COT/COM/COC Annual Report 2021

Declaration of COC members interests during the period of this report 2021

Last updated: 17 November 2022

Professor David Harrison

Personal Interest

Employee:

University of St Andrews UK,

NuCana plc UK.

Personal Interest

Employee/Non-executive Director:

ILC Therapeutics Ltd.

Benenox Ltd, UK – Non-executive Director (unpaid).

PathAlba Ltd – Director (unpaid) – dormant.

Personal Interest

Consultant:

NHS Lothian – Honorary Consultant.

Personal Interest

Shareholder

VBL Ltd UK,

Ryboquin Ltd UK.

Personal Interest

Miscellaneous:

Cunningham Trust – Scientific Adviser.

University of Edinburgh, UK – Honorary Professor.

University of Glasgow, UK – Honorary Professor.

University of Florida, Adjunct Professor.

Viewbank Leuchars Ltd – Director (no salary).

Non Personal Interest

Miscellaneous:

iCAIRD research consortium – Director (unpaid role).

Families First St Andrews (children’s charity) – Trustee. (unpaid role).

Visiopharm – Member, Scientific Advisory Board.

Royal College of Pathologists – Fellow.

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh – Fellow.

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Fellow.

UK Committee on Mutagenicity – Member.

Scottish Government A1 Leadership Circle – Member.

EU Horizon 2020, Partner in   KATY Award, Grant

Support.

Innovate UK/UKRI – Director of iCAIRD.

Mr Derek Bodey

Personal Interest

None

Non Personal Interest

None

Dr Gill Clare

Personal Interest

Pension:

Shell Research Ltd,

AstraZeneca.

Personal Interest

Shareholder:

AstraZeneca,

Diageo,

Marks and Spencer.

Personal Interest

Consultant:

Covance.

Personal Interest

Miscellaneous:

OPSS Register of Specialists from December 2020.

OPSS Scientific Advisory Group from March 2021.

Food Standards Agency (FSA) Joint Expert Group on Food Contact Materials (FCM-JEG) from May 2019.

HSE REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool from June 2021.

Member of joint COT and COC Synthesis and Integration of Epidemiological and Toxicological Evidence sub-group, 2019 – 2021.

Non Personal Interest

Membership:

United Kingdom Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS).

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Dr Meera Cush

Personal Interest

Employee:

University of Surrey – Visiting Lecturer.

Personal Interest

Membership:

Royal Society of Biology.

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Dr Ruth Dempsey

Personal Interest

Shareholder:

RD Science Speaks Consultancy, Sarl (Shareholder and director).

Personal Interest

Membership:

British Toxicology Society.

Swiss society of Toxicology.

Royal society of Biology.

Personal Interest

Pension:

Philip Morris International.

Personal Interest

Consultant:

Philip Morris International,

doTERRA Europe.

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Dr John Doe PhD

Personal Interest

Associate:

Regulatory Science Associates Ltd.

Personal Interest

Membership:

British Toxicology Society (BTS).

Personal Interest

Pension:

Syngenta

Personal Interest

Consultant:

ECETOC,

Syngenta,

Covance.

Personal Interest

Miscellaneous:

Liverpool John Moores University (Honorary Research Fellow).

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Dr Richard Haworth

Personal Interest

Employee:

GlaxoSmithKline.

Personal Interest

Membership:

British Society of Toxicological Pathology.

Personal Interest

Shareholder:

GlaxoSmithKline.

Royal Dutch Shell (Spouse Shareholder).

United Utilities (Spouse Shareholder).

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Dr Ray Kemp

Personal Interest

Director:

Rhodes-Kemp Law Ltd.

Personal Interest

Member:

Royal Town Planning Institute Specialist.

Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE).

Institute of Risk Management.

Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM).

Personal Interest

Non-Executive Director:

Dept of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Personal Interest

Independent Expert:

International Atomic Energy Agency – Mission to Fukushima Prefecture.

Personal Interest

Independent Expert:

Office for Rail and Road.

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Dr David Lovell PhD BSc (Hons) FRSB CStat CBiol  COC Member until 30th April 2021.

Personal Interest

Pension:

Pfizer.

Personal Interest

Membership:

Biometrics Society.

British Toxicology Society (BTS).

Genetics Society.

Royal Society of Biology (RSB).

Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA).

Royal Statistical Society (RSS).

Statisticians in the Pharmaceutical Industry (PSI).

United Kingdom Environment Mutagen Society (UKEMS).

UK National Centre of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) – Board Member.

MRC EMINENT Scientific Review Board.

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.

HESI GTTC (Committee member).

Personal Interest

Shareholder:

National Grid plc.

AstraZeneca (Spouse Shareholder).

National Grid plc (Spouse Shareholder).

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Professor Gareth Jenkins COC Member from1st May 2021.

Personal Interest

Employer:

Swansea University.

Personal Interest

Membership:

President: of United Kingdom Environment Mutagen Society (UKEMS).

Member: British Association for Cancer Research.

Personal Interest

Honorary Contract:

Swansea Bay University Health board.

Personal Interest

Senior Editor:

Mutagenesis (OUP), Editorial Board (and former editor

2013-2015) Mutation Research (Elsevier).

Health & Care Research Wales Grant panel (studentships) 2016-present.

Non-Personal Interest

Grants:

National Centre of Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) (2018-2022).

Former NC3Rs grants (2012-2016 & 2010-2014).

Former grants Health & Care Research Wales (2016-2020, 2014-2017.

Unilever studentship 2014-2017.

MRC/AstraZeneca PhD studentship (ITTP scheme) (2019-2023).

Cancer Research Wales (2019-2023).

BBSRC/Algae UK grant (2020-2022)

Professor Neil Pearce

Personal Interest

None.

Non-Personal Interest

None.

 

Dr Lesley Rushton OBE BA MSc PhD Cstat HonFFOM

Personal Interest

Member:

Industrial Injuries Advisory Council – Chair.

Non-Personal Interest

Miscellaneous:

IEH Consultancy Ltd – Research Support.

Dr Lesley Stanley

Personal Interest

Self-employed:

Dr Lesley Stanley, Consultant in Investigative Toxicology.

Personal Interest

Membership:

European Registered Toxicologist (ERT.)

Fellow of the British Toxicology Society (FBTS).

Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP).

Personal Interest

Consultancy:

School of Medicine, University of Dundee (2020 to date).

Details of previous consultancy contracts available upon request.

Personal Interest

Expert Appointments:

REACH Independent Scientific Expert Pool.

OPSS Register of Experts.

Personal Interest

Honorary Appointment:

Associate, School of Life Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University (Non-Stipendiary).

Personal Interest

Investments:

Investment Portfolio managed by Quilter Cheviot (joint with spouse).

FundsNetwork Stocks and Shares ISA.

Aviva Personal Pension Plan.

Personal Interest

Ministry and Charities:

Ordained Local Minister, Church of Scotland (non-stipendiary).

Honorary Chaplain, University of Stirling (non-stipendiary).

Supporter, Christian Aid “In Their Lifetime” programme and International Justice Mission.

Non-Personal Interest

None.

Professor Heather Wallace BSc Hons PhD FRCPath FBTS FRSC FRSB ERT

Personal Interest

Shareholder:

Bank Santander SA,

BT Group,

NovaBiotics,

Aviva.

Personal Interest

Membership:

EUROTOX – Past President.

British Toxicological Society (BTS).

Medical Research Scotland – Chair and Trustee.

Paediatric Medicines Expert Advisory Group – MHRA.

Herbal Medicines Advisory Committee – MHRA.

Personal Interest

Miscellaneous:

EFSA – CONTAM Panel.

Cell ProTx – Director.

Non-Personal Interest

None.