Structure and governance
As a charity, we are governed by our Council who may co-opt members and appoint committees.
Our committees are formed through the election of representative members, who contribute to guiding and driving our strategies and activities.
Our People
HIS Council are members of the Society (with the exception of the lay trustee), who are either appointed by Council or elected by the membership for a defined term.
Officers
All Officers are Trustees
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President | Chair |
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Secretary | Treasurer |
Editor-in-Chief
The EiC is a Trustee
Journal of Hospital Infection
Dr Martyn Wilkinson (2028)
Committee Chairs
Committee Chairs are not Trustees of the Society unless stated
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Professional Development Committee & Trustee | Research Committee |
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Trainee Committee | Guidelines Committee |
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Ordinary Council Members
All Ordinary Members are Trustees
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Leila Hail (2026) | |
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Dr Jasmin Islam (2027) | Suzanne Meenan - Lay member (2028) |
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Professor Colum Dunne (2027) | Dr Eimear Brannigan (2028) |
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Co-opted members
Co-opted members are not Trustees
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Fiona Ward (2026) | Dr Gemma Winzor, Editor in Chief of IPIP (2026) |
Equity, diversity and inclusion
(Brackets denote role end year. Individuals demit at the AGM unless otherwise stated above)
Our committees are formed of volunteers who are healthcare professionals. They are formed largely of consultant microbiologists and virologists, trainees enrolled on a specialty training programme, infection control nurses, staff from UKHSA and healthcare scientists. Full details of the terms of reference and membership of all HIS Committees can be found here.
- Professional Development Committee
- Research Committee
- Guidelines Committee
- Trainee Committee
- Executive Editorial Board
- ED&I Focus Group
- New consultants' working group
- Finance Committee
- Higher Awards Committee
The Society is involved in a number of working parties that produce evidence-based and expert guidance in all areas of infection prevention and control. Many of these are led by the Society. HIS members also provide expert representation on Working Parties of other organisations. Click here for HIS working parties and guidelines.
Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI) - Editorial Board
Infection Prevention in Practice (IPIP) - Editorial Board
Executive Editorial Board
The Executive Editorial Board oversees all aspects of journal publishing within HIS, in collaboration with our Publisher, Elsevier.
Members
- Dr Martyn Wilkinson (Editor in Chief, Journal of Hospital Infection)
- Dr Gemma Winzor (Editor in Chief, Infection Prevention in Practice)
- Dr Jim Gray (Editor, Journal of Hospital Infection)
- Dr Martyn Wilkinson (Editor, Journal of Hospital Infection)
- Dr Pauline Jumaa (Editor, Infection Prevention in Practice)
- Dr Christopher Settle (Society Chair)
- Dr David Harvey (Society Treasurer)
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Research and Communications Officer |
Researcher in Evidence Synthesis |
Marketing and Business Development Manager 
Membership, Grants and Education Coordinator
Representations
Representations
The following is a list of the current HIS members and their involvement in these groups.
Committee | Group | Forum | HIS Representative |
UKHSA: Standards for Microbiology Investigation Steering Group | Nidhika Berry |
Royal College of Pathologists: Combined Infection Training Specialty Advisory Committee | Laura Prtak |
Royal College of Pathologists: Medical Microbiology & Medical Virology Specialty Advisory Committee | Surabhi Taori |
European Network to Promote Infection Prevention for Patient Safety (EUNETIPS) | Siobhan Kelly |
Infection Prevention Society: Research and Development Group | Chris Settle |
NHSE/I Estates and Facilities Management Clinical Reference Group | Lucia Pareja-Cebrian |
National New Hospitals Programme | Manjula Meda and Chris Settle |
UKHSA working group to review and update the guideline: Guidance on the diagnosis and management of PVL-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections (PVL-SA) in England | James Price |
GIRFT pre-operative pathways | John Coia |
Healthcare without harm Eco-Maternity IPC advisory board | Shanom Ali |
NHSE/I Principles of Asepsis/Aseptic Technique consensus statement | Vicky Gentry |
Royal College of Physicians Joint Speciality Committee for Infectious Diseases | Sarah Adibi |
EUNETIPS | Siobhan Kelly |
UKHACC and Centre for sustainable healthcare | Enrique Castro-Sanchez and Sarah Adibi |
DPECF Sub-group: An introduction to the principles of decontamination | Robert Spencer |
Infection in Critical Care Quality Improvement Programme (ICCQIP) | Leila Hail |
EUCIC UK National Committee | Surabhi Taori |
UKHSA NRC051 B. stabilis Outbreak IMT Meeting | Manjula Meda |
UKHSA Prevention of outbreaks linked to contaminated products used in healthcare | Manjula Meda |
Short life working group National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) addendum | Fiona Ward |
Short Life Working Group looking at updating the existing IPC Mandatory Training | Eimear Brannigan and Helen Dunn |
UKHSA Incident Contamination Prevention Project Expert Group Meeting | Manjula Meda |
Fiona Ward |
If you would like to comment regarding the activities of these committees and forums, please email admin@his.org.uk
Our constitution
Our constitution is the rule book we are governed by. Changes to the constitution can only be made with the approval of HIS members, and the Charity Commission must be informed of any changes made. When HIS was formed in 1980, its purposes and the rules for how it should operate are were set down in a governing document. Over time, as HIS has evolved, a number of changes have been made.