- Membership
- Record of Members Interests
- COMARE Subgroups
COMARE Committee MembersMembers are appointed by the Chief Medical Officer on the basis of the Nolan principles. Records are held by the Department of Health and the Health Protection Agency's Radiation Protection Division.
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| Chairman | ||
| Professor A Elliott BA PhD DSc | ||
| Western Infirmary Glasgow |
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| Deputy Chairman | ||
| Professor R Waters BSc PhD DSc | ||
| Dept of Pathology University of Wales College of Medicine |
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| Members | ||
| Professor T Atkinson BSc PhD | ||
| Dept of Geological Sciences University College London |
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Dr H R Baillie-Johnson MB BS FRCR FRCP | |
| Dept of Oncology Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital |
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| Professor R Dale | ||
| Radiation Physics & Radiobiology Imperial College, Charing Cross Hospital, London |
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| Dr C J Gibson BA MSc PhD FIPEM | ||
| Churchill Hospital Oxford |
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| Professor Shirley V Hodgson BM BCh DM FRCP | ||
| Dept of Clinical Development Sciences St George's University of London |
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| Professor Penelope Jeggo | ||
Genome Damage and Stability Centre University of Brighton |
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| Professor G McKenna | ||
Radiobiology Research Institute Churchill Hospital, Oxford |
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| Professor Patricia McKinney BSc PhD MFPHM(Hon) | ||
Paediatric Epidemiology Group University of Leeds |
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| Dr G Maskell | ||
Department of Radiology Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro |
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Professor M D Mason MD FRCP FRCR | |
| Oncology and Palliative Medicine University of Wales College of Medicine |
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| Dr C D Mitchell PhD FRCP | ||
Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Unit John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford |
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| Dr M Murphy BA MB BChir MSc FFPH | ||
Childhood Cancer Research Group Oxford |
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Dr R A Shields MA MSc PhD FIPEM | |
| Medical Physics Dept Manchester Royal Infirmary |
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| Professor I Stratford | ||
| School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Manchester |
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| Dr Julia Verne BSc MSc MB BS PhD FFPH | ||
Regional Public Health Group Government Office for the South West (Bristol) |
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Secretariat
The independent members of COMARE are supported in their work by a Secretariat which, since 1996, has been provided by the Health Protection Agency - Radiation Protection Division (HPA-RPD), formerly NRPB. The Secretariat have expertise which enables them to provide members with comprehensive background information and briefing papers that inform the decision making processes of the Committee.
- Dr R Hamlet BSc PhD CBiol MIBiol (Scientific)
- Mr S Ebdon-Jackson BSc MSc HonMRCP (Scientific)
- Dr Emma Petty BSc PhD (Minutes)
- Dr Kerry Broom BSc DPhil CBiol MIBiol (Minutes)
- Ms Kim Stonell (Minutes) (from Jan 2007)
- Miss Julie Kedward (Administration)
Assessors In Attendance Representing The Following Organisations
- Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department of Health
- Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety (Northern Ireland)
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
- Employment Medical Advisory Service (Northern Ireland)
- Environment Agency
- Food Standards Agency
- Health Protection Agency - Radiation Protection Division
- Health and Safety Executive
- Information Services Division, NHS Scotland
- Medical Research Council
- Ministry of Defence
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
- Office of National Statistics
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Scottish Government
- Welsh Assembly Government
Record Of Interests
During all discussions individuals are required to declare potential conflicts of interest and in such cases can be disqualified from further discussion at the Chairman's discretion. These declarations are supplementary to interests declared on appointment to the Committee and annually thereafter.
A record is kept in the Department of Health of the names of members who have declared interests to the Department on appointment, as the interest first arises or through an annual declaration, and the nature of the interest. Information from the record will be made available by the Secretariat to bona-fide enquirers and published by any other means as and where the Department deems appropriate.
The declared interests of the current members are given in the table below:
| Member | Company | Personal Interest | Company | Non-Personal Interest |
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| Prof T Atkinson | None | UKAEA | Consultancy | |
| Dr H R Baillie-Johnson | None | None | ||
| Prof R Dale | None | None | ||
| Prof A Elliott | None | None |
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| Dr C J Gibson | None | None | ||
| Prof S V Hodgson | None | CR-UK | Support for research | |
| Prof P Jeggo | None | None | ||
| Prof G McKenna | None | None | ||
| Prof P McKinney | None | None | ||
| Dr G Maskell | None | None | ||
| Prof M D Mason | None | None | ||
| Dr C D Mitchell | None | None | ||
| Dr M Murphy | None | None | ||
| Dr R A Shields |
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None | None | |
| Prof I Stratford | 1. Oxford Biomedica 2. Astrazeneca 3. UCB/Celltech |
Shares Grants & Consultancy Grants |
None | |
| Dr J Verne | None | None | ||
| Prof R Waters | None | None |
COMARE Subgroups
Authorisation Working Group
Chairman: Professor A Elliott
Members:
- Professor T Atkinson
- Dr C J Gibson
- Dr R A Shields
Secretariat: Mrs Mary Morrey (HPA-RPD) and Miss Julie Kedward







