Professional Activities
I have been valued as a public health “generalist”, with expertise that spans the policy, population, health service and clinical aspects of health and disease prevention.
I have contributed to policy development, service work and advocacy locally, nationally and internationally, including chairing, vice-chairing or energetically supporting committees at the
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (Obesity Prevention Group),
Action on Sugar (founder member),
American Heart Association (Leadership Cabinet),
ASH Scotland (Board Vice-Chair & Trustee),
Consensus Action on Salt (CASH expert advisor),
European Society of Cardiology (Policy Committee),
Health Equalities Group (Chair of Trustees),
NICE (2005-2014),
Obesity Health Alliance (Steering Group to 2022, Healthy Weight Strategy Group 2022),
Obesity Action Scotland (Steering Group),
Society for Social Medicine (President 2015 & 2016),
UK Faculty of Public Health (Vice President for Policy, 2015-2018),
UK Health Forum (Trustee 2008-2018), and
World Health Organisation (expert advisor).
Professional Body Memberships
- Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) (Fellow, 1996 - present)
- Faculty of Public Health Medicine (Fellow, 1995 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- I am valued as a public health “generalist”, with expertise that spans the clinical, health service, population and policy aspects of health and disease, notably around preventing non-communicable diseases.
- I contribute to policy development and service work locally, nationally and internationally, including recently chairing, vice-chairing or energetically supporting committees at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the British Heart Foundation, the European Society of Cardiology, Heart of Mersey, the UK Faculty of Public Health, the UK Health Forum, NICE, and the World Health Organisation