8 Appraisal Committee members and NICE project team
8.1 Appraisal Committee members
The Appraisal Committees are standing advisory committees of NICE. Members are appointed for a 3‑year term. A list of the Committee members who took part in the discussions for this appraisal appears below. There are 4 Appraisal Committees, each with a chair and vice chair. Each Appraisal Committee meets once a month, except in December when there are no meetings. Each Committee considers its own list of technologies, and ongoing topics are not moved between Committees.
Committee members are asked to declare any interests in the technology to be appraised. If it is considered there is a conflict of interest, the member is excluded from participating further in that appraisal.
The minutes of each Appraisal Committee meeting, which include the names of the members who attended and their declarations of interests, are posted on the NICE website.
Professor Andrew Stevens
Chair of Appraisal Committee C, Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham
Professor Gary McVeigh
Vice Chair of Appraisal Committee C, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Queens University Belfast and Consultant Physician, Belfast City Hospital
Professor Kathryn Abel
Director of Centre for Women's Mental Health, University of Manchester
Dr Daniele Bryden
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Andrew Burnett
Director for Health Improvement and Medical Director, NHS Barnet, London
David Chandler
Lay Member
Gail Coster
Advanced Practice Sonographer, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor Peter Crome
Honorary Professor, Dept of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London
Dr Maria Dyban
General Practitioner, Kings Road Surgery, Glasgow
Professor Rachel A Elliott
Lord Trent Professor of Medicines and Health, University of Nottingham
Dr Greg Fell
Consultant in Public Health, Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council
Dr Peter Jackson
Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Sheffield
Dr Janice Kohler
Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Paediatric Oncology, Southampton University Hospital Trust
Emily Lam
Lay Member
Dr Allyson Lipp
Principal Lecturer, University of Glamorgan
Dr Claire McKenna
Research Fellow in Health Economics, University of York
Dr Grant Maclaine
Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research, BD, Oxford
Dr Andrea Manca
Health Economist and Senior Research Fellow, University of York
Henry Marsh
Consultant Neurosurgeon, St George's Hospital, London
Dr Suzanne Martin
Reader in Health Sciences
Dr Paul Miller
Director, Payer Evidence, Astrazeneca UK Ltd
Professor Eugene Milne
Deputy Regional Director of Public Health, North East Strategic Health Authority, Newcastle upon Tyne
Professor Stephen O'Brien
Professor of Haematology, Newcastle University
Dr Anna O'Neill
Deputy Head of Nursing and Healthcare School/Senior Clinical University Teacher, University of Glasgow
Alan Rigby
Academic Reader, University of Hull
Dr Peter Selby
Consultant Physician, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Matt Stevenson
Technical Director, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield
Dr Tim Stokes
Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Dr Paul Tappenden
Reader in Health Economic Modelling, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield
Dr Judith Wardle
Lay Member