2024 Membership of the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
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Chair
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 (Up until May 2024)
Principal Science Advisor at Syngenta (part time).
Ms Jane Case (Up until May 2024)
Lay Member. Trowers & Hamlins LLP
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 Silvia Gratz
Senior Research Fellow at the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen.
Professor Thorhallur I. Halldorsson
Professor at the Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Iceland.
Professor Gary Hutchison
Professor of Toxicology and Dean of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University.
Dr Sarah Judge BSc, PhD (Up until May 2024)
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 (Up until May 2024)
Lay Member.
Dr Michael Routledge
Associate Professor of Medical Education at University of Leicester.
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 (Up until May 2024)
Professor of Toxicology, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University.
Professor Maged Younes
Independent expert on toxicology and biochemical pharmacology.
Professor Peter Barlow
Chair of Immunology & Infection, and Head of the Centre for Biomedicine & Global Health within the School of Applied Sciences at Edinburgh Napier University.
Dr Steven Enoch
Reader in Computational Toxicology, Liverpool John Moores University.
Dr Chris Morris (from March 2024 onwards)
Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University
Dr Meera Cush (from March 2024 onwards)
Senior Managing Consultant in Regulatory Toxicology at Ramboll UK Limited
Mr Gordon Burton (from March 2024 onwards)
Public Interest Representative (Lay Member)
Mr Nick Richardson (from March 2024 onwards)
Public Interest Representative (Lay Member) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)
Dr Alison Yeates (from March 2024 onwards)
Lecturer in Biomedical Science within the School of Biomedical Sciences at Ulster University.
Dr Andreas Kolb (from March 2024 onwards)
Senior Research Fellow
Secretariat
Ms Catherine Mulholland BSc (Hons), ERT - Scientific Secretary
Ms Britta Gadeberg BSc (Hons) MSc ERT Scientific Secretary – UK HSA
Dr David Gott BSc (Hons) PhD (until May 2024)
Dr Alexander Cooper BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
Dr Barbara Doerr BSc (Hons) MSc PhD
Ms Jocelyn Frimpong Manso BSc (Hons) MSc
Ms Cleanncy Hoppie BSc (Hons) MSc (until October 2024)
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 Sabrina Thomas BSc (Hons) MSc
Ms Chara Tsoulli BSc (Hons) MSc Ms
Ms Frederique Uy BSc (Hons) MSc
Miss Sophy Orphanos
Dr Gaetana Spedalieri
Mr Thomas Hornsby BSc (Hons) MSc
Ms Gail Drummond BSc (Hons) MSc, LLB, PG Dip (law)
Dr Emily Hudson BSc (Hons) Mres
Dr Rachel Kerr BSc PhD
Ms Polly Bevan BSc MSc
Mr James Metcalfe BSc
Ms Alba Ureña Rusillo BSc MSc
Sub-groups active in 2024
Sub-groups active in 2024 |
Current COT Members serving |
Joint SACN-COT Working Group on plant- based drinks. |
Professor Alan Boobis Professor Gunter Kuhnle |
Joint COT- ACNFP Working Group on Cannabidiol (CBD) |
Professor Alan Boobis Dr Stella Cochrane Dr James Coulson Professor Gary Hutchison Professor Gunter Kuhnle Professor Shirley Price Dr Mac Provan Dr Simon Wilkinson |
PFAS Working Group
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Professor Shirley Price (Chair) Dr Phil Botham Dr James Coulson Dr Steve Enoch Professor Thorhallur Ingi Halldórsson Professor Gunter Kuhnle Professor Matthew Wright Dr Peter Barlow (ad hoc) Dr Stella Cochrane (ad hoc) Professor Gary Hutchison (ad hoc) Dr Sarah Judge (ad hoc) |
Titanium Dioxide Working Group |
Dr Peter Barlow Dr Phil Botham Professor Gary Hutchison Dr David Lovell Dr Cheryl Scudamore |