This is a list of names of participants who have taken part in meetings of SAGE and related sub-groups during the coronavirus pandemic.
Names of participants who provided input as experts at one or more meetings, including public servants who acted in an expert capacity.
These meetings are also regularly attended by officials from Her Majesty’s Government. These attendees have not been named.
Permission to publish names was requested from all participants. Those who did not give permission have not been named.
SAGE also uses advice generated by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG), which is an existing group that advises the government on the threat posed by new and emerging respiratory viruses. Find out more about NERVTAG.
Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)
SAGE provides scientific and technical advice to support government decision makers during emergencies. Find out more about SAGE.
Sir Patrick Vallance FMedSci FRSGovernment Chief Scientific Adviser
Professor Chris Whitty CB FMedSciChief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care
Professor John AstonChief Scientific Adviser, Home Office
Professor Wendy Barclay FMedSciImperial College London
Professor Phil BlytheChief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport
Professor Ian Boyd FRSEUniversity of St Andrews
Professor Andrew CurranChief Scientific Adviser, Health and Safety Executive
Dr Gavin DebreraPublic Health England
Professor Sir Ian Diamond FRSE FBANational Statistician, Office for National Statistics
Professor Yvonne Doyle CBMedical Director, Public Health England
Professor John Edmunds OBE FMedSciLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar FMedSci FRSDirector, Wellcome Trust
Professor Neil Ferguson OBE FMedSciImperial College London
Dr Aidan Fowler FRCSNational Health Service England
Professor Julia GogUniversity of Cambridge
Dr David HalpernBehavioural Insights Team, Cabinet Office
Dr Jenny Harries OBEDeputy Chief Medical Officer
Dr Demis Hassabis FRSPersonal capacity as a data scientist
Professor Peter HorbyUniversity of Oxford
Dr Indra JoshiNHSx
Professor Dame Theresa Marteau FMedSciUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Dame Angela McLean FRSChief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence
Professor Graham MedleyLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Professor Andrew Morris FMedSci FRSEUniversity of Edinburgh
Professor Carole MundellChief Scientific Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Professor Cath NoakesUniversity of Leeds
Dr Rob OrfordWelsh Government
Professor Michael ParkerUniversity of Oxford
Professor Sharon Peacock FMedSciPublic Health England
Professor Alan PennChief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Professor Steve Powis FRCPNational Health Service England
Dr Mike PrenticeNational Health Service England
Mr Osama RahmanChief Scientific Adviser, Department for Education
Professor Venki Ramakrishnan PRSEx Officio as Chair of DELVE, convened by the Royal Society
Professor Andrew Rambaut FRSEUniversity of Edinburgh
Professor Tom RoddenChief Scientific Adviser, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Professor Brooke Rogers OBEKings College London
Dr James RubinKings College London
Professor Calum SempleUniversity of Liverpool
Dr Mike Short CBEChief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Trade
Dr Gregor SmithScottish Government Chief Medical Officer
Professor Sir David Spieglhalter FRSUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Jonathan Van Tam MBEDeputy Chief Medical Officer
Professor Russell Viner PRCPCHUniversity College London
Professor Charlotte Watts CMG FMedSciChief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development
Professor Mark Walport FRCP FMedSci FRSUK Research and Innovation
Professor Mark Woolhouse FRSEUniversity of Edinburgh
Professor Lucy YardleyUniversity of Bristol
Professor Ian YoungNorthern Ireland Executive
Professor Maria Zambon FMedSciPublic Health England
2 participants have not given permission to be named.
Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B)
SPI-B provides advice aimed at anticipating and helping people adhere to interventions that are recommended by medical or epidemiological experts.
Dr Richard AmlôtPublic Health England
Professor Imran AwarBirmingham City University
Professor Laura BearLondon School of Economics
Professor Chris BonellLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Ellen Brooks-PollockUniversity of Bristol
Professor Val CurtisLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Stephen David ReicherUniversity of St Andrews
Dr Laura de MoliereHer Majesty’s Government
Professor John DruryUniversity of Sussex
Dr Mark EganBehavioural Insights Team
Professor Nicola FearKings College London
Dr David HalpernBehavioural Insights Team
Mr Hugo HarperBehavioural Insights Team
Dr Daniel LeightleyKings College London
Professor Dame Theresa MarteauUniversity of Cambridge
Mr Shaun McNallyHer Majesty’s Government
Professor G.J. Melendez-TorresUniversity of Exeter
Professor Susan MichieUniversity College London
Dr Gavin MorganUniversity College London
DCC Paul NethertonDevon and Cornwall Police
Mr Richard PembertonBritish Psychological Society
Dr Henry PottsUniversity College London
Professor Brooke RogersKings College London
Dr James RubinKings College London
Ms Kathryn ScottBritish Psychological Society
Dr Louise SmithKings College London
Mr Hugh SticklandOffice for National Statistics
Professor Clifford StottKeele University
Professor Russell VinerUniversity College London
Dr Jo WallerKings College London
Professor Charlotte WattsChief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development
Professor Robert WestUniversity College London
Professor Lucy YardleyUniversity of Bristol
4 participants have not given permission to be named.
Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M)
SPI-M gives expert advice to the Department of Health and Social Care and wider UK government on scientific matters relating to the UK’s response to an influenza pandemic (or other emerging human infectious disease threats). The advice is based on infectious disease modelling and epidemiology. Find out more about SPI-M.
Dr Marc BaguelinImperial College London
Dr Paul BirrellPublic Health England
Dr Joshua BlakeUniversity of Cambridge
Dr Veronica BowmanHer Majesty’s Government
Professor Stephen BrettImperial College London
Dr Ellen Brooks-PollockUniversity of Bristol
Dr Andre CharlettPublic Health England
Dr Leon DanonUniversity of Exeter
Dr Nick DaviesLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Daniela DeAngelisUniversity of Cambridge
Dr Louise DysonUniversity of Warwick
Professor John EdmundsLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Rosalind EggoLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Professor Neil FergusonImperial College London
Dr Thomas FinniePublic Health England
Dr Sebastian FunkLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Nick GentPublic Health England
Professor Julia GogUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Nicholas GrasslyImperial College London
Dr Ian HallUniversity of Manchester
Dr Edward HillUniversity of Warwick
Dr Thomas HouseUniversity of Manchester
Dr Michael J TildesleyUniversity of Warwick
Dr Christopher JewellLancaster University
Professor Mark JitLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Thibaut JombartLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Professor Matt KeelingUniversity of Warwick
Dr Petra KlepacLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Adam KucharskiLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Mr Jamie Lopez BernalPublic Health England
Professor Dame Angela McLeanChief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence
Professor Graham MedleyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Lorenzo PellisUniversity of Manchester
Dr Jonathan ReadLancaster University
Professor Steven RileyImperial College London
Professor Chris RobertsonUniversity of Strathclyde
Dr Julie RobothamPublic Health England
Dr James RubinKings College London
Dr Edwin Van LeeuwenPublic Health England
Dr Marc WarnerFaculty, on behalf of NHSx
Professor Mark WoolhouseUniversity of Edinburgh
Professor Lucy YardleyUniversity of Bristol
6 participants have not given permission to be named.
PHE Serology Working Group
The Serology Working Group provides oversight of sero-epidemiology work for COVID-19 in England and partners with international colleagues, including the WHO, on these serological studies. The group monitors and reviews work on the establishment and running of population-based seroprevalence surveys in England. Sero-epidemiology is crucial in informing our understanding of the extent of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and to monitor how this changes over time.
Mr Gayatri AmirthalingamPublic Health England
Dr Marc BaguelinLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Wendy BarclayImperial College London
Dr Rupert BealeFrancis Crick Institute
Dr Tim BrooksPublic Health England
Dr Mary De SilvaWellcome Trust
Professor Sir Jeremy FarrarWellcome Trust
Professor Paul KellamImperial College London and Kymab Ltd
Professor Sharon PeacockPublic Health England
Ms Mary RamseyPublic Health England
Professor Gavin ScreatonUniversity of Oxford
Dr Edwin Van LeeuwenPublic Health England
5 participants have not given permission to be named.
COVID-19 Clinical Information Network (CO-CIN)
CO-CIN collates clinical information from the usual health care records of people of all ages admitted to hospital in the UK to characterise the clinical features of patients with severe COVID-19 in the UK.
Dr Kenneth BaillieUniversity of Edinburgh
Dr Annemarie DochertyUniversity of Edinburgh
Dr Chris GreenUniversity of Birmingham
Professor Ewen HarrisonUniversity of Edinburgh
Professor Peter HorbyUniversity of Oxford
Professor Peter OpenshawImperial College London
Professor Calum SempleUniversity of Edinburgh
Professor Wei Shen LimUniversity of Nottingham
Professor Jonathan Van TamDeputy Chief Medical Officer
Environmental Working Group
The purpose of this group is to identify and steer the role that environmental modelling, data analysis and environmental sampling can play in understanding COVID-19 transmission, with a view to understanding transmission routes, factors that influence this and the impact of environmental and behavioural interventions and mitigations at a mechanistic level.
Dr Alexander AllenNational Health Service
Professor Phil BlytheChief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport
Dr Andrew CurranChief Scientific Adviser, Health and Safety Executive
Mr Adrian EggletonNational Health Service
Dr Shaun FitzgeraldUniversity of Cambridge
Dr Ian HallUniversity of Manchester
Dr Ben KillingleyNational Health Service
Professor Dame Theresa MarteauUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Cath NoakesUniversity of Leeds
Professor Alan PennChief Scientific Adviser
Professor Harry RutterUniversity of Bath
Dr Tim SharpeUniversity of Strathclyde
Dr Danielle SolomonNational Health Service
Professor Mark WilcoxUniversity of Leeds
Also attended by representatives of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Children’s Task and Finish Working Group
The group provides consolidated scientific health advice to government. Subject advice focuses on the transmission of COVID-19 in children and within schools, ensuring research questions are fed into relevant studies and UKRI/ funders for new funding.
Professor Laura BearLondon School of Economics
Professor Chris BonnellLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Ellen Brooks-PollockUniversity of Bristol
Professor John EdmundsLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Rosalind EggoLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Thomas FinniePublic Health England
Ms Clementine FuHer Majesty’s Government
Professor Julia GogUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Peter HorbyUniversity of Oxford
Dr Thomas HouseUniversity of Manchester
Dr Lorna HowarthHer Majesty’s Government
Dr Michael J TildesleyUniversity of Warwick
Professor G. J. MelendezUniversity of Exeter
Professor Matt KeelingUniversity of Warwick
Dr Petra KlepacLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Graham MedleyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Gavin MorganUniversity College London
Professor Cath NoakesUniversity of Leeds
Professor Michael ParkerUniversity of Oxford
Dr Lorenzo PellisUniversity of Manchester
Mr Osama RahmanChief Scientific Adviser, Department for Education
Dr Jonathan ReadLancaster University
Professor Steven RileyImperial College London
Professor Brooke RogersKings College London
Dr Edwin Van LeeuwenPublic Health England
Professor Russell VinerUniversity College London
Mr John WatkinsWelsh Government
Professor Charlotte WattsChief Scientific Adviser, Department for International Development
Professor Lucy YardleyUniversity of Bristol
7 participants have not given permission to be named.
Hospital Onset COVID-19 Working Group
This working group focuses on hospital-onset COVID-19 infection (HOCI) and its purpose is to provide thought leadership, direction to analysis and precipitate policy change and interventions that lead to a rapid and sustained reduction in the rate of HOCI.
Mr Alexander AllenPublic Health Registrar
Dr Meera ChandPublic Health England
Dr Aidan FowlerNational Health Service England
Professor Alison HolmesImperial College London
Dr Russell HopePublic Health England
Dr Susan HopkinsPublic Health England
Professor Nick LemoineNational Institute for Health Research
Dr Kiran LoiNational Health Service England
Ms Ruth MayNational Health Service England
Professor Graham MedleyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Cath NoakesUniversity of Leeds
Professor Sharon PeacockPublic Health England
Dr James PriceImperial College London
Dr Lisa RitchieNational Health Service England
Dr Julie RobothamPublic Health England
Professor Calum SempleUniversity of Liverpool
Ms Sue TrankaNational Health Service England
Ms Karen TurnerNational Health Service England
Dr Ben WarneCambridge University Hospitals
Professor Mark WilcoxUniversity of Leeds