Major incidents in rural areas: managing a pandemic A/H1N1/2009 cluster

Cameron Stark

qualifications: MPH

contribution: original concept, literature review, wrote the first draft

position: Consultant in public health medicine

United Kingdom

Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland and Honorary Reader, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen (www.abdn.ac.uk/crh). My main research interests are in mental health, including suicide and self-harm, and in rural health.

Elaine Garman

qualifications: FFPH

position: Public health specialist

United Kingdom

Work as a Public Health Specialist in Scotland. My main areas of interest and expertise are in heart health, complex community interventions and multi-agency/sectoral work.

Jim McMenamin

qualifications: MB, ChB.

position: Consultant in public health medicine

Duncan Mccormick

qualifications: MSc

position: Specialist registrar in public health medicine

United Kingdom

rural health in developing countries especially related to infectious diseases and environmental hazards

Ken Oates

qualifications: FFPH

position: Consultant in public health medicine