HONOURS/INDICATORS OF ESTEEM

1999  Honorary Life Member, South African Burn Society

2002 – 2007  Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London

2004  Designated ‘World Leading Expert’ in the Psychology of Disfigurement: Royal College of Surgeons (Scotland) QuinCentennial Conference.

2009  Honorary Life Member, British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

2012    BPS Division of Health Psychology Annual Award for Outstanding Contribution to Health Psychology

2012 – 2017  Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health, University of Bristol.

2014   REF Case Story rated ‘World Leading’ (UWE)

2016    Appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to people with disfigurement

2017    Honorary Life Member, Craniofacial Society of Great Britain & Ireland.

2022. Honorary Life Member, British Burns Association.

Professional Leadership Roles:

·           Co-Chair, U.K. Disfigurement Interest Group 1996-2004

·           Founder member, British Psychological Society Special Group in Health Psychology, 1990-1994

·           Founder member, European Health Psychology Society, 1992.

·           Convenor, BPS Health Psychology Training Committee, 1992 - 1994.

·           Organiser, BPS Health Psychology Annual Conference, Bristol 1995

·           President Craniofacial Society of Great Britain & Ireland 2001-2003 (Presidential term 2003-2004)

·           Chair, British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology, 2005-2006; Deputy Chair 2006-7

·           Appointed Lead Global Task Force on Patient Centred Outcome Measures in Cleft 2013-2021

·           Chair: COST Action IS1210 involving researchers & practitioners from 35 EU countries. 2013-2017

Subject Advocacy/Expert Consultancy:

·     Member, BPS Division of Health Psychology Training Committee 1999-2002

·     Invited member, Dept of Health Cleft Implementation Group 1998 - 2004

·     BPS Representative, The Healing Foundation Research & Development Board 1999 - 2004

·     Expert Panel Member, National Institute for Clinical Excellence 2001

·     Health Services Research Expert Member, Medical Research Council Fellowship Panel, 2001 – 2005.

·     Member, Royal College of Surgeons Expert Group on Face Transplantation 2003-2004; 2006-2007

·     Member of NHS Modernisation Agency’s Action on Plastic Surgery project team, 2004-2005

·     British Psychological Society Consultant to the Dept of Health 2004-2010

·     Member, National Burns Care Review Psychosocial Group, 2005-2008

·     BPS Trustee to The Scar Free Foundation (formerly The Healing Foundation) 2005-2018

·     BPS Division of Health Psychology to ‘New Ways of Working for Psychologists’ Working Party 2006-2008

·     ESRC/MRC Fellowships in Social and Medical Sciences Panel 2006-2008

·     MRC/ESRC Interdisciplinary Fellowship Scheme Panel 2008-2010

·     Member Royal College of Surgeons Expert Group on Laryngeal Transplantation, 2009-2010

·     US National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research Primary Mentor 2010-date

·     Called to give expert evidence, All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Confidence, 2012

·     Called to give expert evidence, Royal College of Surgeons Professional Standards for Cosmetic Practice, 2011, 2013

·     Member, Advisory Board, Changing Faces 2011-2019

·     Member, Medical Advisory Board, Ectodermal Dysplasia Society 2012-2019

·     Member, Medical Advisory Board, Facial Palsy UK 2013-2019

·     Member, Advisory Board, Cleft Lip & Palate Association 2013-2019

·     Called to give expert evidence, Keogh Review on Regulation of Cosmetic Procedures, 2013, 2014

·     ESRC Peer Review College 2013 – 2018

·     Member, NHS Joint Committee on Surgical Training Interface Group 2014 – 2018 

·     Appointed member Nuffield Council for Bioethics Working Party on Cosmetic Procedures 2015-2017

·     EU Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) UK Evaluator 2015-2017

·     Consultant, Triskelion Consultancy, Stavanger, Norway 2017-date

·     Royal College of Surgeons Certification in Cosmetic Surgery, Trainer 2017-date

·     Member, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Burn Trauma Advisory Group, 2017-2019

·     Consultant to Australasian Foundation for Plastic Surgery 2018-date

·     Member, Education & Training sub-Committee, British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, 2019-2020

·     Consultant to Joint Council for Cosmetic Practice (JCCP) 2019-date

·     Member, Advisory Committee “About Face” ESRC Funded project, 2019-2022

·     Expert Evaluator, Erasmus + grant schemes, 2020-date