The Investigation Committee

Professor George Griffin was appointed Chair of the Independent Investigation by Mr Justin McCracken (the Health Protection Agency Chief Executive) following discussion with the Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson. Professor Griffin is Professor of Infectious Diseases and Medicine at St George's, University of London, a practising infectious diseases Clinician, and Chair of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens.

Professor Griffin appointed five other members of the Investigation Committee on the basis of their area of expertise. The Committee was supported by a full time scientific secretariat, a committee administrator and a legal advisor.

Chairman:

Professor George Griffin
Head of Division, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
and Head of Centre for Infection
St George’s, University of London
Expertise: Professor of Infectious Diseases and Medicine, practising infectious diseases Clinician, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens

Committee members:

Dr Meirion Evans OBE
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Public Health
Cardiff University and
Honorary Regional Epidemiologist
Public Health Wales
Expertise: Public health doctor with expertise in outbreak investigation

David Eves CB
Fformerly Deputy Director General and Chief Inspector at the Health and Safety Executive
Expertise: Health and safety consultant

Karen Jones
Safety Inspector
Expertise: Risk assessment and safety management.. Lay member of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens

Dr Chris Low
Animal Health Research Group Manager
Scottish Agricultural College
Expertise: Veterinarian. Expert on E. coli carriage in animals

Professor David Strachan
Professor of Epidemiology
St George’s University of London
Expertise: Epidemiologist and public health doctor

Scientific Secretariat
Dr Isobel Rosenstein