Research Grant Review Committee

The Research Grant Review Committee (RGRC) will be appointed to manage the peer review process to ensure fairness, transparency and to ensure recommendations for funding achieve the Trust's SCORE objectives.

The Committee will be tasked with judging how well funding applications meet the Trust's criteria, prior to making recommendations to the Executive.

Current members of Research Grant Review Committee

Chair: Dr Patrick Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University of Cork, Ireland

Vice Chair: Professor Jane Davies; Professor of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine & Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London

• Prof Miguel Cámara; Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Nottingham 
• Zoe Elliott; Parent Representative 
• Laura Taylor, CF community Representative
• Aoife Breen, CF community Representative
• Professor Margaret Harnett; Professor of Immune Signalling, University of Glasgow 
• Dr Charles Haworth; Senior Adult Physician, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge 
• Professor Paul McNamara; Professor in Child Health, University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, 
• Professor Carl Smythe; Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Sheffield  
• Dr Martin Welch; Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
• Dr Joanna Whitehouse; Adult Physician and CF Centre Director, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
• Richard Hoey, Cystic Fibrosis Trust Trustee representative
• Dr Lucy Allen, Director of Research, Cystic Fibrosis Trust Representative

Take a look at the Terms of Reference and Conflict of Interest policy