Genetics, Genomics and Population Research Expert Review Group

This expert review group shortlists candidates for Investigator Awards, Collaborative Awards, Principal Research Fellowships, Senior Research Fellowships, Research Career Development Fellowships and Sir Henry Dale Fellowships.

Its remit includes:

  • studies of interactions between genes and environment
  • bioinformatics and statistics as generic tools
  • genetic/genome evolution
  • population based genetics
  • genetics in health and disease.

Members 

Professor Sara Brown (Chair)

University of Edinburgh

Professor Jorge Ferrer

Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain

Professor Anna Gloyn

Stanford University, USA

Professor Trevor Graham

Queen Mary University of London

Professor Aroon Hingorani

University College London

Dr Sally John

Biogen

Professor Nicholas Loman

University of Birmingham

Dr Nuria Lopez-Bigas

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Spain

Professor Simon Myers

University of Oxford

Dr Oliver Stegle

European Bioinformatics Institute

Professor Nicholas Timpson

University of Bristol

Professor Clare Turnbull

Institute of Cancer Research

Professor George Vassiliou

University of Cambridge

Professor Joris Veltman

University of Newcastle

Manager 

Jaime Townend

Senior Grants Adviser, Genetics and Molecular Sciences

Wellcome Trust

We expect members to comply with our Conflict of Interest Policy [PDF 137KB].