Professor Wendy Barclay has been appointed to the the Advisory Committee of the Science Media Centre (SMC); an organisation whose mission is ‘To provide, for the benefit of the public and policymakers, accurate and evidence-based information about science and engineering through the media, particularly on controversial and headline news stories when most confusion and misinformation occurs’. Imperial’s Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Tom Miller, is already a Trustee and Advisory Committee member of the SMC.
This month also saw Professor Barclay provide expert reaction to pandemic potential of circulating influenza viruses, for the SMC, alongside other experts in the field.