Steering Committee

The steering committee is responsible for data protection, confidentiality and security issues for the Scottish Longitudinal Study and includes representatives from the LSCS, the National Records of Scotland, the Office for National Statistics, the National Health Service Central Register, the Information Statistics Division of the NHS and the Education Department of the Scottish Government.

• Alan Ferrier, NRS
• Gail Turner, NHSCR
• Jim Newman, ONS
• Liam Cavin, NRS (Census)
• Chris Dibben, LSCS
• Lee Williamson, LSCS
• Greg Blackadder, NRS
• Orla Bateson, NISRA
• Maria Rossi, ISD (Cauldicott Guardian)
• Gary Sutton, Scottish Government Education Department
• Hill Kulu, St Andrews University
• Matthew Iveson, University of Edinburgh

SLS Research Board

The Research Board is responsible for assessing applications to use the SLS. It includes representatives from the main data providers and the SLS team, as well as an independent academic.

• Alan Ferrier, NRS
  
• Jim Newman, ONS
• Maria Rossi, ISD (Cauldicott Guardian)
• Orla Bateson, NISRA
• Gail Turner, NHSCR
• Frank Popham, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow
• Chris Dibben, LSCS
• Lee Williamson, LSCS
• Gary Sutton, Scottish Government Education Department
• Matthew Iveson, University of Edinburgh