandy	Imperial College London
Dr Nick Gent	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Moritz Gerstung	European Bioinformatics Institute
Professor Julia Gog OBE	University of Cambridge
Dr Ben Goldacre	University of Oxford
Dr Yonatan Grad	Harvard University
Professor Nicholas Grassly	Imperial College London
Professor Michael Gravenor	Swansea University
Ms Laura Guzman-Rincon	University of Warwick
Dr Ian Hall	University of Manchester
Mr William Hart	University of Oxford
Dr Edward Hill	University of Warwick
Dr Joe Hilton	University of Warwick
Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth	University of Oxford
Professor Chris Holmes	The Alan Turing Institute
Dr Camilla Holten Møller	Statens Serum Institut
Dr Thomas House	University of Manchester
Dr Natsuko Imai	Imperial College London
Dr Chris Jarvis	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Christopher Jewell	Lancaster University
Professor Mark Jit	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Thibaut Jombart	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Rowland Kao	University of Edinburgh
Professor Matt Keeling	University of Warwick
Professor Ruth Keogh	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Stephen Kissler	Harvard University
Dr Petra Klepac	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Gwen Knight	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Moritz Kraemer	University of Oxford
Dr Adam Kucharski	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Ajit Lalvani	Imperial College London
Dr Trystan Leng	University of Warwick
Mr Hugo Lewkowicz	University of Manchester
Dr Tim Lucas	Imperial College London
Dr Jamie Lopez Bernal	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Rohini Mathur	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Kimberley Moore	Faculty, on behalf on NHSx
Dr Sam Moore	University of Warwick
Professor Paul Moss	University of Birmingham
Dr James Munday	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Chris Overton	University of Manchester
Dr Lorenzo Pellis	University of Manchester
Dr Anne Presanis	University of Cambridge
Professor Oliver Pybus	University of Oxford
Dr Kathleen O’Reilly	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Mr Bill Quilty	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Dr Jonathan Read	Lancaster University
Professor Steven Riley	Imperial College London
Professor Chris Robertson	University of Strathclyde
Dr Julie Robotham	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr James Rubin	Kings College London (KCL)
Joe Shingleton	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Lewis Spurgin	University of East Anglia
Dr Helena Stage	University of Manchester
Dr Robin Thompson	University of Warwick
Dr Michael Tildesley	University of Warwick
Dr Edwin Van Leeuwen	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam MBE	Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Professor Sarah Walker	University of Oxford
Dr Marc Warner	Faculty, on behalf of NHSx
Dr Heather Whitaker	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Carl Whitfield	University of Manchester
Dr Lilith Whittles	Imperial College London
Professor Mark Woolhouse	University of Edinburgh
Professor Lucy Yardley FAcSS OBE	University of Bristol and University of Southampton

PHE Serology Working Group

The Serology Working Group provides oversight of sero-epidemiology work for COVID-19 in England and partners with international colleagues, including the WHO, on these serological studies. The group monitors and reviews work on the establishment and running of population-based seroprevalence surveys in England. Sero-epidemiology is crucial in informing our understanding of the extent of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and to monitor how this changes over time.

The Serology Working Group was disbanded in April 2020. The group’s work is now part of UKHSA’s surveillance programme for COVID-19.

Professor Sharon Peacock FMedSci	Public Health England (PHE) (Chair)
Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam	Public Health England (PHE)
Dr Marc Baguelin	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Wendy Barclay	Imperial College London
Dr Rupert Beale	Francis Crick Institute
Dr Tim Brooks	Public Health England (PHE)
Dr Mary De Silva	Wellcome Trust
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar OBE FMedSci FRS	Wellcome Trust
Professor Paul Kellam	Imperial College London and Kymab Ltd
Dr Mary Ramsay	Public Health England (PHE)
Professor Gavin Screaton	University of Oxford
Dr Edwin Van Leeuwen	Public Health England (PHE)

5 participants have not given permission to be named.

COVID-19 Clinical Information Network (CO-CIN)

CO-CIN collates clinical information from the usual health care records of people of all ages admitted to hospital in the UK to characterise the clinical features of patients with severe COVID-19 in the UK.

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Professor Malcolm (Calum) Semple OBE	University of Liverpool (Chair)
Dr Kenneth Baillie	University of Edinburgh
Dr Annemarie Docherty	University of Edinburgh
Dr Chris Green	University of Birmingham
Professor Ewen Harrison	University of Edinburgh
Professor Sir Peter Horby FMedSci	University of Oxford
Professor Peter Openshaw	Imperial College London
Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam MBE	Deputy Chief Medical Officer (dCMO)

New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG)

NERVTAG is not a formal subgroup of SAGE and SAGE does not commission NERVTAG directly.

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Professor Sir Peter Horby FMedSci	University of Oxford  (Chair)
Professor Wendy Barclay	Imperial College London
Professor John Edmunds OBE FMedSci	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Neil Ferguson OBE FMedSci	Medical Research Council, Imperial College London
Professor Andrew Hayward	University College London
Dr Benjamin Killingley	University College London Hospital NHS Trust
Professor Wei Shen Lim	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Jim McMenamin	Health Protection Scotland
Professor Peter Openshaw	Imperial College London
Professor Malcolm (Calum) Semple OBE	University of Liverpool
Dr James Rubin	Kings College London
Dr Cariad Evans	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Chloe Sellwood	Co-opted member, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Professor Ian Brown	Co-opted member, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
Dr Lisa Ritchie	Co-opted member, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Professor Julian Hiscox	Temporary co-opted member for COVID-19, University of Liverpool
Dr Muge Cevik	Temporary co-opted member for COVID-19, University of St Andrews
Professor Ravindra Gupta	Temporary co-opted member for COVID-19, University of Cambridge

Environmental Modelling Group (EMG)

The purpose of this group is to identify and steer the role that environmental modelling, data analysis and environmental sampling can play in understanding COVID-19 transmission, with a view to understanding transmission routes, factors that influence this and the impact of environmental and behavioural interventions and mitigations at a mechanistic level.

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Dr Andrew Curran	Health and Safety Executive (HSE) (Chair)
Professor Harry Rutter	Bath (Chair)
Professor Cath Noakes OBE FREng CEng FIMechE FIHEEM	University of Leeds (Chair)
Mr Adrian Eggleton	National Health Service (NHS)
Professor Alan Penn	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Dr Alexander Allen	National Health Service (NHS)
Dr Ben Killingley	University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)
Dr Danielle Solomon	National Health Service (NHS)
Professor Ian Hall	University of Manchester
Professor Mark Wilcox	University of Leeds
Professor Sarah Sharples	Department for Transport (DfT)
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald	University of Cambridge
Professor Dame Theresa Marteau FMedSci	University of Cambridge
Professor Tim Sharpe	University of Strathclyde
Professor Paul Monks	Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Professor Michael Gormley	Herriot Watt
Professor Tom Rodden	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Mr Ian Storrar	NHS Scotland
Dr Ben Killingley	University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH)
Dr Alexandra Freeman	Cambridge
Ms Annette Rankin	NHS Scotland
Professor Gideon Henderson FRS	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) – Standing invite; attendance by exception
Professor Isabel Oliver	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Simon Parker	Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Mr Allan Bennett	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

Royal Academy of Engineering provide contributions.

Children’s Task and Finish Working Group (TFC)

The group provided consolidated scientific health advice to government. Subject advice focused on the transmission of COVID-19 in children and within schools.

Participants changed over time depending on the expertise needed. This list represents core contributors at varying parts of the main COVID-19 response. This list is not exhaustive.

The group last met in early 2021.

Last updated: 1 July 2022

Mr Osama Rahman	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Education (Co-Chair)
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG FMedSci	Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development (Co-Chair)
Professor Laura Bear	London School of Economics
Professor Chris Bonell	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Ellen Brooks-Pollock	University of Bristol
Dr Louise Dyson	University of Warwick
Professor John Edmunds OBE FMedSci	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Rosalind Eggo	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Thomas Finnie	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Professor Julia Gog OBE	University of Cambridge
Professor Sir Peter Horby FMedSci	University of Oxford
Dr Thomas House	University of Manchester
Ms Lorna Howarth	Department for Education
Dr Michael J Tildesley	University of Warwick
Professor G. J. Melendez	University of Exeter
Professor Matt Keeling	University of Warwick
Dr Petra Klepac	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Graham Medley OBE	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Gavin Morgan	University College London
Professor Cath Noakes OBE FREng CEng FIMechE FIHEEM	University of Leeds
Professor Michael Parker	University of Oxford
Dr Lorenzo Pellis	University of Manchester
Dr Jonathan Read	Lancaster University
Professor Steven Riley	Imperial College London
Professor Brooke Rogers OBE	Kings College London
Dr Edwin Van Leeuwen	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Professor Russell Viner PRCPCH	University College London
Professor John Watkins	Public Health Wales and Cardiff University
Professor Lucy Yardley FAcSS OBE	University of Bristol and University of Southampton

8 participants have not given permission to be named.

Hospital Onset COVID-19 Working Group (HOCI)

This working group focused on hospital-onset COVID-19 infection (HOCI) and its purpose is to provide thought leadership, direction to analysis and precipitate policy change and interventions that lead to a rapid and sustained reduction in the rate of HOCI.

This is no longer a sub-group, and now an advisory group within NHSE.

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Professor Mark Wilcox	University of Leeds, NHS England (NHSE) and NHS Improvement (NHSI) (Chair)
Dr Ian Hall	University of Manchester (Co-Chair)
Ms Ruth May	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Mr Matthew Fagg	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Mr Duncan Burton	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Dr Lisa Ritchie	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Dr Russell Hope	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr James Price	National Health Service (NHS) and Imperial College London
Ms Catherine Morgan	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Jane Clegg	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Siobhan Heafield	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Margaret Kitching	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Mr David Charlesworth	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Dr David Levy	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Hayley Citrine	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Sue Doheny	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Acosia Nyanin	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Ms Deborah Turner	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Dr Colin Brown	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Mr Giancarlo Laura	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Dr Julie Robotham	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Judith Breuer	University College London (UCL)
Mr Simon Rhea	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)
Professor Jacqui Reilly	Glasgow Caledonian University and NHS National Services Scotland
Dr Lourda Geoghegan	Northern Ireland Executive dCMO (devolved administration observer)
Dr Eleri Davies	Public Health Wales (devolved administration observer)
Ms Natasha Williams-Faray	NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/NHSI)

Ethnicity Subgroup

This subgroup advises on COVID-19 risks and impacts for minority ethnic groups.

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Professor Kamlesh Khunti CBE FRCP FRCGP FMedSci	University of Leicester (Chair)
Professor Benjamin Barr	University of Liverpool
Professor Laura Bear	London School of Economics (LSE)
Mr Iain Bell	University College London (ONS)
Professor Ewan Birney	European Bioinformatics Institute
Professor Enitan Carrol	University of Liverpool
Dr Rosalind Eggo	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Kevin Fenton	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Ben Goldacre	University of Oxford
Dame Jenny Harries	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Ewan Harrison	Wellcome Sanger Institute & University of Cambridge
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox	University of Oxford
Dr Atiya Kamal	Birmingham City University
Professor S Vittal Katikireddi	University of Glasgow
Dr Rohini Mathur	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Professor Melinda Mills	University of Oxford
Dr Tolullah Oni	University of Cambridge
Professor Michael Parker	University of Oxford
Dr Julia Pearce	Kings College London (KCL)
Professor Alan Penn	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Professor Lucinda Platt	London School of Economics (LSE)
Professor Henry Potts	University College London (UCL)
Mr Osama Rahman	Department for Education (DfE)
Dr Allison Streetly	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Ms Ruth Studley	University College London (UCL)
Mr Nizam Uddin	The Prince’s Trust
Professor Ewen Harrison	University of Edinburgh

Social Care Working Group (SCWG)

The Social Care Working group provides expert modelling and evidence review functions to support scientifically based policy decisions to limit the impact of COVID-19 in social care service provision.

Last updated: 12 November 2021.

Dr Ian Hall	University of Manchester (Co-chair)
Dr Éamonn O’Moore	UK Health Security Agency (Co-chair)
Dr Andrew Page	The Quadram Institute
Dr Leon Danon	University of Bristol
Ms Liz Jones	National Care Forum
Professor Martyn Regan	University of Manchester and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Professor John Watkins	Public Health Wales and Cardiff University
Dr Rachel Kwiatkowska	University of Bristol
Dr Thomas Finnie	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Richard Fry	Swansea University
Dr Marcello Morciano	University of Manchester
Dr Aidan Hayter	NHS England and NHS Improvement
Professor Jackie Cassell	Brighton and Sussex Medical School and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Dr Laura Shallcross	University College London (UCL)
Professor Arpana Verma	University of Manchester
Professor Bruce Guthrie	University of Edinburgh
Professor Chris Todd	University of Manchester
Mr Craiger Solomons	Welsh Government
Professor Graham Ellis	Scottish Government
Professor Adam Gordon	University of Nottingham and the British Geriatrics Society
Dr Hannah Williams	UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Ms Adelina Comas-Herrera	London School of Economics

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