Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens' (ACDP) role is to provide scientific advice on the risks of exposure to various pathogens.
Role of group
ACDP is an expert committee of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Its work cuts across a number of organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Membership
- Professor Thomas Evans (University of Glasgow), Chair
- Professor Michael Barer (University of Leicester)
- Dr Laura Nabarro (UCL)
- Professor Neil Ferguson (Imperial College London)
- Professor Richard Holliman, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist - retired
- Professor Simon Mead (UCL Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
- Air Commodore Christopher Melville OBE (Ministry of Defence), lay member
- Dr Gee Yen Shin (UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
- Dr Jake Dunning (Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust)
- Professor Dan Tucker (University of Cambridge)
- Dr Lance Turtle (University of Liverpool)
- Dr Kate Smith (Public Health Scotland)
- Dr Mike Beadsworth (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
- Dr Amy Beckett (Isle of Man Government)
- Dr Andrew Bosworth (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust)
Terms of reference
To provide as requested independent scientific advice to HSE, and to ministers through DHSC, Defra, and their counterparts under devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, on all aspects of hazards and risks to workers and others from exposure to pathogens.
In addition, to provide as requested independent scientific risk assessment advice on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) to ministers through DHSC, Defra, and their counterparts under devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and to the Food Standards Agency.
Members’ interests
Minutes, subgroups and annual reports
See minutes, subgroups and annual reports.
Papers and agendas for meetings prior to June 2013 can be found on the HSE website.
News and publications
ACDP Secretariat
Email: acdp@ukhsa.gov.uk