Officers:

Mr David Anderson-Ford, Chairman
The current Chairman of AREC, has a legal background and, as a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University, has specialised in the field of Health Care Law and Ethics for a considerable number of years.

He first became acquainted with the world of Research Ethics Committees in the 1990's when he was invited to become a lay member of his local LREC, a position he continues to retain. As Chairman of the Brunel University Research Ethics Committee, he has played a key role in the devising and implementing of ethics review systems, and has been particularly instrumental, working alongside Professor Anthea Tinker of King's College, London, in establishing and maintaining a UK Universities Forum in order to facilitate the sharing of best practice throughout the university sector, which in turn supports the endeavours of the AREC University Sub-Committee.

He is committed to using his best endeavours towards the achievement of the AREC Aims, in the best interests of the extremely wide and diverse spectrum of Research Ethics Committees.

Dr Michael F Bone, Immediate Past Chairman
Member Newcastle and North Tyneside REC 1

A Consultant Physician with Specialist Interest in Respiratory and Allergic Diseases since 1982. Current appointment to South Tyneside Healthcare Trust. Involved in clinical research in Exercise Physiology, Asthma (especially nocturnal and brittle), Treatment of Hypertension and Parenchymal Lung Diseases including Sarcoidosis and Rheumatoid Lung. Member of South Tyneside LREC since 1998. Chairman of South Tyneside LREC 1999-2004. Member of AREC Council since 2000 and Treasurer and Director of AREC since 2002. Current member of several Working Groups for Council, namely, Newsletter; Training liaison with COREC; Universities; and Administrators, having previously been involved in organising AREC regional conferences dealing with ‘Research in Children’ (Newcastle), ‘Critical Care Medicine’ (Birmingham) and ‘Ethics of Research in Surgery’ (Glasgow). Involved in training in Research Ethics at local, regional and national levels.

Mr M John Hudson, Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman (NHS/Independent Sector)

Chairman, COVANCE Independent Ethics Committee (Independent Sector)John’s career has included Research in NHS pathology services, Academia as Senior Lecturer and Education Management as Chief Education Officer at Regional level. The founding Chief Executive of Leeds College of Health, affiliated to the Universtiy of Leeds, he became the first Dean of the University’s School of Healthcare studies in 1996. He has chaired the Independent Ethics Committee at Covance for the past three years.

The Reverend Keith S Lackenby, Honorary Secretary
Chairman, Lincolnshire REC
Lay Member Frenchay REC

Keith has been a member of a Research Ethics Committee as a lay member for seven years, a contradictory term, as he is an Ordained Minister of long standing. The Chairman of Lincolnshire LREC for two years, and prior to that, he was deputy Chairman of the Lincolnshire South Committee for three years. He has regularly attended AREC meetings, and is interested in becoming involved to a greater extent in AREC.

Dr Mark Turtle, Honorary Treasurer
Chairman Dyfed Powys REC

Since 1987, I have been a Consultant Anaesthetist, specialising in Pain Management, working in Carmarthen, South West Wales. I have been a member of the local REC for more than 10 years, much of that time as Chairman. Having been a member of AREC Council for 2 years, I should like to continue playing an active part in its development.

Dr Timothy P C Stibbs,

Timothy Stibbs is Assistant Secretary in the University of Manchester where he has worked since 1974. He has undertaken a number of administrative roles in the University. In 1996 he became Secretary to the University’s REC and has seen the role expand so that it now has its own secretariat office. He was among the small number of university representatives that met informally to form the University Research Ethics Working Group. He also has a responsibility, with a senior colleague, for advising the University on governance matters. He is Principal of Dalton-Ellis Hall in the University of Manchester and a past President of the UK Association of Principals and Wardens.

Members:

Dr Ronald Atkinson
Vice Chairman, HPSS REC (2) Northern Ireland

Dr Atkinson graduated MB, BCh, BAO in 1971 from Queen's University, Belfast. His post-graduate training was in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and during that time developed an interest in Gynaecological Cancer. His MD was on a laboratory based diagnostic test for cancer, funded by a Cancer Research Campaign Fellowship. Subsequently he trained in Medical Oncology through the University of Glasgow when Sir Kenneth Calman was Head of Department. Appointed a Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Oncology at Queen's University, Belfast/Belfast City Hospital in 1980 with a research interest in clinical chemotherapy trials for ovarian cancer which he has pursued through the Scottish Gynaecological Cancer Study Group. With an interest in medical ethics both practically and from a teaching perspective he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Northern Ireland REC 2 in 2004 and was appointed a Board Member of the new NI Medical & Dental Post Graduate Training Agency in 2005.

Mr Roy L Evans
Chairman of the South West Wales LREC and Chairman of the AREC Public Relations Working Group.

Roy worked for nearly 30 years in sales and marketing in the pharmaceutical industry during which time he held many senior management positions such as Manager of Marketing and New Business Development for Europe, Africa and Asia with a major international company and finally as Chairman and Managing Director of Micon UK Ltd.

Mr Laurence A Goldberg

Laurence Goldberg is an independent pharmaceutical consultant and a former Non- executive Director of the National Patient Safety Agency. He currently serves on an independent research ethics committee and has previously served on an NHS research ethics committee. He is Editorial Consultant for Hospital Pharmacy Europe. He is a former hospital pharmacist and held a number of part-time academic posts both in the UK and USA.

He was designated a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1989 and has won several awards for his work in pharmacy. He has spoken at many international conferences on subjects connected to patient safety, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical automation and aseptic services. He has over 50 scientific papers to his name.

Dr David Hunter

David has been involved in university research ethics committees for the past five years, and presently sits on three ethics committees, his University committee, his School committee and an NHS REC. His background is in philosophy and bioethics, on which he presently lectures at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland . He has a particular interest and focus in his research on research ethics.

Dr Debashis Mandal
Chairman, Central Manchester REC

Qualified Medical Practitioner since 1980. Other professional qualifications:
FRCP, DFFP, Diploma in Health Economics, Diploma in Health Management. Currently, Consultant in Genito-Urinary Medicine for the last 12 years. Long experience of Committee workings including several Chairmanships and Honorary Secretary. At present Chairman of Central Manchester LREC with a total duration of 6 years of LREC membership.

Professor Anthea Tinker CBE, PhD, FKC, AcSS, FRSA

Anthea Tinker is Professor of Social Gerontology at King’s College London and chairs the College Research Ethics Committee. She has been on the staff of three Universities and three Government Departments and has been a Consultant to the WHO, EU and OECD. The author or co-author of 31 books and over 300 articles she has carried out research on housing, assistive technology, family care, older workers, community care, older women, very old people, elder abuse, falls and accidents and a national survey of University Research Ethics Committees

She was awarded the CBE in 2000 and elected a Founding Member of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 1999. She was President of the Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Royal Society of Medicine 1998-2000. She was one of the Women of the Year in 2002.
 

Professor Nigel Webster

Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Aberdeen, I have been a clinical and basic science researcher for over 30 years. I am experienced in conducting large multi-centre research trials and in data and safety monitoring of such trials. I have been a member of several ethics committees since 1986 and chaired Grampian LREC. I am currently a member of REC A for Scotland which looks at all of the Adults With Incapacity applications in Scotland.
 

Dr Leslie Gelling

In addition to being a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, Leslie is Chair of the Cambridgeshire 4 Research Ethics Committee, Chair of the Faculty Research Ethics Panel and a member of the University's Research Ethics Sub-committee. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science, a member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and a member of the Institute of Clinical Research. Other commitments include Editorship of 'Nurse Researcher' and membership of the RCN's Research Society Steering Committee. With a particular interest in research ethics, Leslie is delighted to be working with colleagues at AREC.

Editor of AREC Journal:

Dr Roger Rawbone, Editor of AREC Journal 'Research Ethics Review'

MB BS, LRCP MRCS, MA, MD, (Hon)FFOM.
Member, Health & Safety Executive REC
Member, Manchester University Committee on the Ethics of Research on Human Beings
Member, Central Manchester REC

Roger retired from the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in 2006 where he was head of the Corporate Medical Unit which involved management of all medical doctors, including those in the Employment Medical Advisory Service, along with a group of bio-medical scientists.
Prior to almost 14 years with HSE Roger had spent 12 years as a senior R&D manager with Gallaher Tobacco Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, and before that 12 years in academic clinical medicine, predominantly in a London teaching hospital, where he had a special interest in diseases of the chest.
He has extensive extensive experience in the research arena both as a researcher, with over 50 peer reviewed publications, and as a manager of research programmes.
Between 1993 and 2006 Roger was Medical Secretary to the HSE Research Ethics Committee and he currently remains an expert member on that committee. He also serves as a member of the Manchester University Committee on the Ethics of Research on Human Beings and has just been apponted to the Central Manchester REC. He was previously a member of the Department of Work and Pensions Ethics Committee, overseeing analyses of the work and pensions longitudinal study dataset.
Roger obtained a Masters Degree in ‘Health Care Ethics and Law’ from Manchester University in 2001. He on the International Advisory Board of Occupational Medicine as the journals ethics adviser. In 2002 he was elected as a member of Council, a Director and Trustee of the Association of Research Ethics Committees a position held until 2005 when he was appointed the first editor of the Association’s official journal – Research Ethics Review. In this role Roger is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Support Staff:

Ms Jacqueline Maull, Chief of Operations

Jackie joined AREC in April 2008 and suceeded Tara Graham in November, taking overall control of all operational and developmental management. With a background in Client Relationship Management, Jackie is keen to develop projects to further strengthen the bond between AREC and its members.

Mrs Carol Dawson, AREC Consultant

Carol was a founder member of the Association attending the first Steering Group meeting on Friday, 13th March 1998. Having worked voluntarily for the Association for two and half years, she has now been with AREC for almost ten years, during that time supporting the office of four Chairmen. Carol has continued to work in the development of the Association encompassing Research Ethics Committees in the NHS, University and Independent sectors within the UK and the ongoing development of the Association which is now in the process of forging links with REC's Europe. Although now retiring from the Director of Operations position, she will continue, initially for one year, as a Consultant to the Association and Secretary to the AREC University Sector Committee.