Meat Advisory Panel (MAP)

 

What is the Meat Advisory Panel (MAP)?

MAP is a new group of healthcare professionals, scientists and researchers who provide independent and objective information about red meat and its role as part of a healthy, balanced diet. The members are:     

 

 

 

  

Mr Roger Leicester OBE FRCS

• Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Director of Endoscopy and SW London Bowel cancer Screening Centre at St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust.
• Specialist in colorectal cancer and endoscopy.

 

 

  

 

 

Professor Robert Pickard BSc PhD CBiol FSB RNutr

• Emeritus Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Cardiff.
• Chairman of DECC's Radioactive Waste Management Committee, and Visiting Professor at the Royal Agriculture.
• Formerly Director-General of the British Nutrition Foundation; Chairman of the NGO Forum for the Royal Society for Public Health; and Chairman of the Consumers’ Association, Which?; and Chairman of the UK Government’s Foresight Task Force, Food's Contribution to Health in the Future.

    
  

 

Dr Carrie Ruxton BSc, PhD

• Former Chief Executive at The Nutrition Society and Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster as course leader for BSc Human Nutrition.
• Public health nutritionist and dietitian.
• PhD in Child Nutrition and a string of publications on health and diet. 

 

    
  

 

 

Dr Gill Jenkins BM, DRCOG, DFFP, BA

• General Practitioner.
• Medical writer, broadcaster and film producer.
• Medical director, Wings Medical Services.

 

 

 

The Meat Advisory Panel (MAP) is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from EBLEX and BPEX.