Discovery Award Interview Panel
This panel interviews candidates shortlisted for Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.
Members
Professor Rachel Lennon (co-Chair)
University of Manchester
Dr Lori Passmore (co-Chair)
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Dr Moritz Treeck (co-Chair)
Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine
Professor Karen Throsby (co-Chair)
University of Leeds
Professor Anna Akhmanova
University of Utrecht
Professor Pamela Andanda
University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Caesar Atuire
Oxford University/University of Ghana
Professor Lisa Baraitser
Birkbeck University of London
Professor Naama Barkai
Weizmann Institute of Science
Professor Duncan Bassett
Imperial College London
Professor Hannah Brown
Durham University
Professor Elizabeth Buffalo
University of Washington
Dr Tineke Cantaert
Institute Pasteur Cambodia
Dr Luiz Pedro Carvalho
University of Florida Scripps Institute
Professor Victoria Chapman
University of Nottingham
Dr Hannah Clapham
National University of Singapore
Professor Patricia Daley
University of Oxford
Professor Luna Dolezal
University of Exeter
Professor Anne Donaldson
University of Aberdeen
Professor Manel Esteller
Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute
Dr Segun Fatumo
Queen Mary University of London
Dr Susanne Ferber
Carnegie Mellon University
Prof Anthony Figaji
University of Cape Town
Professor Lisa Goodrich
Harvard University
Professor Anna Greenwood
University of Nottingham
Professor Matthew Higgins
University of Oxford
Professor Caroline Hill
Francis Crick Institute
Professor Ruth Hunter
Queen's University Belfast
Dr Vilma Irazola
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
Imperial College London
Prof Jason King
University of Sheffield
Dr Helen McNeill
Washington University in St Louis
Professor Punam Mangtani
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Dame Anne Mills
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Professor Daniel Mucida
Rockefeller University
Professor Marko Nardini
Durham University
Professor Simon Newstead
Durham University
Professor Donal O'Carroll
University of Edinburgh
Professor Klaus Okkenhaug
University of Cambridge
Dr Ed Roberts
CRUK Scotland Institute
Professor David Ron
University of Cambridge
Dr Alexander Sigal
Africa Health Research Institute
Dr Silke Stertz
University of Zurich
Professor Helle Ulrich
IMB Mainz
Professor Carola Vinuesa
Francis Crick Institute
Dr Thomas Wollert
Institut Pasteur
Professor Philip Woodman
University of Manchester
Dr Fitnat Yildiz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Managers
Edward Barton
Funding Manager
Iksha Limbu
Funding Manager
Sheilagh Molloy
Team Manager, Funding Management
Katherine Moynihan
Funding Manager
We expect members to comply with our conflicts of interest policy.