The membership of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) committee which has been advising the Government on its handling of coronavirus was finally made public today.
The list has not previously been published on security and independence grounds but has today been released after calls for transparency over the expertise contained within the group.
Two individuals have not given their permission to be named as part of the committee but the remaining fifty members of the committee, which provides scientific and technical advice to support government decision makers during emergencies is listed below.
Those on the list are:
- Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
- Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care
- Professor John Aston, Chief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
- Professor Wendy Barclay, Imperial College London
- Professor Phil Blythe, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport
- Professor Ian Boyd, University of St Andrews
- Professor Andrew Curran, Chief Scientific Adviser, Health and Safety Executive
- Dr Gavin Debrera, Public Health England
- Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician, Office for National Statistics
- Professor Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director, Public Health England
- Professor John Edmunds, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director Wellcome Trust
- Professor Neil Ferguson, Imperial College London
- Dr Aidan Fowler NHS England
- Professor Julia Gog University of Cambridge
- Dr David Halpern, Behavioural Insights Team, Cabinet Office
- Dr Jenny Harries, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
- Dr Demis Hassabis Data Scientist
- Professor Peter Horby University of Oxford
- Dr Indra Joshi NHSx
- Professor Dame Theresa Marteau University of Cambridge
- Professor Dame Angela McLean Chief Scientific Adviser Ministry of Defence
- Professor Graham Medley, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Professor Andrew Morris, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Carole Mundell, Chief Scientific Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Professor Cath Noakes, University of Leeds
- Dr Rob Offord, Welsh Government
- Professor Michael Parker, University of Oxford
- Professor Sharon Peacock, Public Health England
- Professor Alan Penn, Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Professor Steve Powis, NHS England
- Dr Mike Prentice, NHS England
- Mr Osama Rahman, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Education
- Professor Venki Ramakrishnan, Chair of DELVE (ex Officio), convened by Royal Society
- Professor Andrew Rambaut, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Tom Rodden, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Professor Brooke Rogers, Kings College London
- Dr James Rubin, Kings College London
- Professor Calum Semple, University of Liverpool
- Dr Mike Short, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Trade
- Dr Gregor Smith, Scottish Government Chief Medical Officer
- Professor Sir David Spieglhalter, University of Cambridge
- Professor Jonathan Van Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer
- Professor Russell Viner, University College London
- Professor Charlotte Watts, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development
- Professor Mark Walport, UK Research and Innovation
- Professor Mark Woolhouse, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Lucy Yardley, University of Bristol
- Professor Ian Young, Northern Ireland Executive
- Professor Maria Zambon, Public Health England
