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Specialist Advisory Committees

The three specialist advisory committees for methodology, ethnicity, and health indicators and biomarkers provide expert advice on content and data collection methods specific to their specialist domains.

Ethnicity Strand Advisory Committee

The responsibility of this committee is to shape the ethnicity strand of Understanding Society to ensure it meets the needs of the research and user communities (including potential future research users) concerned with questions of ethnicity, within the constraints of competing demands for questionnaire space.

The work of this committee ranges from helping the ethnicity team engage users and potential users in consultation over questionnaire content to discussing changing research priorities and the dissemination of results.

Membership

MemberInstitution
Professor Waqar Ahmad (Chair)University of Middlesex
Dr Madhavi BajekalUniversity College London
Professor Simon BurgessUniversity of Bristol
Carla CliftonCommunities and Local Government
Antony Billinghurst
Department of Work and Pensions
Nick JohnsonInstitute of Community Cohesion
Dr Omar KhanRunnymede Trust
Professor James NazrooUniversity of Manchester
Professor Ann PhoenixThomas Coram Research Unit
Giovanni RazzuGovernment Equalities Office
Professor Shamit SaggarUniversity of Sussex
Dr Krishna SardaEthnic Minority Foundation
Simon SarkerFinancial Services Authority
Dr Ayse UskulDepartment of Psychology - University of Essex
Dr Saffron KarlsenUniversity College London

Health and Biomarker Advisory Committee

The responsibility of this committee is to contribute to the development of the health and biomarker strand of Understanding Society by ensuring that it meets the needs of the research and user communities (including potential future users). Biomarkers are related to people's health such as height, weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. This might also include the analysis of blood and saliva samples which can provide indicators of problems such as heart disease and diabetes. This committee will aim to identify optimal measures of physical and mental health and biomarkers, for collection within time constraints for respondents to complete the questionnaire.

The wide-ranging work of this committee will include providing advice and support regarding ethical issues in biomarker and health indicator data collection and engaging users in consultation about questionnaire content.

Membership

MemberInstitution
Professor Jim Stephenson (Chair)University of Southampton
Professor Carol BrayneUniversity of Cambridge
Professor Bernard KeavneyNewcastle University
Professor Glyn LewisUniversity of Bristol
Professor Andy NessUniversity of Bristol
Dr Tim PeakmanUK Biobank Ltd
Dr Eleftheria ZegganiWellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Professor Dieter Wolke (ex officio)University of Warwick
Dr Stephanie McFall (ex officio)ISER
Professor Nick Buck (ex officio)ISER

Methodological Advisory Committee (MAC)

This committee provides the Understanding Society Scientific Leadership Team with advice about all matters regarding methodology and technology. It is a mechanism for generating regular input from the operational and survey methodological community, particularly into (a) future scientific plans for the Innovation Panel and (b) the agenda for innovation and experimentation in Understanding Society.

Membership

MemberInstitution
Patrick Sturgis (Chair)University of Southampton
Bill BlythTNS
Jon Burton (ex-officio)ISER
Pam CampanelliThe Survey Coach
Marcel DasTilburg University
Jane ElliottInstitute of Education
Jack KneeshawUK Data Archive
Geert LoosveldtLeuven University
Charles LoundOffice for National Statistics
Peter Lynn (ex-officio)ISER
Chris SkinnerLSE
Patten SmithIpsos-MORI