Volume 2: Science
Who's who

Many of the researchers and academics referred to in this volume are treated in accordance with scientific convention and mentioned by surname only in the text, with details of their published work in the footnotes. However, a number of people, both scientists and others, are important to the BSE story in other ways: either they have submitted formal written or oral evidence to the Inquiry, or they appear in other volumes of the Report, or both. These people are mentioned in this Who's who, along with a short description of the post they held, or other relevant details, at the time they are mentioned in this volume. Other information on these individuals may be found in the comprehensive Who's who for all 16 volumes of the Report, which appears in vol. 16: Reference Material.

Sir Donald Acheson	Chief Medical Officer, 1983-91
Professor Ingrid Allen	MRC Council member, 1989-93; Chair, Allen Committee; member of SEAC, 1990-96
Professor Jeffrey Almond	Professor of Microbiology, University of Reading; member of the MRC's Murray Committee, 1990-93; member of SEAC from 1995
Professor Roy Anderson	Department of Zoology, University of Oxford; member of ACOST
Mr (now Sir) Derek Andrews	MAFF Permanent Secretary, 1987-93
Mrs Elizabeth Attridge	MAFF Under Secretary responsible for Animal Health and Veterinary Group, 1989-91
Professor Ronald Bell	MAFF Chief Scientific Adviser, 1985-89
Professor Peter Biggs	Director, IAH, 1986-88
Professor Sir Thomas Blundell	AFRC, 1985-94; BBSRC, 1994-96
Dr Chris Bostock	Head of Molecular Biology Division, IAH, 1989-97
Professor John Bourne	Director, IAH, and Professor of Animal Health, University of Bristol, since 1988; member of Tyrrell Committee
Mr Raymond Bradley	Head of the pathology department and BSE research coordinator, CVL, 1987-95
Professor Fred Brown	Member of the ARC Committee on Scrapie, 1977-87; member of SEAC from 1990
Dr Peter Bunyan	MAFF Chief Scientific Adviser, 1990-95
Mr (now Sir) John Caines	DES Permanent Secretary, 1989-93
Professor John Collinge	Professor of Molecular Neurogenetics, Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's since 1994; member of SEAC since 1995
Dr Harry Coulthard	Veterinary Surgeon
Dr Peter Dawson	Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, 1987-95
Dr Stephen Dealler	PHLS, Leeds; consultant microbiologist
Dr Alan Dickinson	Spongiform encephalopathy researcher since 1955; Director of the NPU, 1981-87
Dr Christl Donnelly	Head of the Statistics Unit, the Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Oxford
Mr Stephen Dorrell MP	DH Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Commons), 1990-92; DH Secretary of State, 1995-97
Professor Alan Ebringer	Professor Immunology, King's College London
Dr Helen Grant	Retired neuropathologist
Mr John Gummer MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1989-93
Dr Timothy Holt	House Officer (medicine), St James's Hospital, Balham, London
Dr James Hope	Head of Molecular Sciences, NPU, 1984-96
Professor W D Hueston	Veterinary epidemiologist, US Department of Agriculture; member of SEAC since 1994
Professor Bill Jarrett	Professor of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow; AFRC
Dr Richard Kimberlin	TSE research scientist, IAH (1962-81), and NPU (1981-88); independent TSE consultant since 1988
Professor Richard Lacey	Emeritus Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University of Leeds
Mr Norman Lamont MP	Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Dr Thomas Little	Deputy Director, CVL, 1986-90; Director/Chief Executive thereafter
Mr Robert Lowson	Head of Animal Health (Disease Control) Division, MAFF, 1991-93; SEAC secretariat
Mr John MacGregor MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1987-89
Dr Kenneth MacOwan	Veterinary Science Liaison Officer, Chief Scientist's Group, MAFF, 1988-95
Professor Walter Bryan Matthews	Emeritus Professor of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford
Mr Keith Meldrum	Chief Veterinary Officer, 1988-97
Dr Jeremy Metters	Deputy Chief Medical Officer from 1989
Professor Ivor Mills	Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Professor Roger Morris	Gilruth Professor of Animal Health, Massey University, New Zealand
Professor Sir Kenneth Murray	Professor of Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University; Chair of the Murray Committee
Dr Harash Narang	Clinical Microbiologist, PHLS, 1977-94
Professor Martin Newby	Professor of Statistical Sciences, City University, London
Mrs Elizabeth Owen	Food Standards Division, MAFF
Professor Sir John Pattison	Chairman of SEAC from November 1995
Dr Hilary Pickles	DH Principal Medical Officer
Professor John Pirt	Emeritus Professor Microbiology, King's College London
Mr Mark Purdey	Organic farmer
Professor George Radda	MRC Council member, 1988-92; Chief Executive since 1996
Mr James Reed	Director-General, UKASTA
Sir Dai Rees	Secretary (later Chief Executive), MRC, 1987-96
Mr William Rees	Chief Veterinary Officer, 1980-88
Dr Rosalind Ridley	Head of the MRC Comparative Cognition Team; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge
Dr David Shannon	MAFF Chief Scientist (Agriculture and Horticulture), 1987-95
Dr Brian Shreeve	Deputy Director of the CVL
Sir Joseph Smith	Director of the Public Health Laboratory Service, 1985-92
Professor Peter Smith	Epidemiologist, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; member of SEAC from 1996
Sir Richard Southwood	Chairman, Working Party on BSE, 1988-89
Dr David Taylor	Principal Research Scientist, NPU, from 1981
Professor Philip Thomas	Honorary Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical, Electronic & Information Engineering, City University, London
Mr (now Sir) Donald Thompson MP	MAFF Parliamentary Secretary (Commons), 1986-89
Dr David Tyrrell	Chairman of the Tyrrell Committee, 1989; chairman of SEAC until November 1995
Mr William Waldegrave MP	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1992-94
Dr William Watson	Director of the CVL, 1986-90; member of SEAC from May 1990
Mr Gerald Wells	Head of the Neuropathology Section, CVL, since 1985
Professor Peter Wildy	ARC Advisory Group on Scrapie Research, 1977-78
Mr John (now Professor) Wilesmith	Head of the Epidemiology Department, CVL, since 1986
Dr (now Professor) Robert Will	Director of the national CJD Surveillance Unit since its establishment in 1990; member of the Tyrrell Committee and SEAC
Mr Stephen Woodgate	Prosper De Mulder (rendering firm), 1984-94