Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer, Products and the Environment Draft Annual Report 2024

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

Last updated: 04 February 2025

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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

 

 

 

 

 

                               

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