Esteem Markers

• Prof B Cookson
• Dr A M Kearns
• Mr P Hoffman
• Ms V Ward

 

 

Prof B Cookson

• Visiting Professor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Departments of Public Health and Policy and Tropical and Infectious Diseases
• Visiting Edward Tooth Visiting Professor to Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia  
• Honorary University of London Diploma in Hospital Infection Control
• WHO  External Consultant  and  Advisor in the Scientific Working Group  on  Monitoring and Management of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents
• WHO  External Consultant  for Healthcare Associated Infection  

 

Committee Membership

• Chair of the Course Committee and Member of the Examination Committee of the Hospital Infection Society (HIS), Health Protection Agency, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Diploma of  Hospital Infection Control 
• Department of Health Technology Assessment Panel for New Diagnostic and Imaging Procedures member
• Member of advisory panel on Controls Assurance Standard for Infection Control, Department of Health
• HIS representative on BSI CH/67 sterilisation of medical devices
• Association of Medical Microbiologists (AMM) Clinical Services Committee member
• AMM  Infection Control Sub Committee Secretary
• Leader of the EU DG-XII funded HARMONY project
• Steering Group member of two EU DGR&D funded studies:  Antibiotic Resistance Prevention and Control (ARPAC) and Antibiotic Resistance in Mediterranean Countries (ARMed)
• Steering Group member of DG SANCO funded HELICS (Hospital Infection Surveillance) IV and UK/Ireland Co-ordinator
• Leader of the HELICS IV Education in Infection Control Project
• International Union of Microbiological Societies Committee member for Staphylococci
• Steering Group member of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology Study Group of Nosocomial Infections and the Study Group of Antibiotic Policies Steering Group member of the Biomed WebCT ProgrammeExamination Committee Chair of the Hammersmith MSc for Pharmacists

 

Working Parties and Panels:

• Chairman of the Joint British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
• Infection Control Nurses Association (ICNA) and  Hospital Infection Society  (HIS)
• Working Party on Glycopeptide resistant Enterococci
• Member of the Expert Panel for the National Audit Office Study of Hospital Infection and Expert Advisor for International comparisons

 

Editorial Board of:

• Microbial Drug Resistance
• Journal of Infectious Disease

 

 

Dr A M Kearns

• Secretary International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) Staphylococcus Sub-Committee
• International Working Group on the Classification of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements (IWG-SCC)
• International Society of Chemotherapy Working Group on MRSA
• National PVL Working Group
• DEFRA Antimicrobial Resistance Co-ordination Committee (DARC) sub-group on MRSA
• European Network of Laboratories for Sequence-based Typing of Microbial Pathogens
  

 

Mr P Hoffman

• British Standards committee IH/57 (Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics)
• Rapid Review Panel
• Department of Health Engineering and Science Advisory Committee
• Journal of Hospital Infection: Assistant Editor
• Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens: Viral haemorrhagic fever guidance, clinical management
• Diploma in Hospital Infection Control: Course Committee
• Diploma in Hospital Infection Control: Examination Committee

 

 

Ms V Ward

• Visiting Fellow in Public Health within the Faculty of Health, South Bank University, London
• Curriculum Planning Group BSc (Health Protection), London South Bank University National Leader of two units to November 2005

Last reviewed: 21 July 2009