Membership from 1 February 2026
Panel members include:
- Professor Ken Smith (Chair), Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- Professor Wendy Barclay, Imperial College London
- Professor Michael Barnes, QMUL
- Professor Jose Bengoechea, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
- Professor David Bennett, University of Oxford
- Professor Kev Dhaliwal, The University of Edinburgh
- Professor William Dixon, The University of Manchester
- Professor Muzlifah Haniffa, University of Newcastle
- Professor Graham Hart, University College London
- Dr Emma Huang, Engitix Therapeutics
- Professor Beth Jefferies, University of York
- Professor Louise Kenny, University of Liverpool
- Professor Sean Lim, University of Southampton
- Dr Alison Maloney, Dark Blue Therapeutics
- Professor Jo Morris, University of Birmingham
- Professor Marcus Munafo, University of Bristol
- Professor Christopher Scott, Queen’s University of Belfast
- Professor Leonie Taams, King’s College London
- Professor Satpal Virdee, MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, Dundee University
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Last updated: 7 May 2026