• Medical Law International, Editorial Board Member (2017- ).
• Journal of Medical Ethics, Associate Editor. The JME is one of the leading international medical ethics journals (2013-2016).
• Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Research Ethics Committee, Chair. Faculty research Ethics Officer and Chair of the FMD committee (2014-2015).
• UK Donation Ethics Committee, Member. The Committee an independent source of advice and guidance on ethical aspects of organ donation and transplantation (2012-2016).
• Medical Research Council Reference Group, Member. Reviewing of Human Tissue and Biological Samples for Use in Research: Operational and Ethical Guidelines (2013-2014). See final guidelines here.
• Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Interview Committee, Member. The Committee advises the Wellcome Trust on applications for research grant support after interviewing potential candidates (2010- 2014).
• North West e-Health Research Governance Committee, Vice-chair (2009-2013). NWeH is a health data repository. It uses its unique e-Lab platform technology to offer tools and expertise that directly support local healthcare and generate new healthcare knowledge. All requests for data analysis are reviewed by an independent governance board.
• Nuffield Council Consultation Give and take? Human bodies in medicine and research. Submission made to the Council in response to their consultation paper (2010). Available here.
• Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill Strategy Group, Member. The HFE Bill Strategy Group was co-ordinated by the Progress Education Trust with participation and support from a variety of people including clinicians, scientists and Members of Parliament. Its purpose was to enable organisations and experts with a common interest in the passage of the Bill to share insights, opinions and strategies, and to lobby Parliament in line with this. (2007-08).
See: HFE Bill. The final text of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 are available at: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
• House of Lords Inquiry into the EU Commission’s Communication on organ donation and transplantation: policy actions at EU level. Memorandum submitted with Margaret Brazier. Prepared on behalf of core participants in the ESRC-sponsored Seminar Series: Transplantation and Organ Deficit in the UK: Pragmatic Solutions to Ethical Controversy (2007).
• Undergraduate Medical Ethics Curriculum Review Committee, Member of Medical School committee to review medical ethics curriculum (2006).
• Manuscript Reviewer – Bioethics; Journal of Medical Ethics; Medical Law Review; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; Human Fertility; SCRIPT-ed; PLoS Medicine; and Philosophy Compass.