Professional Activities
I have been a STEM ambassador with emphasis on the promotion of mathematics and statistics in schools, and was a member of the Council of the Royal Statistical Society, serving a term of office from 2011 to 2014.
Conference Roles
- Seminar: Statistical Challenges in Zoonosis Research, by Invitation (University of Strathclyde, 2007)
- Seminar: Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment: a role in ecology and conservation biology?, by Invitation (Univeristy of Liverpool, 2007)
- Seminar on spatial statistics and Microbial Risk Assessment, by Invitation (Central Science Laboratory, York, 2007)
- Seminar: Statistical challenges in Applied Veterinary Science, Univ. of Liverpool, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2005)
- Seminar: Bayesian approaches to the assessment of uncertainty in Microbial Risk Assessment, by Invitation (Veterinary Laboratories Agency, 2005)
- Invitation to give a presentation on Bayesian Inference for Pre-harvest Microbial Risk Assessment, by Invitation (Med-Vet-Net , 2005)
Expert Opinions
- Invitation to stand as Risk Assessor on a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) working group (European Food Safety Authority, 2005)
Professional Body Memberships
- Royal Statistical Society (Fellow)