TERMS OF REFERENCE
- to keep under review scientific progress at the frontiers of human genetics and related fields;
- to report on issues arising from new developments in human genetics that can be expected to have wider social, ethical and/or economic consequences, for example in relation to public health, insurance, patents and employment;
- to advise on ways to build public confidence in, and understanding of, the new genetics.
MEMBERSHIP
Acting Chair:
Baroness O’Neill
Principal - Newnham College, Cambridge
Chair to February 1999:
Sir Colin Campbell
Vice Chancellor - Nottingham University
Members:
Professor Cairns Aitken
Professor - emeritus of Rehabilitation Studies, University of Edinburgh
Dr Micheala A Aldred
Director - Retinoblastoma Society
Professor Martin Bobrow
Professor of Medical Genetics - Cambridge University
Mrs Doris Littlejohn
President - Central Office of Industrial Tribunals, Scotland
Professor Norman Nevin
Chairman - Gene Therapy Advisory Committee
Dr George Poste
Chief Science & Technology Officer - SmithKline Beecham
Revd Dr John Polkinghorne
Chairman - Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing
Ms Moira Stuart
Reporter/presenter - British Broadcasting Corporation
CONTACT DETAILS
All enquiries should be addressed to the Secretariat of the new Human Genetics Commission based at:
The Department of Health
Area 652C, Skipton House
80 London Road
London
SE1 6LH
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