Guidance
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
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, local authority officers, teachers, social care professionals, representatives of the public, 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 Associate Foundation Stage Regional Adviser for the Parents as Partners in Early Learning Project, DfES National Strategies
Professor Michael Bury Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of London. Honorary Professor of Sociology, University of Kent
Professor K K Cheng Professor of Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
Ms Joanne Cooke Programme Manager, Collaboration and Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for South Yorkshire
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
Ms Lesley Michele de Meza Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education Consultant, Trainer and Writer
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 Director, Children, Young People and Maternity, 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 PCT
CHAIR Professor Catherine Law Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, UCL Institute of Child Health
Mr David McDaid Research Fellow, Department of Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science
Mr Bren McInerney Community Member
Professor Susan Michie Professor of Health Psychology, BPS Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, University College London
Professor Stephen Morris Professor of Health Economics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London
Dr Adam Oliver RCUK Senior Academic Fellow, Health Economics and Policy, London School of Economics
Dr Mike Owen General Practitioner, William Budd Health Centre, Bristol
Dr Toby Prevost Reader in Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, King's College London
Ms Jane Putsey Lay Representative, Chair of Trustees of 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 Children's Services Improvement Adviser, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Professor Mark Sculpher Professor of Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Dr David Sloan Retired Director of Public Health
Dr Stephanie Taylor Reader, Applied Research, Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Dr Stephen Walters Reader, Medical Statistics, University of Sheffield
Dr Dagmar Zeuner Joint Director of Public Health, Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
Expert co-optee to PHIAC:
Professor Amanda Amos Professor of Health Promotion, Public Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Expert testimony to PHIAC:
Ehow Armah National Coordinator, Healthy Schools Programme, Department of Health
Lisa Gill Youth Project Manager, Roy Castle Lung Foundation
Noreen Graham Deputy Director, Pupil Food Health and Safety Unit,Department for Children, Schools and Families
Lucy Holdstock Tobacco Policy Manager, Department of Health
Judith MacMorran Senior Health Promotion Specialist, Newcastle Primary Care Trust, North East region
NICE project team
Mike Kelly
CPHE Director
Catherine Swann
Associate Director
Andrew Hoy
Analyst
Patti White
Analyst
Lesley Owen
Technical Adviser (Health Economics).
External contractors
External reviewers: effectiveness reviews
Review 1: 'School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children and young people: effectiveness review' was carried out by the West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration (University of Birmingham). The principal authors were: Olalekan Uthman, Ismail Yahaya, Mary Pennant, Sue Bayliss, Paul Aveyard, Mark Jit, Pelham Barton, Catherine Meads and Yen-Fu Chen.
Review 2: 'Facilitators and barriers to the delivery of school-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children: a systematic review of qualitative research' was carried out by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (University of Bath). The principal authors were: Linda Bauld, Janet Brandling and Lorna Templeton.
External reviewers: economic analysis
The economic review: 'School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children and young people: cost-effectiveness review' was carried out by the West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration (University of Birmingham). The principal authors were: Mark Jit, Pelham Barton, Olalekan Uthman, Sue Bayliss, Yen-Fu Chen and Catherine Meads.
The economic model: 'School-based interventions to prevent the uptake of smoking among children and young people: cost-effectiveness model' was prepared by: Mark Jit, Pelham Barton, Yen-Fu Chen, Olalekan Uthman, Paul Aveyard and Catherine Meads.
Fieldwork
The fieldwork 'School-based interventions to prevent uptake of smoking among children and young people' was carried out by GHK Research Ltd. An additional consultation, 'NICE guidance on school-based prevention of smoking in children: consultation with young people' was carried out by the National Youth Agency.