Dr Simon Williams
- Chair
- Subject Leader for Public Health at the University of South Wales
Trustees are elected by the ASO Membership and serve a three year term. Vacancies are advertised to the Membership when they become available and an on- line ballot is run if nominations exceed the number of vacancies.
If you wish to contact a Trustee, please email the ASO Office at [email protected]
Dr Amy Ahern
- Treasurer
- Senior Investigator Scientist in the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge
Dr Nicola Heslehurst
- Regional Group Officer
- Lecturer and NIHR Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Newcastle University, and an associate member of Fuse (one of five UK Public Health Research Centres of Excellence, and part of the School for Public Health Research).
Dr Maria Bryant
- Lead for Early Career Researchers and Awards
- Senior Research Fellow and Lead for Diet and Obesity Portfolio at Leeds Institute for Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds
Dr Graham Finlayson
- Communications Lead and Strategic Review Lead
- Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds
Dr David Hughes
- Midlands regional lead
- Consultant in Endocrinology & Bariatric Medicine at the East Midlands Institute of Bariatric Medicine (Royal Derby Hospital).
Dr Barbara McGowan
- Education and training
- Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital London
Professor Rachel Batterham
- Trustee
- University College London Centre for Obesity
Dr Abd Tahrani
- Trustee
- NIHR clinician scientist at the University of Birmingham (UOB) & Consultant in Obesity at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Dr Clare Llewellyn
- London & South East regional lead
- Lecturer in Behavioural Obesity Research at University College London
Dr Emma Frew
- Trustee
- Health Economist
Mr Ken Clare
- Trustee
- Registered nurse and Chair of WLSinfo, the UK's largest patient obesity charity.
Dr Matthew Capehorn
- Primary Care Link
- Medical Director at Lighter Life, Clinical Manager at Rotherham Institute for Obesity