Volume 11: Scientists after Southwood
Who's who

For fuller descriptions of many of the following people, see the main Who's who in vol. 16: Reference Material (or via an electronic link in the website and CD-ROM versions).

Sir Donald Acheson	Chief Medical Officer, 1983--91
Professor Ingrid Allen	MRC Council member, 1989-93; Chair, MRC's Allen Committee; member SEAC 1990-96
Professor Jeffrey Almond	Professor of Microbiology, Reading University; member of MRC's Murray Committee; member of SEAC since 1995.
Professor Roy Anderson	University of Oxford, Department of Zoology (Head of Department since 1993)
Mr (now Sir Derek) Andrews	MAFF Permanent Secretary, 1987-93
Dr Francis Anthony	Council Member, British Veterinary Association, since 1992; President, BVA, 1992-93.
Mrs Elizabeth Attridge	MAFF Under Secretary (Grade 3) responsible for Animal Health and Veterinary Group, 1989-91
Mr Keith Baker	MAFF Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer (Grade 4), responsible for red meat hygiene sections, 1988-96
Professor Richard Barlow	Former Professor of Pathology, Royal Veterinary College; member of SEAC, 1990-96
Mr Ken Bell	Businessman who funded Dr Harash Narang's research
Professor Peter Biggs	Director, Institute for Animal Health, 1986-88
Professor Sir Thomas Blundell	AFRC, 1985-94; BBSRC 1994-96
Dr Chris Bostock	Institute for Animal Health
Professor John Bourne	Director, IAH, and Professor of Animal Health, University of Bristol, since 1998; member of Tyrrell Committee
Mr Raymond Bradley	CVL Head of Pathology Department, 1983-95; Coordinator of BSE Research at CVL, 1987-95
Professor Fred Brown	Member of ARC Committee on scrapie, 1977-87; member of SEAC from 1990
Mrs Jane Brown	MAFF Head of Meat Hygiene Division, 1990-96
Dr Paul Brown	National Institute(s) of Health, USA
Mrs Angela Browning MP	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1994-97
Dr Moira Bruce	Principal Research Scientist, NPU, since 1981
Dr Peter Bunyan	MAFF Chief Scientific Adviser, 1990-95
Mr (now Sir) John Caines	DES Permanent Secretary, 1989-93
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman	CMO, Scottish Office, 1989-91; and at DH, 1991-98.
Dr Henrietta Campbell	CMO for Northern Ireland, from 1995
Mr Dale Campbell-Savours MP	MP for Workington
Mr Charles Capstick	MAFF Head of the Food Safety Directorate, 1990-94
Dr Richard Cawthorne	MAFF Head of Veterinary Investigation Section, Tolworth
Dr Bruce Cheesebro	National Institute of Health, Montana, USA
Dr David Clark MP	Opposition front bench spokesman on food, agriculture and rural affairs, 1987-92
Mr Kenneth Clarke MP	DHSS Minster of State, 1982-85; DH Secretary of State, 1988-90
Professor Gerald Collee	Chair, BSE Working Group of Committee on Safety of Medicines, 1989-92
Professor John Collinge	Professor of Molecular Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's since 1994; member of SEAC since 1995
Dr Simon Cousens	Epidemiologist for CJD Surveillance Unit with Dr Peter Smith
Mr Alistair Cruickshank	MAFF Grade 3, Head of Animal Health Group, 1986-89
Mr David Curry MP	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1989-92; MAFF Minister of State, 1992-93
Mr Michael Dawson	Research Officer, CVL
Dr Stephen Dealler	PHLS, Leeds; Consultant Microbiologist, Burnley General Hospital
Mr Adrian Dixon	MAFF Animal Health (Disease Control) Division
Mr Stephen Dorrell MP	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Commons), 1990-92; DH Secretary of State, 1995-97
Mr Simon Dugdale	MAFF Chief Press Officer, 1989; Chief Information Officer, 1989-95
Mr Thomas Eddy	MAFF Grade 5, Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, from June 1993; SEAC Secretariat (MAFF), from June 1993
Professor Anthony Epstein	Professor of Pathology, Oxford University, 1968-85; member of Southwood Working Party
Mr James Erlichman	Journalist, the Guardian
Sir Christopher France	DHSS Permanent Secretary, 1987-88; DH Permanent Secretary, 1988-92
Dr Hugh Fraser	NPU, 1989-95; Head of Experimental Pathology, 1993-95
Mr Roger (now Lord) Freeman	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Commons), 1988-90
Mr William Gardner	MAFF Veterinary Head of Section, Scotland, 1992-96; Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland, since 1996
Dr Joe Gibbs	National Institute of Health, Maryland, USA
Dr Sheila Gore	MRC Biostatistics Unit
Dr Helen Grant	Retired neuropathologist
Mr John Gummer MP	MAFF Minister of State (Commons), 1985-88; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1989-93
Mr Martin Haddon	MAFF Grade 3, responsible for Animal Health Group, 1991-96
Mr Peter Hewson	MAFF Senior Veterinary Officer, Meat Hygiene, 1992; Superintending Meat Hygiene Adviser, 1992-95; Temporary Veterinary Head of Section, March 1996
Mr David Hinchliffe MP	MP for Wakefield
Dr (now Dame) Deirdre Hine	CMO for Wales, 1990-97
Miss Linda Hoinville	Central Veterinary Laboratory
Mr Douglas Hogg MP	Minster of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995-97
Dr James Hope	Head of Molecular Sciences, NPU, 1984-96
Mr John Howard	MAFF Animal Health Division, Head of Branch dealing with BSE policy, casework and correspondence, 1993-95
Lord (Frederick) Howe	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Lords), 1992-95
Dr William Hueston	Veterinary epidemiologist, US Department of Agriculture; member of SEAC since 1994
Mr Stephen Hutchins	MAFF Senior Veterinary Officer, Meat Hygiene Veterinary Section, 1987-91
Mr Michael Jack MP	MAFF Minster of State, 1993-95
Mr A M Johnston	Senior Lecturer, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Mr J Jolly	Chairman, British Society for Microbial Technology
Ms Bronwen Jones	MAFF Grade 7, Meat Hygiene Division, 1989-92; Grade 6 Head of BSE Exports Task Force from 1992
Dr Robert Kendell	CMO for Scotland, 1991-96
Professor John Kent	Professor of Statistics, Leeds University
Dr Richard Kimberlin	Independent TSE consultant since 1988; member of Tyrrell Committee; member of SEAC since 1990
Mr Tom King (MP)	MP for Bridgwater
Dr James Kirkwood	Senior Veterinary Officer, Zoological Society of London, 1984-96
Mr David Kyle	Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, MAFF
Professor Richard Lacey	Emeritus Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Leeds
Mr (now Lord) Norman Lamont	Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1989-90
Mr Alan Lawrence	MAFF Animal Health Division, 1979-95; joint secretariat to the Southwood Working Party
Mr A J Lebrecht	Principal Private Secretary to Mr John Gummer, 1990
Dr Katherine Levy	Medical Research Council, 1964-92; Tyrrell Committee observer
Dr N Lightfoot	Public Health Laboratory Service, Newcastle
Mr Charles Lister	DH Environment and Food Division, responsible for administrative aspects of BSE, and SEAC secretariat, 1993-95
Mr Peter Lister	HSE Senior Principal Scientific Officer
Mr Robert Lowson	MAFF, Head of Animal Health Division, 1989-93; Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1993; SEAC secretariat to April 1993
Dr Michael McGovern	DH Senior Medical Officer; SEAC observer
Mr John MacGregor MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1987-89
Mr Richard McIvor	MAFF Assistant Secretary, Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, April-June 1993; SEAC secretariat to June 1993
Mr David Maclean	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons) (Minister for Food Safety), 1989-92
Dr Kenneth MacOwan	MAFF Veterinary Science Liaison Officer, Chief Scientist's Group, 1988-95; Head of Food and Veterinary Science Division, Chief Scientist's Group, from July 1995
Dr Ann Maddocks	Medical microbiologist
Mr Ron Martin	CVO for Northern Ireland, 1990-96
Dr William Martin	Member of the Southwood Working Party
Mr John Maslin	MAFF Animal Health Division, from 1985; Head, BSE branch, 1990-93
Dr Andrew Matheson	Assistant Secretary, Meat Hygiene/Animal Health, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, 1994-96
Dr Danny Matthews	MAFF Veterinary Officer 1978-88; Senior Veterinary Officer, 1988-96; Technical Adviser to SEAC from September 1995
Mr Keith Meldrum	CVO, June 1988 to 1997
Dr Jeremy Metters	DH Deputy Chief Scientist, 1986-89; Deputy CMO, 1989 onwards
Professor Ivor Mills	Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Dr Philip Minor	Head of the Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
Professor Sir Kenneth Murray	Professor of Molecular Biology; Chair, MRC Coordinating Committee for Research on Spongiform Encephalopathies
Mr Thomas Murray	DH Grade 7; SEAC secretariat
Dr Harash Narang	Clinical Microbiologist, PHLS, 1977-94
Ms Judith Nelson	Manager (Feed), UKASTA
Mr Marcus Nisbet	Private Secretary to Mr Douglas Hogg at MAFF
Professor J Oxford	London Hospital Medical School
Mr (later Sir) Richard Packer	MAFF, Permanent Secretary from February 1993
Dr Michael Painter	Consultant in communicable disease control
Professor Sir John Pattison	Chairman of SEAC from November 1995
Professor Michael Peckham	DH Chief Scientist
Mr David Pepper	Veterinary Surgeon; member of SEAC since September 1990
Dr Hilary Pickles	DH Grade 4; joint secretary to the Southwood Working Party, and the Tyrrell Committee; SEAC observer to September 1991
Dr Stanley Prusiner	Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco; Nobel Prize winner for research into prions
Mr Mark Purdey	Organic farmer
Mr Martin Redmond MP	MP for the Don Valley
Sir Dai Rees	Secretary (later Chief Executive), Medical Research Council, 1987-96
Mr William Howard Rees	Chief Veterinary Officer, 1980-88
Dr Tim Render	MAFF Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, 1994; Private Secretary to Minister, January-September 1995; Head of branch dealing with BSE policy, Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, 1995-96.
Dr Rosalind Ridley	Medical Research Council; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Ms Sarah Rimmington	Private Secretary to the MAFF Minister
Tony Scott	Central Veterinary Laboratory
Mr James Scudamore	Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Scotland, 1990-96
Dr David Shannon	MAFF Chief Scientist from 1987
Mrs Gillian Shephard MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, May 1993 to July 1994
Dr Brian Shreeve	Deputy Director, Central Veterinary Laboratory
Mr Alick Simmons	MAFF Veterinary Officer, SVS, 1985-91; Senior Veterinary Officer (Red Meat), Meat Hygiene Veterinary Section, SVS, 1991-95
Dr Rosalind Skinner	Senior Medical Officer, Scottish Home and Health Department
Dr (later Sir) Joseph Smith	Director, PHLS, 1985-92
Mr E (Ted) Smith	MAFF Deputy Secretary (Grade 2)
Professor Peter Smith	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; epidemiologist for CJD Surveillance Unit with Dr Simon Cousens
Mr Nicholas Soames MP	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1992-94
Sir Richard Southwood	Professor of Zoology and ProVice-Chancellor, Oxford University; Chair, Southwood Working Party
Sir Michael Stoker	Professor of Virology, Glasgow University; Cambridge University Medical School
Mr John Suich	MAFF Animal Health Division I, responsible for notifiable and other diseases, 1986-89
Dr David Taylor	Principal Research Scientist, NPU
Mr Kevin Taylor	MAFF Veterinary Head of Notifiable Diseases Section (State Veterinary Service), 1986-91; Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, 1992-97
Mr Matthew Taylor MP	MP for Truro and St Austell
Mr (now Sir) Donald Thompson MP	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1986-89
Dr David Tyrrell	Chair, Consultative Committee on Research into Spongiform Encephalopathies (Tyrrell Committee); Chair, SEAC, to November 1995
Mr William Waldegrave MP	DH Secretary of State, 1990-92; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994-95
Dr William Watson	Director, Central Veterinary Laboratory, 1986-90; member of Tyrrell Committee; member of SEAC, from May 1990
Mr Gerald Wells	CVL Pathology Department, since 1975; Head, Neuropathology Section, since 1985
Dr Stephen Whatley	Researcher in Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Dr Ailsa Wight	DH Senior Medical Officer; SEAC observer from 1991
Mr John Wilesmith	CVL since 1976; Head of Epidemiology Department, from 1986; Member of SEAC Epidemiology Subgroup, from 1990
Dr (now Professor) Robert Will	Consultant Neurologist since 1987; member of Tyrrell Committee; Deputy Chair, SEAC, since 1994; Director of the national CJD Surveillance Unit
Mr G W C Wilson	MAFF, Taunton office