Ben Taylor – House of Lords<\/strong><\/p>\nBen Taylor currently works as Policy Analyst to the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, and previously worked on the Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003. Before joining the House of Lords in September 2016, he completed a PhD at King\u2019s College London. His research focused on the history of scientific research and development at the Home Office, and its role in promoting new surveillance and intelligence-gathering techniques in British policing. He has previously worked as an AHRC research fellow at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, in a role that saw him investigate the impact of big data in the age of social media.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Stuart –\u00a0Global Health Security Programme<\/strong><\/p>\nJennifer completed a PhD in Immunology and Infection at the University of Cambridge in 2015, where her research focused on mechanisms used by poxviruses to evade the immune system of their hosts. Following her PhD, Jennifer joined the Civil Service Science and Engineering Fast Stream, a cross-government graduate programme to ensure those with scientific skills and experience can support government policy and decision-making. On the Fast Stream she undertook a number of civil service roles, including at the Government Office for Science, and undertook a secondment at The Alan Turing Institute. Jennifer now works at the Department of Health as the Head of Vaccines and Biopreparedness for the Global Health Security Programme.<\/p>\n
Mark Ewbank –\u00a0Department of Communities and Local Government<\/strong><\/p>\nMark Ewbank is currently a Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Communities and Local Government. Mark was previously Senior Clerk of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Policy & Scrutiny Manager at the City of Westminster and a Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.\u00a0 Mark read for his doctorate in Public Policy between October 2007 and March 2011 at the School of Government & Society at the University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n
Adrian Baker – British Heart Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\nAdrian is\u00a0Policy Manager at the British Heart Foundation and former Head of Health and Social Care at\u00a0techUK.\u00a0 With more\u00a0than ten\u00a0years’\u00a0experience\u00a0straddling policy, research, and strategy,\u00a0Adrian\u00a0worked at the Royal College of Nursing on a range of high profile issues and as a policy advisor for the London Health Board, chaired by\u00a0previous\u00a0Mayor of London Boris Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0Adrian holds degrees from the London School of Economics, and was awarded the Colt Doctoral Fellowship for his PhD research at University College London into the diffusion of innovations in NHS Trusts.<\/p>\n
Tim Marsh – Director at Food Matters (previous Head of Policy at the Women’s Institute).<\/strong><\/p>\nTim Marsh, is a Public Health Policy consultant, whose main interests are Obesity, Food Poverty, Agricultural policy and Public Health. His career has included policy roles at the UK Health Forum, National Federation of Women\u2019s Institutes, UK Public Health Association and Child Poverty Action Group, acted as a technical advisor to the World Health Organisation, World Bank and the European Commission. He has been a Trustee of Sustain and the European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium.\u00a0 \u00a0He is co-author on over 30 peer reviewed publications.<\/p>\n
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