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Terms of referenceAt the request of the Department of Health: To advise the UK Health Departments on the effects on health of both outdoor and indoor air pollutants on the basis of data currently available; to assess the need for further research; and to liaise as necessary with other Government bodies to assess the effects of exposure and associated risks to human health. MembershipAppointments are staggered and members can serve for 3 terms or a maximum of 10 years from first appointment, dates of first appointment are shown with the penpictures. Current terms are: For sub group
meetings, the Chairman receives an attendance fee of £127 and a reading
fee of £33, while members receive an attendance fee of £100 and a
reading fee of £25. Chairman Professor Jon Ayres is a respiratory
physician with a research programme into the health effects of both outdoor and
indoor air pollution. He has been undertaking such research since the late 1980s
both epidemiologically and in studies involving controlled human exposures in
the laboratory. His work on the effects of exposure to carbon and sulphate aerosol
on heart rate variability has been important in assessing patients with severe
coronary artery disease rather than normal volunteers. His work in the indoor
environment has covered the smoking bans in Scotland and England along with studies
of the effects of biomass exposure in Nepal on cardio-respiratory morbidity. He
is also chair of DEFRA's Advisory Committee on Pesticides and is a member of DEFRA's
Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards. A member since 1992 and first appointed
as chair of COMEAP on 2 November 2001. Reappointed as chairman in November 2008
till November 2011. Members
Mr Benedict Armstrong is a statistician
with a special interest and competence in epidemiology. He has been involved in
a wide range of studies, including those of the effects of PAH compounds that
were central in the setting of an air quality standard by DETR's (now DEFRA's)
Expert Panel on Air Quality Standards, and has particular current interest in
the effects of weather on health. First appointed on 1 August 2000. Professor
Richard G Derwent OBE, MA, PhD Professor Dick Derwent OBE has spent much of his
research career studying atmospheric chemistry. Initially, this work was carried
out in the Air Pollution Division, Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage where he
set up monitoring networks for ozone, NOx, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. He
then spent a period of 16 years at the Harwell Laboratory building models of stratospheric
ozone depletion, tropospheric ozone build-up, acid rain and ground level ozone
formation. Having had a three year spell as a research manager in the Department
of Environment, he joined the Meteorological Office. His main task there has been
to build a global three-dimensional model to describe acid rain, photochemical
ozone formation and the build up of greenhouse gases. He is the joint author of
over 310 published papers dealing with acid rain, urban pollution, photochemical
smog and global atmospheric chemistry. He is Visiting Senior Scientist at the
Met Office, Honorary Professor in School of Geography and Environmental Sciences
at the University of Birmingham and Visiting Professor in the Department of Environmental
Science and Technology at Imperial College London Faculty of Life Sciences. He
was awarded the OBE in January 2001 in recognition of his contribution to atmospheric
chemistry research at the Met Office. First appointed on 1 June 2003. Professor
Ken Donaldson BSc(Hons), PhD, DSc, FIBiol, FRCPath, FFOM Professor
Ken Donaldson is a pulmonary toxicologist and lung cell biologist with a long-term
research interest in how the lung responds to particles and fibres. His work on
ultrafine particles has linked exposure to particles with free radical generation
and the increased activation of pro-inflammatory genes. Recently his research
group has addressed the effects of nanoparticles and nanotubes on the lungs and
pleura. He also has a research interest on the effects inhaled particles on the
cardiovascular system. First appointed on 1 August 2000.
Professor Stephen Holgate BSc, MD, DSc, FRCP,
FRCPE, CBiol, FIBiol, FRSA, FMedSci Professor Holgate is currently
a Medical Research Council Clinical Professor at the University of Southampton
and Honorary Consultant Physician at SU Hospitals Trust with a special interest
in asthma and allergy. He has published over 850 peer reviewed papers on the subject
with a special focus on the mechanisms of the disorders. For 7 years he was Chairman
of COMEAP and was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
(2002-8). He is currently Chairman of the MRC Population Systems and Medicine
Board and Defra Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances. First appointed in
May 1992.
Professor David
H Phillips BA, PhD, DSc, FRCPath Professor Phillips was appointed as a member
of Committee on Carcinogenicity (COC) in April 2000 and as its Chairman in April
2006. He is also a member of the Committee on Mutagenicity (COM). He is head of
a research team at the Institute of Cancer Research and has internationally recognised
expertise in carcinogen-DNA interactions, human biomonitoring and in molecular
epidemiology. He has extensive research interests in mechanisms of carcinogenesis,
with particular emphasis on environmental factors involved in cancer causation.
He is editor-in-chief of the journal Mutagenesis. First appointed to COMEAP on
1st April 2006. Professor Vicki Stone is a molecular
and pulmonary toxicologist who has a special interest in the mechanism by which
respirable dusts and chemicals induce inflammation. Her recent studies have focused
on identifying which components of ambient particulate air pollution (PM10) are
responsible for driving inflammation. She has also studied the effects of ultrafine
particles (also referred to as nanoparticles) on oxidative stress linked to cell
signalling mechanisms, as well as the molecular and inflammogenic effects of pathogenic
particles such as quartz. Her experience of collaboration with chemists, statisticians
and epidemiologists provides a strong basis for analysis and interpretation of
cross disciplinary information relating to air pollution issues. First appointed
on 1st June, 2003.
Professor Dafydd Walters is a paediatrician with a strong research
interest in pulmonary physiology. He has long experience of research on the factors
controlling water and ion flux across the lung air-blood barrier as well as the
role of pulmonary surfactant in this process. Ex-members who attend meetings as their work is on-going
Professor
Ross Anderson is a medical epidemiologist with a strong interest in respiratory
diseases and the health effects of air pollution. He is on the steering committee
for the WHO development of guidelines for indoor air and a member of DEFRA's Expert
Panel on Air Quality Standards. First appointed in May 1992.
J
Fintan Hurley MA Fintan Hurley is a statistician and epidemiologist with long experience
of research into the effects of occupational exposures, especially workplace particles.
More recently his main interest is health impact assessment of environmental risk
factors, including quantifying the public health benefits of reducing air pollution.
First appointed on 1 August 1995.
SecretariatProfessor
R L Maynard CBE BSc MB BCh FMRCP MRCPath FFOM FIBiol (HPA Medical) Contact
address Tel:
+44 (0)20 7972 4787
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Professor
J G Ayres BSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FFOM
Mr
Benedict Armstrong BA, MSc, PhD
Professor
Roy Harrison OBE, PhD, DSc, C.Chem, FRSC, FRMetS, HonFFOM, HonMFPH.
Dr
Tim J King MA, DPhil, Dip.Stat, CBiol, FIBiol, FRGS, FLS
Professor
Duncan Laxen BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor
Vicki Stone BSc, PhD, FIBiol, CBiol, ILTM
Professor
Dafydd Walters BSc, MB, BS, FRCP, FRCPCH
Professor
H Ross Anderson MD, MSc, FFPH, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor
David Strachan BA MB ChB MD MSc MRCGP FRCP FFPHM