External Positions
- Trustee (and Honorary Medical Director), Board of Trustees, UK Charity Meningitis Now, 2019
- Member, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), UK Government, 2018
- Member, NICE Topic Expert Group, Quality Standard for Meningitis in Children Under 16, NICE Topic Expert Group, 2011
- independent member, Trials Steering Committee: Head-to-head comparison of two H1N1 swine influenza vaccines in children aged 6 months to 12 years., NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Co-ordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment, 2009
- Medical Director, The Meningitis Trust, The Meningitis Trust, 2009
- JCVI Varicella Zoster Sub-Group, JCVI, 2009
- Member, Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA),, London North West Sub-Committee, Department of Health, 2009
- member, RCGP working group “Early Recognition of Severe Sepsis”, RCGP, 2009
- member, NICE guideline development group “Meningitis and Meningococcal Septicaemia”, NICE, 2008
- member, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Scientific Advisory Committee, 2002
- member, Medical Research Council Assessment Board, 2002
- chairman, The Meningitis Trust, Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee, Meningitis Trust, 2002
- Member, Vaccine Preventable Invasive Bacterial Diseases Forum, UK Health Protection Agency, 2001
- Member, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), 2000
- member, UK HPA Meningococcal Forum, UK Health Protection Agency, 2000
- Member, Clinical Prescribing Subgroup, Interdepartmental Steering Group “Resistance to Antibiotics and other Antimicrobial Agents”, Department of Health., 1998 - 2002
- vice-chairman, Medical Microbiology Fellowship Committee, Wellcome Trust, 1998
- member, RCPCH Standing Committee on Immunisation & Infectious Diseases, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, 1996
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, 1991
- Member, Society for General Microbiology, 1986
- Member, British Medical Association, 1980
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- External Examiner, Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Oxford University, 2012
- Honorary Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford, 2008
Fellowships
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Academy of Medical Sciences, 2001
- Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 1997
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians, 1995