COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2024

2024 Membership of the Committee on Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment

Last updated: 11 December 2025

Chair

Professor David Harrison MD DSc FRCPath FRCPEd FRCSEd

Professor of Pathology, University of St Andrews.

Members

Dr Emma Barnes – from July 2024

Head of Product Safety Science Delivery, Syngenta.

Mr Amit Bhagwat

Public Interest Representative.

Dr Meera Cush

Senior Managing Consultant (Regulatory Toxicologist), Ramboll.

Dr Ruth Dempsey – to November 2024

Consultant, RD Science Speaks Consultancy.

Professor Shareen Doak – from July 2024

Professor of Genotoxicology & Cancer, Swansea University.

Dr John Doe – from July 2024

Independent Consultant and Visiting Lecturer, Liverpool John Moore’s University.

Dr Caroline Harris – from July 2024

Exponent.

Dr Richard Haworth MA VetMB DPhil FRCPath DipECVP DABT – to November 2024

Director, RosettaPath Ltd.

Professor Gareth Jenkins

Professor of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Swansea University.

Professor Neil Pearce BSc DipSci DipORS PhD DSc FRSNZ FMedSci FFPH

Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Ms Juliet Rix

Public Interest Representative.

Dr Susanne Stalford – from July 2024

Lhasa Ltd.

Rev Prof Lesley Stanley ERT FBTS

Visiting Professor of Toxicology, Edinburgh Napier University and Consultant in Investigative Toxicology.

Secretariat

Ms B Gadeberg BSc (Hons) MSc ERT

UKHSA Scientific Secretary

Dr D Gott BSc (Hons) PhD

FSA Scientific Secretary to July 2024

Ms C Mulholland BSc (Hons) ERT

FSA Scientific Secretary

Mr T Fraser

Administrative Secretary