Membership
IIAC meets quarterly and publishes the minutes of its meetings on 伊人直播. You can also read more about its members here.
Our members
Dr Lesley Rushton OBE, Chair
Emeritus Reader in Occupational Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London聽
Reappointed 1 April 2022
Professor John Cherrie
Emeritus Professor, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot Watt University; Associate, Institute of Occupational Medicine
Reappointed 1 November 2023
Lesley Francois
Solicitor, Slater and Gordon LLP聽
Reappointed 1 September 2024
Dr Sally Hemming
Health and Wellbeing Lead at EY, UKI; Associate Wellbeing Services, Robertson Cooper, Northern Trust and JP Hemming Ltd聽
Appointed 1 January 2023
Professor Max Henderson
Professor of Psychological Medicine and Occupational Psychiatry at the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences at the University of Leeds.聽
Reappointed 1 November 2024
Dr Richard Heron
Independent Chief Medical Officer and Managing Director at Heron Health Consulting Ltd; Honorary Professorial Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Nottingham Medical School; Honorary Teacher, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester.聽
Appointed 3 January 2023
Dr Jennifer Hoyle
Consultant Respiratory Physician and Occupational Lung Disease Lead, Pennine Acute NHS Trust. Clinical Lead; Strategic Clinical Network for Respiratory and Long Covid, Greater Manchester.聽
Reappointed 1 September 2024
Dr Ian Lawson
Retired Occupational Health Physician and formerly, Chief Medical Officer, Rolls-Royce plc.聽
Reappointed 1 November 2023
Professor Damien McElvenny
Principal Epidemiologist, Institute of Occupational Medicine and Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester.聽
Appointed 1 December 2021
Stephen Mitchell
Deputy Head of Legal Services and Data Protection Officer, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers Union.聽
Appointed 3 January 2023
Daniel Shears
National Health, Safety and Environmental Director, GMB Union聽
Reappointed 1 September 2024
Dr Chris Stenton
Locum Consultant Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary
Reappointed 1 November 2023
Dr Sharon Stevelink
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and National Institute for Health and Care Research; Advanced Fellow, Department of Psychological Medicine and King鈥檚 Centre for Military Health Research at King鈥檚 College London
Appointed 3 January 2023
Dr Gareth Walters
Consultant in respiratory medicine, occupational and interstitial lung disease, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Clinical lead, Regional NHS occupational lung disease service, Birmingham Chest Clinic; and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in occupational and environmental medicine, University of Birmingham
Appointed 1 December 2021
Register of interests
Read the Register of members鈥� interests.
Recruitment of members
The regulates all appointments to IIAC. The appointments are made in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments published by the government.
Vacancies are published on the website as a minimum.
Our meetings and minutes
IIAC meetings
April 2020: Meeting cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
IIAC Research Working Group (RWG) meetings
Archived minutes
Read earlier meeting minutes on website.
IIAC public meetings
IIAC also hold annual public meetings. Read the IIAC public meeting minutes.
Our secretariat
The council doesn鈥檛 have any staff of its own but DWP provides a small secretariat team.
- Head of Secretariat: Stuart Whitney
- Scientific Advisor: Ian Chetland
- Administrative Secretary: Catherine Hegarty