Past Council Members
Dates in brackets refer to the dates of Council membership. All titles and affiliations are correct at the time of membership.
Professor Albert Weale FBA (chair 2008-2012, member 1998-2004)
ESRC Professorial Fellow & Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy at University College London. Chair of the Council's Working Party on xenotransplantation from 1994-1996
Professor Dame Marilyn Strathern FBA (2010-2011 and previously 2000-2006)
Former Mistress of Girton College Cambridge and William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Co-opted member of Council whilst chairing the Working Party on Human bodies: donation for medicine and research
Professor Joyce Tait CBE FRSE FSRA (2009-2011)
Scientific Adviser to the Innogen Centre (ESRC Centre for Social and Economic Research on Innovation in Genomics), Edinburgh University. Co-opted member of Council whilst chairing the Working Party on Biofuels
Professor Christopher Hood FBA (2008-2010)
Gladstone Professor of Government and Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. Co-opted member of Council whilst chairing the Working Party on Medical profiling and online medicine
Professor Roger Brownsword (2004-2010)
Director, Centre for Technology, Ethics and Law in Society (TELOS), King’s College London, and Honorary Professor in Law, University of Sheffield
Professor Peter Harper (2004-2010)
Research Professor in Human Genetics, Cardiff University
Professor Tony Hope (2007-2009)
Professor of Medical Ethics, University of Oxford, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist. Co-opted member of Council while chairing the Working Party on Dementia: ethical issues
Anatole Koletsky (2006-2009)
Editor, The Times
Professor Peter Smith CBE FMedSci (2003-2009, Deputy Chair 2006-2009)
Professor of Tropical Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Reverend Lord Harries of Pentregarth DD FKC FRSL HonFMedSci (2002-2008)
Chair of the Ethics and Law Advisory Group, HFEA and Honorary Professor of Theology, King’s College London
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman KCB FRSE (2000-2008)
Chancellor of the University of Glasgow and former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland and England
Lord Krebs KT FRS FMedSci (2006-2007)
Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford. Co-opted member whilst chairing the Working Party on Public Health: ethical issues
Lord Plant of Highfield (2004-2007)
Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy, King’s College London
Professor Peter Lipton FMedSci (deceased 2007) (2003–2007)
Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Fellow of King’s College, University of Cambridge
Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC FBA (2000–2007, Chair 2003-2007)
Emeritus Master of Clare College and Professor of Law, University of Cambridge and a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, London
Dr Alan Williamson FRSE (2000-2007)
Consultant on biotechnology and member of the Advisory Council to the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, USA
Professor Margaret Brazier OBE (2004-2006 and previously 1994-1999)
School of Law, University of Manchester. Co-opted member whilst chairing the Working Party on Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine: ethical issues
Professor Tom Baldwin (2000-2006)
Head of Department of Philosophy, University of York
Professor Catherine Peckham CBE (2000 until 2006, Deputy Chair from 2003-2006)
Professor of Paediatric Epidemiology, Institute of Child Health, University College London
Professor Herbert Sewell (2000-2006)
Pro-Vice Chancellor and Professor of Immunology, University of Nottingham
Baroness Perry of Southwark (2003-2005)
Pro-Chancellor of the University of Surrey. Co-opted member of Council whilst chairing the Working Party on the ethics of research involving animals
Professor Martin Raff FRS (1999-2005)
Emeritus Professor of Biology, University College London
Nick Ross (1999-2005)
Broadcaster
Professor John Ledingham (2000-2004)
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford
Professor Andrew Wilkie (May-Sep 2003)
Professor of Pathology, University of Oxford
Rebecca Howard CBE (2000-2003)
Executive Director of Nursing, Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust, Alder Hey
Professor Martin Bobrow CBE (1997–2003, Deputy Chair 1999-2003)
Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge
Professor Sir Ian Kennedy FBA (1991-2002, Chair 1998-2002)
Ethics and Policy, School of Public Policy, University College London
Reverend Professor Duncan Forrester DD (1996-2001)
Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology, University of Edinburgh
Professor Sir Brian Heap CBE FRS (1996-2001)
Master, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge
Lady Sonia Hornby (1996-2001)
Chairman, The Kingwood Trust
Derek Osborn CB (1996-2001)
Chairman of the European Environment Agency; Chairman of UK Roundtable on Sustainable Development
Dr Anne McLaren DBE FRS (deceased 2007) (1991-2000)
Wellcome/CRC Institute, Cambridge
Dr Brian Newbould (1991-2000)
Former Director of International Research Affairs, ICI Corporate Research and Technology
Professor Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick DBE (1991-2000)
Former President of the Royal College of Physicians
Baroness Onora O’Neill CBE FBA (1991-1998, Chair 1996-1998)
Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge
June Andrews (1995–1999)
Scottish Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
Sally O’Sullivan (1995-1998)
Editor in Chief of Ideal Home, Homes and Ideas, Homes and Gardens, Country Homes and Non-executive Director of London Transport
Professor Ingrid Allen CBE (1995-1997)
Professor Emeritus of Neuropathology, Queen’s University, Belfast
Dr Iram Siraj-Blatchford (1995–1996)
Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at the University of Warwick
Caroline Miles (1991-1996)
Ian Ramsey Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford, and former Chairman of Oxfordshire Health Authority
Sir Patrick Nairne GCB MC (Chair 1991-1996)
Former Permanent Secretary to the Department of Health and Social Security and former Master, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Professor Sir David Weatherall FRS (1991-1996)
Regius Professor of Medicine and Founding Director, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Professor Canon Gordon Dunston CBE (deceased 2004) (1991-1995)
Professor of Moral and Social Theology, King's College, London
Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS (1991-1995)
Professor of Zoology, and Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
Beverley Anderson (1991-1994)
Lecturer in Education, University of Warwick
Margaret Auld (deceased 2010) (1991-1994)
Former Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
Professor Eve Johnstone (1991-1994)
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh and Consultant Psychiatrist at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Jane Reed (1991-1994)
Director, News International Plc
Professor Sir David Williams QC (deceased 2009) (1991-1994)
Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge