The Scientific Advisory Committee advises
Epilepsy Research UK on all scientific matters.
The Committee consists of epilepsy experts
from various scientific disciplines
and also two lay members. The Committee
advises the Trustees on grant applications
and fellowship awards, recommends research
priorities and monitors the progress
of research supported by the charity.
The current members of Epilepsy Research
UK's Scientific Advisory Committee
are:
Mrs Jeanette Atkinson
BSc(Hons) Dip. Pharm
Healthcare Communications Specialist
who lives with epilepsy
Professor Liam Gray
MB BCh BAO (hons) FRCSI MD FRCS(SN)
Professor of Neurosurgery, University
of Southampton
Professor John Jefferys BSc(Hons) PhD FMedSci
Professor of Neuroscience, Head of
Division and Head of Department of
Neurophysiology, Division of Neuroscience,
University of Birmingham
Miss Sarah May M.Phil
Fund Manager (Child Development Fund),
The Waterloo Foundation, Cardiff
Professor Mark I Rees (Chair)
BSc(Hons) PhD MRCPath
Professor of Neurological and Cardiac
Genetics and Research Director of
College of Medicine Institute of Life
Science Molecular Neuroscience Group,
School of Medicine, University of
Wales, Swansea
Professor Leone Ridsdale
BA MA MSc MD PhD FRCPC FRCGP
Professor of Neurology & General
Practice and Honorary Consultant Neurologist,
Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
King's College London
Professor Mark Richardson
(Vice Chair)
MA BMBCh MRCP PhD CCST FRCP
Paul Getty III Professor of Epilepsy,
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College
London
Dr Stephanie Schorge
BSc PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Department
of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy,
Institute of Neurology, University
College London
Dr Graeme Sills (ex-officio
as Chair of Trustees)
BSc PhD
Lecturer, Division of Neurological
Science, University of Liverpool and
Walton Centre for Neurology &
Neurosurgery
Dr Ingram Wright
MRCP,MBChB,MRCPCH
Paediatric Neuropsychologist and Head
of Neuropsychology, North Bristol
NHS Trust
Dr Sameer Zuberi
MRCP,MBChB,MRCPCH
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
Royal Hospital for Sick Children,
Glasgow