The RCP’s special advisers provide expertise on a range of issues and help to develop our policy positions on a number of public health and wider health matters. Lead fellow for social care Dr Jonathan Steel Special adviser on air quality Professor Stephen Holgate RCP special adviser on population health Professor Carol Brayne RCP sustainability fellow Dr Toby Hillman Fellow for health inequalities and inclusion health Dr Pippa Medcalf Special adviser on tobacco Professor John Britton Chair of the Tobacco Special Advisory Group Professor Sanjay Agrawal Senior adviser on alcohol Sir Ian Gilmore Special adviser on obesity Professor Rachel Batterham