Covid-19: Leading UCL academics named on SAGE
A number of leading UCL academics have been named as scientific advisors on the UK government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and its related sub-groups. Professor Russell Viner ( UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health), Professor Alan Penn (The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL) and Professor Susan Michie (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) have been announced as members of SAGE. Honorary UCL academics on the list include Professor Sharon Peacock (UCL Infection & Immunity), Professor Steve Powis (UCL Medicine) and Honorary staff member Dr Demis Hassabis (UCL Computer Science). SAGE provides scientific and technical advice to support government decision makers during emergencies. It is responsible for pulling together the scientific research and analysis from across government, academia and industry. Professor Michael Arthur, UCL President & Provost, said: "At UCL, our experts are taking a prominent role in advancing public knowledge about COVID-19 by advising world leaders and urgently researching new ways of tackling the virus. "The numbers of UCL researchers represented on SAGE and its sub-groups demonstrates the breadth of our academic excellence across many scientific disciplines and the huge number of ways that our community is mobilising to support the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic." UCL academics also sit on the following SAGE sub-groups: Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) : Professor Susan Michie, Professor Russell Viner, Professor Robert West (UCL Behavioural Science & Health), Dr Gavin Morgan (UCL Education Psychology), Dr Henry Potts (UCL Institute of Health Informatics) and Honorary Visiting Professor Dr Jo Waller ( Institute of Epidemiology & Health).
