John H. Silliker LeCTURe Dr. Patrick Wall University College Dublin School of Public Health and Population Sciences Belfield, Ireland Presented at the Closing Session WEDNESday, July 15 4:00 p.m. protection agency created partly in response to the BSE crisis. He has just completed a term as the Chairperson of the European Food Safety Authority, a pan EU Agency with a remit in risk assessment and communication. Dr. Wall was one of seven non-Chinese nationals on the committee advising on food safety arrangements for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was a member of the crisis management team convened to deal with the recent Irish dioxin contamination incident. He is a member of the Ireland’s Healthy Eating Guidelines Steering Committee and is the Chairperson of the Irish Government’s CJD Advisory Committee. r. Patrick Wall is Associate Professor of Public Dr. Wall is the Chairperson of the UK Food Health in University College Dublin’s School Standards Agency’s (FSA) Advisory Body for the of Public Health and Population Sciences Delivery of Official Controls which is currently which hosts the National Nutrition Surveillance overseeing the transformation of the UK Meat Centre. His research interests include food safety, Hygiene Service. foodborne diseases, lifestyle-related diseases and In addition to qualification in veterinary and health damaging consumer behaviour. He is a medicine from University College Dublin and the co-director of the UCD Centre for Behaviour and Royal College of Surgeons, Dr. Wall has an MSc in Health. Infectious Diseases from the University of London Dr. Wall was the first Chief Executive of the and an MBA. He is a Diplomat of the European Irish Food Safety Authority (FSAI) and contributed College of Veterinary Public Health and a Fellow to the setting up of this science-based consumer of the UK Faculty of Public Health Medicine. D 72 — Program Book