Services
Expert Advice
We cover advice which addresses specific issues such as food safety, pest management, environmental risk assessment to high level scientific strategy covering increasing research income and enhancing national and international reputation.
Recent and current clients include:
FERA Science Ltd ( https://www.fera.co.uk) – scientific expert advising science strategy of the organisation
Food Standards agency (www.food.gov.uk) – scientific challenge on risk simulation exercises and specific topics – food allergies, epidemiology etc.
Universities – Advisory boards (e.g. Grantham Centre at Sheffield University https://grantham.sheffield.ac.uk ) developing reputational strategy and career mentoring of staff and students
Facilitation
We have over 20 years experience in facilitating events in the agri sector and medical research communities with a diverse range of topics. We bring skills and knowledge from working within government, industry, NHS/NIHR research, Public Sector Research Establishments, academic research (UK and overseas).
We offer neutral facilitation for your event and we make use of a wide range of methods to provide the right balance for your event to ensure success. We will play an active part in your planning and discussions to ensure your event is right on the button.
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Evaluation
National and international experience at reviewing and evaluating scientific research. Significant experience of review panels for national and international funding bodies including chairing panels.
Completed 6 year term as Chief Scientific Adviser in a UK Government Department (www.food.gov.uk) where reviewing and evaluating science was a key part of the role for advising senior executive civil servants and board members and politicians.
Recent and current clients include:
Member of expert evaluation committee for CGIAR ( https://www.cgiar.org ) overseeing evaluations of multi-million dollar research programmes https://cas.cgiar.org/evaluation/news/piloting-sounding-board-cgiar-evaluations-quality-enhanced-through-evaluation
UK representative of COST programmes https://www.cost.eu – evaluating programmes funded and developing review processes to identify programmes best suited for funding.
Communication
Experienced communicator of science especially risk communication in environmental and public health sectors. Advised governments across the world on Risk communication and have lectured on science communication for UKRI and to many universities. It has been said that “Prof Poppy is one of the best public health communicators in the UK”.
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A series of reports for the Food Standards Agency https://www.food.gov.uk/about-us/csa-science-reports
Video/Podcasts for the Food Standards Agency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsjwDluoX64
Presentation
Lectured across the world in schools, to the public, industry, politicians and to academics from multiple disciplines. Numerous TV and radio appearances covering environmental and public health issues.
Examples include:
Food security at the Royal Society on behalf of the university of Southampton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFC5oGh0mA&t=8s
You are what you eat lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcmFACiITDY
TedX lecture on Food security https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQo0I4uZb7w
Mentoring
Throughout our careers we have mentored and been mentored as it is so valuable and too often neglected. Working in a university has involved mentoring and support of undergraduate, postgraduate students and early career researchers. Many of our mentees have progressed to successful careers from science through to television and from policy through to successful private sector careers.
We are happy to have an initial discussion to explore your aspirations and challenges and then can develop bespoke sessions to unleash your potential.