College of Experts Panel

Membership from 1 April 2026.

Chairs

Chairs include:

Professor Wendy Barclay, Imperial College London
Professor Graham Hart, University College London
Professor Louise Kenny, University of Liverpool
Professor Jo Morris, University of Birmingham
Professor Marcus Munafo, University of Bath

College members with surnames A to C

Members include:

Professor Rick Adams, University College London
Professor Zubair Ahmed, University of Birmingham
Professor Adaikala Antonysunil, Nottingham Trent University
Dr Shams Arifeen, icddr,b
Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas, University of Cambridge
Professor Arockia Jeyaprakash Arulanandam, The University of Edinburgh
Dr Michael Ashby, University of Bristol
Professor Philip Atherton, University of Nottingham
Professor Jonathan Ball, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Dr Kirsty Bannister, Imperial College London
Dr Ivana Barbaric, The University of Sheffield
Dr John Barr, University of Leeds
Professor Andrew Beggs, University of Birmingham
Professor Philip Bejon, University of Oxford
Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, The University of Sheffield
Professor David Bhella, University of Glasgow
Dr Akshay Bhinge, University of Exeter
Dr Giulia Biffi, University of Cambridge
Professor Elaine Bignell, The University of Exeter
Dr Luke Boulter, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Thomas Bowden, University of Oxford
Professor Clare Bryant, University of Cambridge
Professor David Bryant, The University of Glasgow
Dr Dinis Calado, The Francis Crick Institute
Professor Davide Calebiro, University of Birmingham
Professor Meritxell Canals, University of Nottingham
Dr Luke Chamberlain, University of Strathclyde
Dr Felix Chan, University of Birmingham
Professor Marika Charalambous, King’s College London
Professor Dixon Chibanda, University of Zimbabwe
Dr Mun-kit Choy, Manchester Metropolitan University
Professor George Christophides, Imperial College London
Professor Graham Cook, University of Leeds School of Medicine
Professor Frances Cowan, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Professor Hugo Critchley, University of Sussex, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

College members with surnames D to K

Members include:

Dr Francesco D’Aiuto, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Umberto Dalessandro, LSHTM Gambia
Professor Ravi Das, University College London
Dr Matt Davis, University of Cambridge/CBSU
Professor FRSE Mirela Delibegovic, University of Aberdeen
Professor Sylvane Desrivieres, King’s College London
Professor Waljit Dhillo, Imperial College London
Professor Will Dixon, The University of Manchester
Dr Tracy Farr, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Nicholas Feasey, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
Professor Eric Fevre, University of Liverpool
Professor Andres Floto, University of Cambridge
Dr Karen Forbes, University of Leeds
Professor Rachel Freathy, University of Exeter
Professor Nikita Gamper, University of Leeds
Dr Miguel Ganuza Fernandez, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Tom Gaunt, The University of Manchester
Dr Sandrine Geranton, University College London
Professor Amir Ghaemmaghami, University of Nottingham
Professor Paul Gissen, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Professor Louise Goff, University of Leicester
Dr Diego Gomez Nicola, University of Southampton
Professor Robert Gray, University of Glasgow
Professor Stuart Gray, University of Glasgow
Professor David Grieve, Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Maximiliano Gutierrez, The Francis Crick Institute
Professor Ester Hammond, Oxford University
Professor Dharani Hapangama, University of Liverpool
Professor Neil Harrison, Cardiff University
Professor Maria Andreia Hawkins, University College London
Professor Lora Heisler, Rowett Institute
Professor Antonia Ho, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Professor Corinne Houart, King’s College London
Dr Clare Howarth, The University of Sheffield
Professor Jeremy Hughes, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Mark Humphries, University of Nottingham
Dr Vilma Irazola, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
Professor Fadi Issa, University of Oxford
Professor Tazeen Jafar, Duke Global Health Institute
Professor Rosalind John, Cardiff University
Professor Colin Johnson, University of Leeds
Professor Simon Johnston, The University of Sheffield
Professor Alexandra Johnstone, University of Aberdeen
Professor Clare Jolly, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Aras Kadioglu, University of Liverpool
Dr Rahul Kalla, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, University of Glasgow
Dr Oksana Kehoe, Keele University
Dr David Kent, University of York
Professor James Kilner, University College London
Dr Stephanie Koch, University College London
Dr Hashem Koohy, University of Oxford

College members with surnames L to R

Members include:

Professor David Lalloo, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Professor Teresa Lambe, University of Oxford
Professor Belinda Lennox, University of Oxford
Professor Adrian Liston, University of Cambridge
Professor Joanna Loizou, The Institute of Cancer Research
Professor Christopher Lord, The Institute of Cancer Research
Professor Neil Mabbott, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Andrew MacDonald, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Angeliki Malliri, The University of Manchester
Professor Derek Mann, Newcastle University
Professor Walter Marcotti, The University of Sheffield
Professor Riccardo Marioni, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Anne McArdle, University of Liverpool
Professor Stuart McDonald, Queen Mary University of London
Professor Helen McGettrick, University of Birmingham
Professor Lai Meng Looi, University of Malaya
Professor Elizabeth Miller, University of Dundee
Professor Graeme Milligan, University of Glasgow
Professor Amy Milton, University of Cambridge
Professor Victor Mwapasa, University of Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Professor Wendy Noble, University of Exeter
Professor Shane Norris, University of Southampton
Dr Elialilia Okello, Mwanza Intervention Trial Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza Centre
Professor Shane O’Mara, University of Dublin
Dr Ian Overton, Queen’s University Belfast
Professor Daniel Panne, University of Leicester
Professor Joanna Parish, University of Birmingham
Professor Liz Patton, The University of Edinburgh
Dr Kate Peters, University of Sussex
Professor Anthony Pickering, University of Bristol
Professor David Price, Cardiff University
Dr Emma Rawlins, University of Cambridge
Professor David Ray, University of Oxford
Dr Jill Richardson
Professor Eric Robinson, University of Liverpool
Professor Tristan Rodriguez, Imperial College London
Professor David Roper, University of Warwick
Professor Adrian Roth, Roche
Professor Stephen Royle, University of Warwick

College members with surnames S to Z

Members include:

Professor T. Alafia Samuels, Caribbean Institute for Health Research, University of West Indies
Professor Michael Schmid, University of Liverpool
Professor Jürgen Schwarze, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Manu Shankar-Hari, The University of Edinburgh
Dr Parveen Sharma, University of Liverpool
Professor David Sharp, Imperial College London
Professor Gemma Sharp, University of Exeter
Professor Sasha Siegel, University of Bristol, Healthwave Digital Innovations
Professor Kerrin Small, King’s College London
Professor Roland Stimson, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Huiling Tan, University of Oxford
Dr Ian Taylor, Francis Crick Institute
Professor Rita Tewari, University of Nottingham
Professor David Thickett, University of Birmingham
Professor Dylan Thompson, University of Bath
Professor Cathy Thornton, Swansea University
Professor Alejandra Tomas Catala, Imperial College London
Professor Maciej Tomaszewski, The University of Manchester
Professor Mark Travis, The University of Manchester
Dr Kevin Tyler, University of East Anglia
Dr Jessica Tyrrell, University of Exeter
Professor Ellie Tzima, University of Oxford
Professor Ioanna Tzoulaki, Imperial College London
Professor Irina Udalova, University of Oxford
Dr Lucy van Dorp, University College London
Professor Willem van Schaik, University of Birmingham
Professor Manu Vatish, University of Oxford
Professor Louise Wain, University of Leicester
Professor Helen Walden, University of Glasgow
Dr Pegine Walrad, University of York
Professor Esther Walton, University of Bath
Professor Dennis Wang, Imperial College London
Professor Yujiang Wang, Newcastle University
Professor Yinghui Wei, University of Exeter
Professor William Whiteley, The University of Edinburgh

Ask us about the College of Experts

If you have a query about this college, either as an applicant, reviewer or member, email: applicantleddiscovery@mrc.ukri.org

College of Experts Managers

Rosie Timbrell

Email: rosie.timbrell@mrc.ukri.org

Amy Waite

Email: amy.waite@mrc.ukri.org

Last updated: 5 June 2026