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Our members

Page last updated: 20 April 2010

Details of sub-group memberships can be accessed from the relevant sub-group webpages.

Chair

Professor Jonathan Montgomery
Professor of Health Care Law at the University of Southampton, Chair of Hampshire Primary Care Trust and of the Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards.

Vice-Chair

Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley
Professor of Medical and Family Sociology and also a co-director at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, both at the University of Edinburgh.


Members

Professor Timothy Aitman
Professor of Clinical and Molecular Genetics at Imperial College London, and Head of the Physiological Genomics and Medicine Group at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre.
Professor Thomas Baldwin
Professor of Philosophy, University of York.
Dr Paul Debenham
Director, Technology and Innovation, LGC
Mrs Nicola Drury
Genetic Counsellor Nottingham Regional Clinical Genetics Service and Genetic Education Facilitator East Midlands Region for NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre (NGEDC).
Dr Frances Flinter
Consultant Clinical Geneticist and Caldicott Guardian, Genetics Department, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mrs Ros Gardner
Ros Gardner runs a consultancy specialising in Customer Care Excellence and Complaint Handling.
Professor John Harris
Professor of Bioethics, School Of Law, University of Manchester
Caroline Harrison
Barrister
Mr Alastair Kent
Director, Genetic Alliance UK.
Professor Anneke Lucassen
Professor of Clinical Genetics and Honorary Consultant Clinical Geneticist, University of Southampton Cancer Sciences division and Wessex Clinical Genetics Service.
Dr Duncan McHale
Vice President, Translational Science, AstraZeneca, Chair of the European Industry (EFPIA) Pharmacogenetics group, member of the International Conference on Harmonization genomics group and member of the MRC Pharmaceuticals Forum.
Dr Alice Maynard
Managing Director of Future Inclusion organisation.
Dr Lola Oni OBE
Professional Services Manager Heamoglobinopathies, Brent Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia Centre

Representatives of the Chief Medical Officers

Each of the four UK Chief Medical Officers will be able to participate in HGC or nominate a representative with observer status.

Dr Anita Thomas (England)
Executive Director of Public Health

Professor Angus Clarke (Wales)
Honorary consultant in Clinical Genetics, University of Wales College of Medicine

Dr Paul Darragh (Northern Ireland)
Consultant in Public Health Medicine

Dr Rosalind Skinner (Scotland)
Principal Medical Officer of Public Health Medical Division, SEHD

HFEA Observer

The HFEA and HGC have a reciprocal exchange of observers for HGC plenary/Authority meetings.