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 Helen Cross (ex-officio
as Chair of Trustees)
MB ChB PhD FRCP (UK) FRCPCH
Reader and Honorary Consultant in
Paediatric Neurology, Institute of
Child Health and Great Ormond Street
Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Professor Liam Gray
MB BCh BAO (hons) FRCSI MD FRCS(SN)
Professor of Neurosurgery, University
of Southampton
Professor Ann Jacoby
BA(Hons) PhD
Professor of Medical Sociology, Division
of Public Health, University of Liverpool
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
Mrs Angela Lascelles BA
Vice President of the National Society
of Epilepsy and parent of a child
with epilepsy
Professor Mark I Rees (Vice
Chair)
BSc(Hons) PhD MRCPath
Molecular Neuroscience Group, School
of Medicine, University of Wales Swansea
Professor Mark Richardson MA BMBCh MRCP PhD CCST
FRCP
Paul Getty III Professor of Epilepsy,
Institute of Neurology, Kings College
London
Dr Graeme Sills (Chair)
BSc PhD
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
