Academic Committee
Academic Committee Meeting Dates
Monday 24 April 2023 (London) | |
Monday 11 September 2023 (virtual) | |
Academic Committee Members
The current Chair of the Academic Committee is Mr Brian Westbury
Should you like to contact the chair please send an email to forensic.medicine@fflm.ac.uk.
Mr Brian Westbury
Academic Dean
Prof Paul Marks
President
Dr Helena Thornton
Registrar
Dr Anton van Dellen
Assistant Registrar and Conference Subcommittee Chair
Dr Sandy Fielding
Chief Examiner
Dr Marie-Elle Vooijs
Assistant Academic Dean and Chief Examiner
Dr Amy Hamm
Treasurer
Dr Bernadette Butler
President-Elect
Dr Shiraz Qamaruddin
VP – Forensic Medicine
Dr Elaine Cook
VP – Medico-legal Medicine
Prof Andrew Harris
VP – Medically Qualifed Coroners
Prof Margaret Stark
Forensic Science Subcommittee Chair
Dr David Carson
Scottish Representative
Jessica Davidson
Nursing in Justice and Forensic Steering Committee Chair, Royal College of Nursing
Dr Alex Gorton
Less Lethal Weapons Lead
Dr Michael Freeman
Research Subcommittee Chair
Dr Joanne Gifford
RCPCH
Samantha Thompson
College of Paramedics
Prof Keith Rix
Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Lead / Expert Witness Lead
Prof Carol Seymour
Specialty Advisory Committee Chair
Stacey Shelley
Associate Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Lead
Jennie Smith
UKAFN President
Dr Cath White OBE
Sexual Offence Lead
Dr Iain Brew
Clinicians working in Secure and Detained Settings
Prof Johnathan Harris
David Jenkins Chair
Terms of Reference
The terms of reference of the Committee are set out in the Standing Orders of the Faculty, as follows:
- To consider all matters relevant to the examinations of the Faculty.
- To report the results of the Faculty’s awards following examinations.
- To consider all matters relating to the award of Diplomas, Licentiateship & Membership of the Faculty.
- To refer to the Membership and Fellowship Committee applications for Membership falling outside the current Regulations.
- To consider all matters relating to the formulation and interpretation of the Regulations for Membership.
- To recommend to the Board the appointment of representative(s) to examination Boards established by other bodies, for examinations which have been approved by the Board as being of value, or interest, to the specialty where those bodies have sought such appointment, or where it is thought to be in the interest of the Faculty.
- To determine the syllabus for each Faculty examination, appoint examiners and appoint a committee, or committees, to arrange and supervise the Faculty’s examinations.
- To consider all matters relating to research with which the Faculty may be associated.
- To prepare an annual budget of projected income and expenditure for consideration by the Treasurer and Senior Officers.
- To recommend fees for examinations and to recommend payments to examiners for consideration by the Senior Officers.
- An officer will be appointed by the Committee to be responsible for the budgeting for the costs of the examinations.
- To develop a U.K. research agenda for forensic and legal medicine. The agenda will reflect any nationally agreed research priorities and the need to develop evidence-based forensic and legal medical practice.
- To identify suitable research topics to implement the research agenda.
- To advise the Faculty on strategic direction of forensic and legal medical research.