Medical Advisory
Committee

The Medical Advisory Committee meets three times a year and reports to the Board of Trustees. The Committee operates under Terms of Reference which can be found here.

Professor Hugh Watkins FRS (Chair)
Radcliffe Professor of Medicine and  BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford
Expertise – Cardiovascular disease

Professor Stuart Forbes
Professor of Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Expertise – Liver disease, Stem cells and transplantation
2007 Sir Jules Thorn Award winner

Professor Sophie Hambleton
Professor of Paediatrics and Immunology, Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant at Newcastle’s Great North Children’s Hospital
Expertise – Genetics, Immunology & Infection
2012 Sir Jules Thorn Award winner

Professor Tracy Hussell
Professor of Inflammatory Disease and Director of the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester
Expertise – Immunology, Macrophage, Chronic lung disease

Professor Sam Janes
Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Director of Medicine, University College London
Expertise – Respiratory medicine, TB, Cancer

Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford
Expertise – Imaging, Neuroplasticity, Learning & recovery

Professor A.V. Ramanan
Professor of Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Bristol and Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Expertise – Rheumatology, Immunology, Clinical Trials