Updated on: 9 December 2022

Roles in: STI Group

1. In the past 36 months have you accepted the following from a commercial organisation with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?

a) Support for attending meetings, including sabbaticals and study tours (this covers travel, accommodation and/or hospitality)?
No

b) Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speaker bureaus, manuscript writing, or educational events?
Yes - Lecture fees from Bayer pharma

c) Fees for organising education?
No

d) Grants and contracts?
Yes - Funds provided to my hospital research unit from GSK Pharma, Gilead Pharma

e) Funds for a member of staff?
No

f) Fees for consulting?
Yes - Personal consultancy fees received from GSK Pharma.

g) Royalty or licences payments?
Yes - Royalty fees from UpToDate educational resource.

h) Payment for expert testimony?
Yes - I receive payment as an expert witness in civil and criminal legal cases

i) Payment for a fellowship?
No

j) Payment for participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board, Advisory Board, or Guideline Panel?
No

k) Payment for a leadership or other fiduciary role in other board, society, committee, or advocacy group?
No

2. In the past 36 months have you, your spouse/partner or an immediate family member been employed by or do you or they own a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

3. Do you own stocks or shares in a commercial organization with a financial interest in the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
Yes - Ownership of shares in GSK Pharma and AstraZeneca Pharma

4. Do you hold any patents (planned, issued or pending) for products relevant to the broad topic area of the Group/Unit?
No

5. Do you have any other competing interests (financial or non-financial)?
Yes - Author of the UK and European Guidelines on Pelvic Inflammatory Disease; Member of the European Sexually Transmitted Infections Guidelines Editorial Board; Member of the National Institute for Health Research Funding Committee (Health Technology Assessment programme). NIHR Journals Editor and associate editor of Sexually Transmitted Infections journal. Officer of the International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (treasurer), and a chair of the Sexually Transmitted Infections Research Foundation charity. Member of WHO STI Guidelines Development Group.