Highlights of media activities
| Date | Media | Subject | Details |
| 17 April 2008 | BBC World Service 'World have your say' programme | The use of genetically modified crops in developing countries | Harald Schmidt, Assistant Director, took part in a one-hour live debate on 'what's the best way to solve the food crisis?' |
| 11 April 2008 | The New Law Journal | The forensic use of bioinformation | Report referred to in article: 'DNA discrimination' by Azeem Suterwalla and Sarah Hemingway |
| 14 March 2008 | The New Statesman | The ethics of research involving animals | Mentioned in article: Animal research - a defence by Simon Festing, RDS |
| 27 Feb 2008 | BBC4 World News Today | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview on the National DNA Database with Dr Bronwyn Parry, Council and Working Party member |
| 5 Feb 2008 | BBC News Online | Public health: ethical issues | Should fluoride be forced upon us? |
| 13 Jan 2008 | The Guardian | Bioethics committees | Comment article by Baroness Warnock, Parliament must retain moral authority over science, The Guardian |
| 1 Dec 2007 | The Lancet | Public health: ethical issues | The ethics of public health The Lancet |
| Dec 2007 | Counsel (The Journal of the Bar in England and Wales) | The forensic use of bioinformation | The troubled helix |
| 18 Nov 2007 | The Sunday Times | Public health: ethical issues | Middle classes are Labour’s whipping boy (column by Minette Marrin) |
| 17 Nov | British Medical Journal | Public health: ethical issues | Tougher alcohol laws needed to prevent serious health problems British Medical Journal |
| 16 Nov 2007 | BBC World Service Radio, Politics UK Programme | Public health: ethical issues | Debate on state intervention with Hugh Whittall and Daniel Finklestein (Times columnist) |
| New Scientist | Public health: ethical issues | Harsher measures needed to curb binge drinking, New Scientist | |
| 13 Nov 2007 | BBC World Service, The World Today Programme | Public health: ethical issues | Interview with Director, Hugh Whittall, in a pub and supermarket |
| BBC Radio 4, The Today Programme | Public health: ethical issues | Live interview with Lord Krebs | |
| BBC Radio 1, Newsbeat Programme | Public health: ethical issues | Interview with Professor Jonathan Montgomery | |
| Sky News | Public health: ethical issues | Interview with Lord Krebs | |
| BBC TV News | Public health: ethical issues | Interview with Lord Krebs (shown on BBC 6 O'Clock News and BBC News 24) | |
| Channel 4 News | Public health: ethical issues | Live interview with Professor Roger Brownsword for lunchtime bulletin | |
| ITV News, 10.30 pm | Public health: ethical issues | Interview with Roger Brownsword | |
| The Telegraph | Public health: ethical issues | Experts condemn 24-hour drinking | |
| The Times | Public health: ethical issues | Higher drink tax and no smoking at home – beware of the new nanny state | |
| The Times | Public health: ethical issues | Leader article: A sugared pill | |
| The Guardian | Public health: ethical issues | Group calls for higher tax on booze | |
| The Guardian (Society) | Public health: ethical issues | Tighten alcohol laws to protect nation's health, ethics panel says | |
| The Daily Express | Public health: ethical issues | Group calls for higher tax on booze | |
| BBC News Online | Public health: ethical issues | 'Get tough' call on public health | |
| Oct 2007 | Solicitors Journal Vol 151; Numb. 35 (2007) pp. 1175 | The forensic use of bioinformation | DNA database for convicted criminals only, says pioneering institute |
| 19 Oct 2007 | New Law Journal | The forensic use of bioinformation | Article on report: 'DNA time to follow Scotland's lead?' |
| 5 Oct 2007 | BBC Radio Scotland, Scotland at Ten programme | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Graeme Laurie |
| 27 Sept 2007 | Nature Vol 449, Issue no. 7161, p377 | The forensic use of bioinformation | Editorial: Genome abuse |
| 24 Sept 2007 | BBC Radio 4 You and Yours | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Dr Bronwyn Parry |
| BBC Radio Wiltshire | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Andrew Read | |
| BBC Radio 5 Live | The forensic use of bioinformation | Debate about DNA Database. Participants: Hugh Whittall, Tony Lake, Vivienne White (Panorama presenter) | |
| New Scientist | The forensic use of bioinformation | Article about launch seminar: Universal DNA database would make us all a suspect | |
| The Independent | The forensic use of bioinformation | Column by Deborah Orr: A lazy and prejudiced approach to crime | |
| The Times | The forensic use of bioinformation | Column by Magnus Linklater: We’re not fools — DNA evidence is far from foolproof | |
| 18 Sept 2007 | The Metro (London) | The forensic use of bioinformation | Plea to wipe out DNA files |
| Science Magazine | The forensic use of bioinformation | Rein in DNA Fingerprinting, Report Urges | |
| The Sun Online | The forensic use of bioinformation | Article about report: Cops told to scrap DNA samples | |
| BBC News Online | The forensic use of bioinformation | Experts call for DNA restrictions | |
| The Mirror | The forensic use of bioinformation | DNA database slammed by ethics expert | |
| The Daily Mail | The forensic use of bioinformation | The great DNA divide | |
| The Financial Times | The forensic use of bioinformation | Call for rethink on DNA of innocent | |
| The Telegraph | The forensic use of bioinformation | Storing DNA of innocent people 'unethical' | |
| The Guardian | The forensic use of bioinformation | Police must not store DNA details of the innocent - report | |
| The Times | The forensic use of bioinformation | DNA database 'puts innovent under suspicion' | |
| BBC regional radio stations: Leeds, Stoke, Ulster, Wales, York, Manchester, Shropshire, Cambridge, Jersey, Newcastle, Tees | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interviews with Dr Carole McCartney and Dr Bronwyn Parry | |
| BBC Radio Scotland, Good Morning Scotland | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Graeme Laurie | |
| BBC World Service, The World Today | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Graeme Laurie | |
| BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast News | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Dr Carole McCartney | |
| BBC Radio 4 Today Programme | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Sir Bob Hepple | |
| Sky News | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Sir Bob Hepple | |
| BBC Breakfast News | The forensic use of bioinformation | Interview with Professor Sir Bob Hepple | |
| 26 June 2007 | Radio 5 Live, Wake Up to Money | The ethics of research in developing countries | Interview with Hugh Whittall on Nigerian law suit against Pfizer |
| June 2007 | PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 6 June 2007, pp. 1267 | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Letter to the Editor: Response to AAP's statement on Noninitiation or Withdrawal of Intensive Care for High-Risk Newborns |
| 6 June 2007 | BBC TV 10 O'Clock News | Research on the genetic cause of disease by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium | Interview with Prof Peter Lipton on the implications of genetic research for insurance |
| 6 June 2007 | The Financial Times | The ethics of research in developing countries | Quote by Hugh Whittall in article: 'Pfizer to fight 9bn dollar Nigerian class action on drug trials' |
| 28 May 2007 | Dundee Courier | General | Interview with Hugh Whittall in advance of BioDundee conference |
| May 2007 | BMJ | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Mentioned in Editorial by Prof Kate Costeloe: Euthanasia in neonates: should it be available? |
| 17 April 2007 | The Scotsman | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Article on report by Sheila Mclean: When should you resuscitate babies born prematurely? |
| March 2007 | Journal of Clinical Risk | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Article by Anne Winyward on the Report |
| March 2007 | Journal of Medical Ethics | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Editorial by Prof David Archard and Prof Margaret Brazier: Letting babies die |
| 21 Feb 2007 | The Independent | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Quoted in article: Premature births: A miraculous survival story |
| 21 Feb 2007 | The Guardian | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Quoted in article: Against all odds |
| 20 Feb 2007 | BBC News 24, Sky News, ITV News | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interviews with Professor Andrew Whitelaw on the case of Amillia, a baby born at 21 weeks 6 days |
| 6 Feb 2007 | Manchester Evening News | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Mentioned in article: Doctors' view of life 'factor in baby deaths' |
| Jan 2007 | ILAR Journal Vol 48 No. 1 (US) | Research involving animals | 2500-word article by Baroness Perry of Southwark: 'The ethics of animal research: a UK perspective' |
| 13 Dec 2006 | Nature Online | Research involving animals | Mentioned in article:Animal research: grey matters |
| 5 Dec 2006 | BBC Radio York | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interview with Professor Neil Marlow |
| 2 Dec 2006 | Medical News Today | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Nuffield Committee Head Demands Better Support For Families Of Premature Babies, UK |
| 25 Nov 2006 | The Lancet 368: 1844 | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Editorial: The ethics of premature delivery |
| 19 Nov 2006 | Sunday Herald (Scotland) | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | A baby is born at just 22 weeks. She may be brain damaged and, without medical help, she will die in days. Should doctors save her life? |
| 18 Nov 2006 | BMJ 333:1033 | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Ethics group rules on treating premature babies |
| 18 Nov 2006 | The Times | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Junk medicine: premature babies |
| 16 Nov 2006 | CBC News (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Earliest babies should not be revived: British medical ethics body |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Daily Mail | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Extremely premature babies 'should not be resuscitated' say doctors |
| 16 Nov 2006 | New York Times | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Britain: Report Suggests No Care for Early Babies |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Times | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Very premature babies 'should not be treated' |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Sun | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | My little Luke was born at 23 weeks and he's perfect |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Daily Telegraph | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Ethics experts set out controversial guidelines for doctors and parents |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Independent | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Should doctors try to save extremely premature babies? |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Independent | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Critics condemn '23-week' premature baby ban |
| 16 Nov 2006 | The Guardian | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Let premature babies under 23 weeks die, doctors told |
| 15 Nov 2006 | BBC News Online | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Do not revive earliest babies |
| 15 Nov 2006 | BBC World Service | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interview with Bonnie Green |
| 15 Nov 2006 | Channel 4 News | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interview with Professor Andrew Whitelaw |
| 15 Nov 2006 | Sky News | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interview with Professor Andrew Whitelaw and Professor Margot Brazier |
| 15 Nov 2006 | BBC Radio 4 Today Programme | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interview with Professor Margot Brazier |
| 15 Nov 2006 | BBC News (News 24, One O'Clock News, 6 O'Clock News) | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Interview with Professor Andrew Whitelaw |
| 15 Nov 2006 | The Daily Telegraph | Critical care decisions in fetal and neonatal medicine | Babies born at 22 weeks 'should not be kept alive' |
| 14 August 2006 | Financial Times | Research related to healthcare in developing countries | Quote from Professor Sandy Thomas in article: Death or dishonour? Why Aids fighters are split on ethics for projects in Africa |
| July 2006 | EMBO Reports | Research related to healthcare in developing countries | Quote from Professor Sandy Thomas in article: The battle of Helsinki |
| 3 June 2006 | BBC Online News | Research involving animals | Quote from Professor Sandy Thomas in article: Testing on apes might be needed |
| June 2006 | Nature Genetics | Research involving animals | Nuffield Report mentioned in article: Animal research and the search for understanding |
| 16 May 2006 | The Daily Telegraph | Research involving animals | Letter by Professor Sandy Thomas, Director, in response to Tony Blair's declaration of support for animal research |
| 10 April 2006 | The Guardian | Research involving animals | Letter by Pauline Perry in response to proposal for recording animal suffering |
| 4 April 2006 | BBC News | Research involving animals | Nuffield Report mentioned in article: Science examines animal suffering |
| 28 March 2006 | Guardian Education | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: Killing softly |
| 9 March 2006 | New Scientist | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: Animal rights and wrongs |
| 25 Aug 2005 | The Times | Research involving animals | Nuffield Report mentioned in article: Use of animals still vital to progress, say top scientists |
| 24 Aug 2005 | Channel 4 News | Research involving animals | Nuffield Report mentioned in feature: Research involving animals |
| 7 July 2005 | Hospital Doctor | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: Honesty is the best policy for animal research |
| 7 June 2005 | Cambridge Evening News | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: University welcomes new animal research report |
| 26 May 2005 | Nature | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: UK panel urges animal researchers to go public |
| 25 May 2005 | Today Programme, BBC Radio 4 | Research involving animals | Feature about Nuffield Report: The ethics of research involving animals |
| 25 May 2005 | The Times | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: Call for review of animal testing |
| 25 May 2005 | The Guardian | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: Scientists told: reduce animal experiments |
| 25 May 2005 | Financial Times | Research involving animals | Article about Nuffield Report: Group calls for cut in animal testing |
| 30 Mar 2005 | Financial Times | Research related to healthcare in developing countries | Nuffield Report mentioned in article: Research in developing countries |
Last Updated Wed, 23 April 2008