2022 Membership of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
In this guide
In this guideChair
Professor Alan Boobis OBE, PhD, FBTS, FBPhS
Emeritus Professor of Toxicology in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London.
Members
Dr Phil Botham BSc, PhD
Principal Science Advisor at Syngenta (part time).
Ms Jane Case
Lay Member.
Dr Stella Cochrane BSc PhD
Science Leader for Allergy and Immunology in Unilever’s Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre.
Dr James Coulson BSc MBBCh Dip Med Tox Dip Therapeutics LLM MD FRCP FRCPE ERT
Clinical Reader at Cardiff University, Honorary Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Honorary Consultant Physician, Clinical Pharmacologist and Toxicologist, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board.
Dr René Crevel
Director, René Crevel Consulting Limited. (Until March 2022)
Dr Silvia Gratz (from 31st of May 2022)
Senior Research Fellow at the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen.
Dr Caroline Harris PhD, CChem, FRSC
Practice Director and Principal Scientist, Exponent International Ltd. Term (Until March 2022).
Professor Thorhallur I. Halldorsson
Professor at the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Iceland.
Professor Gary Hutchison
Dean of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University, with responsibility for Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology, Teacher Education and Sports Exercise and Health Sciences.
Dr Sarah Judge BSc, PhD.
Lecturer in Pharmacology in the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences at Newcastle University.
Professor Gunter Kuhnle
Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Reading.
Dr David Lovell
Emeritus Reader in Medical Statistics at St George’s Medical School, University of London.
Professor Shirley Price
Emerita Professor of Toxicology at the University of Surrey.
Dr Mac Provan
Director of Regulatory Science Ltd.
Ms Juliet Rix
Lay Member.
Dr Michael Routledge
Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the School of Medicine at Leicester University.
Dr Cheryl Scudamore
RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (laboratory animals) working as independent consultant in experimental and toxicological pathology.
Dr Natalie Thatcher
Mondelēz International.
Professor Mireille Toledano
Chair in Perinatal and Paediatric Environmental Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London.
Dr Simon Wilkinson
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology in the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sports Sciences at Newcastle University.
Professor Philippe Wilson
Professor of Animal Science and Bioinformatics, Nottingham Trent University, and Head of Conservation at the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
Professor Matthew Wright BSc, PhD
Professor of Toxicology, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University.
Professor Maged Younes
Independent expert on toxicology and biochemical pharmacology.
Secretariat
Ms Catherine Mulholland BSc (Hons), ERT Scientific Secretary
Ms Britta Gadeberg BSc (Hons) MSc Scientific Secretary – PHE
Dr David Gott BSc (Hons) PhD
Dr Alexander Cooper BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
Dr Barbara Doerr BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
Dr Douglas Hedley BSc (Hons) MSc PhD (until February 2022)
Ms Jocelyn Frimpong Manso BSc (Hons) MSc
Ms Cleanncy Hoppie BSc (Hons) MSc
Mr Barry Maycock BSc (Hons) MSc
Dr Olivia Osborne BSc (Hons) (Exon) PhD ERT MIFST
Ms Claire Potter BSc (Hons) MSc ERT
Dr Joseph Shavila BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
Ms Chloe Thomas BSc (Hons) (until April 2021)
Ms Sabrina Thomas BSc (Hons) MSc
Ms Chara Tsoulli BSc (Hons) MSc Ms
Ms Frederique Uy BSc (Hons) MSc
Miss Sophy Wells
Dr Gaetana Spedalieri
Mr Thomas Hornsby BSc (Hons) MSc
Mr Lawrence Finn BSc (Hons) MSc
Ms Gail Drummond BSc (Hons) MSc, LLB, PG Dip (law)
Dr Emily Hudson BSc (Hons) Mres
Dr David Kovacic
Declaration of members’ interests during the period of this report
Professor r Alan Boobis OBE, PhD, FBTS, FBPhS
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Imperial College London, Department of Medicine (retired June 2017, part-time appointment from Aug 2017-May 2019). Full retiral June 2019. Emeritus Professor of Imperial College London, National Heart & Lung Institute. |
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Personal Interest
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Membership: ILSI & ILSI, HESI Board of Trustees ILSI Europe. Board of Directors Science Advisory Board of Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology. Dept. of Health Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants WHO/FAO JMPR. WHO/FAO JECFA (vet). WHO TobReg. WG10 TC126 (Intense Machine- smoking Regime for Testing Cigarettes). EUROTOX. British Pharmacological Society, British Toxicology Society, Society of Toxicology (USA). Royal Society of Biology (until 2017). Michigan State University MSU Center for Research on Ingredient Safety (CRIS) (External Advisory Committee). Agency for Innovations in Food and Chemical Safety Programme. Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (A*STAR) (Scientific Advisory Board). |
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Non Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Phil Botham
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Syngenta - Principal Science Advisor (part time). |
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Personal Interest |
Shareholder: AstraZeneca, Regulatory Science Associates (Part, Time Consultant). |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: British Toxicology Society, Society of Toxicology (USA), European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals Scientific Committee, European Crop Protection Association Toxicology Expert Group, Crop Life International Human Health Steering Team. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Ms Jane Case
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Company Secretary of Muse Interiors, Stevens & Bolton LLP (as Jane Hughes). |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Personal Interest |
Shareholder: Standard Life Santander |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Stella Cochrane
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Unilever. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership / Affiliation: Unilever representative on the UK FDF Allergen Steering Group (Deputy Chair), FDE Allergen Group and University of Nebraska Food Allergy Research & Resources Board. |
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Personal Interest |
Shareholder: Unilever. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr James Coulson
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Cardiff University, Director of Medical, Scientific and Toxicology Consultancy Ltd. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: British Medical Association, British Pharmacology Society, British Toxicology Society National Trust, Royal College of Physicians of London. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr René Crevel
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Personal Interest |
Consultant: Réne Crevel consulting. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership/affiliation: ILSI Food Allergy Task Force: Chair. |
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Personal Interest |
Shareholder : Unilever, Centrica, BG Group, National Grid, Lloyds. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Professor Thorhallur Ingi Halldorsson
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: European Food Safety Authority - Scientific committee and various working groups. Nordic Council of Ministers - revision of the 2022 Nordic Nutrition Recommendation). Icelandic Risk Assessment Committee for Food, Feed, Fertilizers and Seeds (IRAC) – occasional expert work. The Nutricia Research Foundation – review of applications once a year. The Icelandic Research Found (RANNIS) – occasional member of different expert panels. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Caroline Harris
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Exponent International Ltd. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. |
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Personal Interest |
Shareholder: Exponent Inc. |
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Personal Interest |
Fellowships: Royal Society of Chemistry. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
Membership: Expert Committee on Pesticides. |
Professor Gary Hutchison
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Dean of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee DEFRA, British Toxicology Society. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Sarah Judge
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Newcastle University, Lowcock Properties Ltd. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: British Pharmacology Society, British Toxicology Society International Association for Neurotoxicology. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
Research Funding. |
Professor Gunter Kuhnle
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Reading. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
Research Funding. |
Dr David Lovell
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Reader in Medical Statistics, St Georges Medical School, University of London. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: HESI GTTC – Biometrics Society, British Toxicology Society Genetics Society, Royal Society of Biology Laboratory Animal Science Association, Royal Statistical Society Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry, United Kingdom Environment Mutagen Society (UKEMS), UK National Centre of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), MRC EMINENT Scientific Review Board. Also, private member of: British Trust of Ornithologists (BTO) English Heritage, Liberty, Campaign of the Protection of Rural England (CPRE), Kew Gardens, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust (SBBOT), Chelsea Physic Garden, National Trust. |
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Personal Interest |
Shareholder: National Grid, Pfizer, AstraZeneca (spouse shareholder), National Grid plc (spouse shareholder). |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Professor Shirley Price
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Personal Interest |
Employee: None. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
Trusteeships: Gas Safety Trust |
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Non-Personal Interest |
Other: I can confirm that as the President of the British Toxicology Society (BTS) I hold a non-personal and non-specific interest in both GSK and AstraZeneca on the Society’s behalf. These non-personal and non-specific interests relate to donations provided by both companies to the British Toxicology Society (BTS) to support their Annual Congress and Education and Training. |
Dr Mac Provan
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Director of Regulatory Science Ltd. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Ms Juliet Rix
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Personal Interest |
Employee: None. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Michael Routledge
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nal Interest |
Employee: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor University of Leicester |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: Member of working group, European Food Safety Authority, 2018-2019. Vice-President of UKEMS (UK Environmental Muta-Genesis Society). |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Cheryl Scudamore
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Independent consultant in experimental and toxicological pathology. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Natalie Thatcher
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Mondelēz International. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Professor Mireille Toledano
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Marit Mohn Chair in Perinatal & Paediatric Environmental Epidemiology, Imperial College London. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Simon Wilkinson
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Personal Interest |
Consultancies and other fee-paid work: Consultancy for L’Oreal, Paris. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Professor Phillipe Wilson
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Nottingham Trent University, Rare Breeds Survival Trust. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: None. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Professor Matthew Wright
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Personal Interest |
Consultancies and Direct Employment: Newcastle University. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: British Toxicology Society, Society of Toxicology (US), EFSA FAF Panel. |
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Personal Interest |
Miscellaneous: Toxicology – Associate Editor. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
Support by Industry: GSK, Lubrizol. |
Professor Maged Younes
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Independent expert in toxicology and biochemical pharmacology. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: Chair of EFSA ANS panel, Chair Commission on evidence-based methods in risk assessment, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Germany. Society of Toxicology, USA German Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology. Society for Risk Analysis. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None. |
Dr Silvia Gratz
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Personal Interest |
Employee: Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen. |
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Personal Interest |
Membership: The British Toxicology Society FSA Register of Specialists. |
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Non-Personal Interest |
None |