Council Members
The BSP Council is responsible for the general affairs of the Society.
There are six Council Officers and up to eight Ordinary Council Members. Postgraduate students are represented on council by student representatives and we have also recently introduced Early Career representatives.
Ordinary Members of the BSP Council are elected by the membership and stand for three years.Council Officers are proposed by the BSP Council and their election ratified by the membership at the AGM. The President and Vice-president serve for two years, and the other Officers for three years.
Any BSP member can stand for election to Council. Please contact the Hon Gen Sec if you are interested.
Prof Joanne Hamilton
President (2023-)
Professor of Parasitology, Aberystwyth University
Contact: Via Email
Prof Martin Llewellyn
Hon General Secretary (2023-)
Prof Poppy Lamberton
Hon Treasurer (2022-)
Professor in Parasitology, University of Glasgow
Contact: Via Email
Dr Pegine Walrad
Communication Secretary (2021-)
BSP Liaison, Royal Society of Biology
Senior Lecturer, University of York
Contact: Via Email
Dr James LaCourse
Meetings Secretary (2020-)
Reader in Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Contact: Via Email
Dr Joanne Power
Media Secretary (2021-)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Glasgow
Contact: Via Email
Dr Dong Xia
Membership Secretary (2022-)
Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Royal Veterinary College
Contact: Via Email
Dr Emma Briggs
Early Career Representative (2022-)
President's Medal Winner, 2021
Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Contact: Via Email
Dr Calvin Tiengwe
Society Liaison Secretary (2022-)
Wellcome Trust & Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Contact: Via Email
Dr Paul McCusker
Sponsorship Secretary
Early Career Representative (2022-)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Queen's University, Belfast
Contact: Via Email
Mr John Archer
Early Career Representative (2022-)
PhD candidate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Contact: Via Email
Dr Nicolas Pionnier
Ordinary Council member (2023-)
Prof Vyacheslav (Slava) Yurchenko
Ms Sophia DonVito
Student Representative (2023-)
PhD Student, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Contact: Via Email
Ms Isobel Gabain
Student Representative (2023-)
PhD Student, Royal Veterinary College
Contact: Via Email
Ms Nada Abdalrahman
Observer - UG/LMIC Representative (2023-)
BSc Student, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Contact: Via Email
Dr Justin Pachebat
Temp Hon Treasurer (2019-2022 & 2023+)
Senior Lecturer in Microbial Genomics, Aberystwyth University
Contact: Via Email
Emeritus Members
Prof Colin Sutherland
President (2018-2023)Professor of Parasitology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof Derrick Robinson
Hon Education Secretary (2021-2023)
Professor at University of Bordeaux, France
Professor Robert Hirt
Ordinary Council member (2018-2021)
Professor of Evolutionary Parasitology at Newcastle University
Dr Juan Quintana
Early Career representative (2019-2022)
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Glasgow
Ms Gala Garrod
Student Representative
PhD Student at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Ms Yasmine Kumordzi
Student Representative
PhD student at Durham University
Mr Tom Pennance
Student Representative
PhD Student at the Natural History Museum and Cardiff University
Dr Joaquin Prada
Early Career Research Member (2019-2022)
Lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology at University of Surrey
Honorary Members
Prof Sir Roy Anderson
Prof Chris Arme
Dr John Baker
Dr Bill Bray
Prof. Anthony Butterworth FRS
Prof Liz Canning
Prof Andre Capron
Prof Mark Carrington
Dr Les Chappell
Prof Christine Clayton
Prof S. Cohen CBE FRS
Prof Francis Cox
Prof Simon Croft
Prof Michael Doenhoff
Dr Christine Facer
Prof Sir Michael Ferguson
Prof P. C. C. Garnham CMG FRS
Dr Len Goodwin,CMG,FRS
Prof Brian Greenwood
Prof Paul Hagan
Prof David William Halton
Dr F. Hawking
Prof Janet Hemingway
Dr Rachel Henderson
Mrs Sally Hirst
Dr C. A. Hoare FRS
Dr John Holmes
Prof Adrian Hopkins
Dr C. H. S. Horton-Smith
Dr J. G. Howard FRS
Prof Hilary Hurd
Prof W. M. Hutchinson
Dr Leonard Percy Joyner
Dr Bob Kabata
Prof D. Keilin FRS
Dr B. Kendall
Prof Clive Kennedy
Prof W. E. Kershaw CMGS VRD
Prof Ralph Lainson, FRS
Prof Donald Lee
Prof R. T. Leiper FRS
Prof John Lewis
Prof Jack Llewellyn
Prof Peter Long
Dr Ade Lucas
Prof L. Margolis
Prof Sir Robert May, FRS
Sir Ian McGregor, CBE, FRS
Dr Diane McLaren
Prof David Molyneux
Dr Ralph Muller
Prof George Nelson
Dr Bruce Newton
Dame Bridget Ogilvie FRS
Dr Charlie Parr
Prof B. G. Peters
Prof Wallace Peters
Prof Stephen Phillips
Prof F. G. Rees FRS
Dr M. Robertson FRS
Dr David Rollinson
Dr Elaine Rose
Dame Miriam Rothschild, FRS
Prof Debbie F. Smith, PhD, OBE, FRSB
Prof J. D. Smyth FASP
Lord Lawson Soulsby
Prof J. F. A. Sprent
Dr O. D. Standen
Prof Geoff Targett
Dr P. Tate
Dr A. E. R. Taylor
Dr E. L. Taylor
Prof R. J. Terry
Prof Lawrence Threadgold
Prof Bill Trager
Prof G. H. Urquhart
Prof Jozef Vercruysse
Prof Keith Vickerman, FRS
Prof Derek Wakelin
Prof Peter Wenk
Prof Diana Williams
Prof Haffy Williams
Dr J. Williamson
Dr S. Willmott
Mrs Pam Wright
Past Presidents
Institute of Biology Parasitology Group
1957-58 Prof B G Peters
1958-60 Dr EL Taylor
1960-62 Dr Ann Bishop FRS
British Society for Parasitology
1962-64 Dr O D Standon
1964-66 Dr L G Goodwin CMG FRS
1966-68 Dr S B Kendall
1968-70 Dr H D Crofton
1970-72 Prof P C C Garnham CMG FRS
1972-74 Prof F G Rees FRS
1974-76 Prof W Peters
1976-78 Prof J D Smyth
1978-80 Prof D L Lee
1980-82 Dr B A Newton
1982-83 Dr C A Wright
1983-86 Dr L P Joyner
1986-88 Prof R J Terry
1988-90 Dr B M Ogilvie
1990-92 Prof C Arme
1992-94 Prof D H Molyneux
1994-96 Prof C Kennedy
1996-98 Dr C A Facer
1998-00 Prof D Wakelin
2000-02 Prof G A Targett
2002-04 Dr D Rollinson
2004-06 Prof H Hurd
2006-08 Prof J Barrett
2008-10 Prof G Coombs
2010-12 Prof J Bradley
2012-14 Prof S Croft
2014-16 Prof J Smith
2016-18 Prof M Taylor
2018-21 Prof M-G Basanez
2021- Prof C Sutherland