Brain and Behavioural Sciences Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Read more about what we do and don’t fund in discovery research.
This advisory group covers applications that aim to advance our understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system at all levels in health and disease, encompassing molecular, cellular and circuit-based approaches, to studies of cognition and behaviour.
Some examples of this are:
- experimental, theoretical and computational studies
- investigations in humans and model systems, targeting basic cellular, molecular and systems-related questions
- mechanisms of psychiatric and neurological diseases and how therapeutic interventions work
- the impact of genetic, environmental and social factors on cellular, molecular, behavioural and cognitive phenotypes
Proposed projects may span more than one funding area. You should choose the research subject area which aligns with the focus of the project.
Members
Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.
Professor Bassem Hassan (Chair)
Institut National De La Sante Et Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
Professor Camille Carrol
Newcastle University
Professor Eugenia Chiappe
Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal
Dr Philip Coen
University College London
Dr Gabriele DeLuca
University of Oxford
Dr Martina Di Simplicio
Imperial College London
Professor Lisa Genzel
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Professor Simon Hanslmayr
University of Glasgow
Professor Anthony Isles
Cardiff University
Professor Jack Mellor
University of Bristol
Dr Alison Twelvetrees
University of Sheffield
Manager
Georgia Carter-Daggett
Funding Manager, Funding Management