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:
Dr Richard Appleton
LRCP MRCS MBBS MA DCH FRCP FRCPCH
(Chairman)
Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,
The Royal Liverpool Children's NHS
Trust (Alder Hey)
Mrs Jeanette Atkinson
BSc(Hons) Dip. Pharm
Healthcare communications specialist
who lives with epilepsy
Professor Helen Cross
MB ChB PhD FRCP (UK) FRCPCH (ex-officio
as Chairman of Trustees)
Reader and Honorary Consultant in
Paediatric Neurology, Institute of
Child Health and Great Ormond Street
Hospital for Children NHS Trust
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
Professor Mike Kerr
MBChB MRCGP MRCPsych MSc in Psychiatry
Chair in Learning Disabilities, University
of Cardiff School of Medicine, and
Honorary Consultant in Neuropsychiatry,
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust
Mrs Angela Lascelles BA
Vice President of the National Society
of Epilepsy and parent of a child
with epilepsy
Professor Mark I Rees
BSc(Hons) PhD MRCPath
Molecular Neuroscience Group, School
of Medicine, University of Wales Swansea
Dr Graeme Sills
BSc PhD
Division of Neurological Science,
University of Liverpool and Walton
Centre for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Professor Matthew Walker
MA MB MChir MRCP PhD
Honorary Consultant Neurologist, National
Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,
and Advanced Wellcome Fellow at the
Institute of Neurology
