Dr Maria Bryant
- Chair
- Nutritionist and Methodologist at the Leeds Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds
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.
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Dr David Hughes
- Secretary
- Consultant in Endocrinology & Bariatric Medicine at the East Midlands Institute of Bariatric Medicine (Royal Derby Hospital).
Dr Simon Williams
- Interim Treasurer
- Subject Leader for Public Health at the University of South Wales
Dr Graham Finlayson
- Chair of Communications, Partnership and Networks Committee
- Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds
Dr Nerys M Astbury
- ASO Networks Officer (Midlands, South West, London & South East, East of England & Yorkshire)
- Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Primary Card Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Professor Rachel Batterham
- Adult COM Lead & Patient Council
- University College London Centre for Obesity
Mr Ken Clare
- Patient Groups Link Officer
- Registered nurse and Chair of WLSinfo, the UK's largest patient obesity charity.
Dr Nicola Heslehurst (Maternity Leave)
- ASO Networks Officer (NI, Wales, Scotland, North West England & North East England)
- 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 Barbara McGowan
- Co-chair Clinical Practice & Obesity Management Committee/COM & Training Officer
- Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital London
Dr Kath Roberts
- UKCO Coordinator
- Nutritionist
Professor R James Stubbs
- Chair of Research and Scientific Advisory Committee
- Professor of Appetite, Energy Balance, University of Leeds
Dr Abd Tahrani
- Co-chair Clinical Practice & Obesity Management Committee
- NIHR clinician scientist at the University of Birmingham (UOB) & Consultant in Obesity at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
Dr Matthew Capehorn
- Co-opted Primary Care Link Officer/Health Professionals Link Officer
- Medical Director at Lighter Life, Clinical Manager at Rotherham Institute for Obesity
Dr Emilie Combet
- Co-opted Networks Officer (Maternity cover: NI, Wales, Scotland, North East England, North West England)
- Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, University of Glasgow
Patrick McGinley
- Co-opted member
- Head of Costing and SLR, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Mary O’Kane
- Co-opted member
- Consultant Dietitian (Adult Obesity), General Infirmary Leeds