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Appendix A: Membership of the Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), the NICE project team and external contractors
Appendix A: Membership of the Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), the NICE project team and external contractors
Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC)
NICE has set up a standing committee, the Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC), which reviews the evidence and develops recommendations on public health interventions. Membership of PHIAC is multidisciplinary, comprising public health practitioners, clinicians (both specialists and generalists), local authority employees, representatives of the public, patients and/or carers, academics and technical experts as follows.
Professor Sue Atkinson CBE
Independent Consultant and Visiting Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London
Mr John F Barker
Children's and Adults' Services Senior Associate, Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership
Professor Michael Bury
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of London. Honorary Professor of Sociology, University of Kent
Professor Simon Capewell
Chair of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Liverpool
Professor K K Cheng
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
Ms Jo Cooke
Director, Trent Research and Development Support Unit, School for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield
Dr Richard Cookson
Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York
Mr Philip Cutler
Forums Support Manager, Bradford Alliance on Community Care
Professor Brian Ferguson
Director, Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory
Professor Ruth Hall
Regional Director, Health Protection Agency, South West
Ms Amanda Hoey
Director, Consumer Health Consulting Limited
Mr Alasdair J Hogarth
Head Teacher, Archbishops School, Canterbury
Mr Andrew Hopkin
Assistant Director, Local Environment, Derby City Council
Dr Ann Hoskins
Deputy Regional Director of Public Health/Medical Director, NHS North West
Ms Muriel James
Secretary, Northampton Healthy Communities Collaborative and the King Edward Road Surgery Patient Participation Group
Dr Matt Kearney
General Practitioner, Castlefields, Runcorn. GP Public Health Practitioner, Knowsley
Ms Valerie King
Designated Nurse for Looked After Children, Northampton PCT, Daventry and South Northants PCT and Northampton General Hospital. Public Health Skills Development Nurse, Northampton PCT
CHAIR
Professor Catherine Law
Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, University College London Institute of Child Health
Ms Sharon McAteer
Public Health Development Manager, Halton and St Helens PCT
Mr David McDaid
Research Fellow, Department of Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Klim McPherson
Visiting Professor of Public Health Epidemiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford
Professor Susan Michie
Professor of Health Psychology, BPS Centre for Outcomes Research & Effectiveness, University College London
Dr Mike Owen
General Practitioner, William Budd Health Centre, Bristol
Ms Jane Putsey
Lay Representative. Tutor and Registered Breastfeeding Supporter, The Breastfeeding Network
Dr Mike Rayner
Director, British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford
Mr Dale Robinson
Chief Environmental Health Officer, South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ms Joyce Rothschild
School Improvement Adviser, Solihull Local Authority
Dr Tracey Sach
Senior Lecturer in Health Economics, University of East Anglia
Professor Mark Sculpher
Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Economics (CHE), University of York
Dr David Sloan
Retired Director of Public Health
Dr Dagmar Zeuner
Joint Director of Public Health, Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
Expert testimony to PHIAC:
Geoff de Burca
Strategy Director,Naked Communications
Gino Perigo
Programme Manager, D-MYST, Liverpool PCT
Anne Schulthess
Youth Service Manager, QUIT
Emily Carr
Young Person's Stop Smoking Adviser, Islington PCT
Jane MacGregor
Freelance Consultant, Trading Standards Professional and member of the Trading Standards Institute.
NICE project team
Mike Kelly
CPHE Director
Simon Ellis
Associate Director
Lesley Owen
Lead Analyst
Dylan Jones
Analyst
Patti White
Analyst
Alastair Fischer
Technical Adviser (Health Economics).
External contractors
External reviewers: review of effectiveness
'Interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking in children and young people' was carried out by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health. The principal authors were: Lindsay Richard, Patrice Allen, Lucy McCullough, Linda Bauld*, Sunaina Assanand, Lorraine Greaves, Amanda Amos*, Natalie Hemsing, Karin Humphries (*UK consultants).
External reviewers: focus group research
'The prevention of uptake of smoking by children and young people, with reference to the areas of mass media and the sale of tobacco products: findings from a multi-method primary research study' was carried out by Liverpool John Moore's University Centre for Public Health. The principal authors were: Kerry Woolfall, Dr Lorna Porcellato, Katrina Stredder, Dr Michelle Wareing, Amanda Atkinson, Claire Lushey, Jim McVeigh, Dr Harry Sumnall.
External reviewers: economic analysis
'A review of the cost-effectiveness of interventions (specifically point-of-sales measures and mass media) to prevent the uptake of smoking in young people under 18 years old' was carried out by LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science. 'Cost-effectiveness of a mass media campaign and a point-of-sale intervention to prevent the uptake of smoking in children and young people: economic modelling report' was also carried out by LSE. The principal authors of both reports were: Maria Raiko and Alastair McGuire.