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 Roland Fleming (co-Chair)
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Professor Jeremy Greene (co-Chair)
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Professor Cathryn Lewis (co-Chair)
King's College London
Dr Lori Passmore (co-Chair)
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Professor Pamela Andanda
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Professor Lisa Baraitser
Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Naama Barkai
Weizmann Institute of Science
Professor Ali Brivanlou
The Rockefeller University, USA
Professor Marianne Bronner
California Institute of Technology, USA
Professor Elizabeth Buffalo
University of Washington, USA
Dr Tineke Cantaert
Pasteur Institute in Cambodia, Cambodia
Dr Luiz Pedro Carvalho
University of Florida Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
Professor Victoria Chapman
University of Nottingham
Professor Emilie Cloatre
University of Kent
Professor Patricia Daley
University of Oxford
Professor Keertan Dheda
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Cassandra Extavour
Harvard University, USA
Dr Segun Fatumo
MRC Uganda at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Susanne Ferber
University of Toronto, Canada
Professor Neil Henderson
University of Edinburgh
Professor Matthew Higgins
University of Oxford
Dr Julia Hornberger
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Dr Vilma Irazola
Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Argentina
Professor Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin
Imperial College London
Professor Crick Lund
King's College London
Professor Mark Lythgoe
University College London
Professor Mala Maini
University College London
Professor Punam Mangtani
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Helen McNeill
Washington University in St Louis, USA
Dr Sophie Moore
King's College London
Professor Simon Newstead
University of Oxford
Professor Karen Oegema
University of California, San Diego, USA
Professor Graham Ogg
University of Oxford
Professor Klaus Okkenhaug
University of Cambridge
Professor KJ Patel
University of Oxford
Professor Pavan Ramdya
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr Jessica Reinisch
Birkbeck, University of London
Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa
The Francis Crick Institute
Dr Jill Richardson
Discovery Research MRL UK, MSD
Professor Linda Richter
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Dr Alexander Sigal
Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa
Professor Barry Smith
School of Advanced Study
Professor Jaclyn Smith
University of Manchester
Dr Silke Stertz
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dr Karen Throsby
University of Leeds
Dr Moritz Treeck
Gulbenkian Foundation
Professor Ellie Tzima
University of Oxford
Professor Helle Ulrich
Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz
Dr Sridhar Venkatapuram
King's College London
Professor Tor Wager
Dartmouth College, USA
Dr Thomas Wollert
Institut Pasteur, France
Professor Philip Woodman
University of Manchester
Dr Fitnat Yildiz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Managers
Zoe Broomfield
Team Manager, Funding Management
Wellcome Trust
Iksha Limbu
Funding Manager
Wellcome Trust
Sheilagh Molloy
Team Manager, Funding Management
Wellcome Trust
Helen Thompson
Team Manager, Funding Management
Wellcome Trust
We expect members to comply with our Conflict of Interest Policy [PDF 137KB].