Our Scientific Advisory Board
Members of our Scientific Advisory Board are:
Chair: Dame Suzy Lishman
Consultant Histopathologist, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Stephen Chapman
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Leeds, and Speciality Registrar in General Surgery & Coloproctology
Professor Sunil Dolwani
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Cardiff University School of Medicine
Dr Amy Downing
Associate Professor of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Leeds
Professor Claire Foster
Professor of Psychosocial Oncology and Co-Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Research in Cancer: CentRIC
Dr Matthew Kurien
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, University of Sheffield
Professor Angus McNair
Professor of Colorectal Surgery, University of Bristol
Dr Sam Merriel
GP and NIHR Advanced Fellow in the Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research, University of Manchester
Dr Craig Mowat
Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, School of Medicine, University of Dundee
Dr Caroline Young
Consultant Histopathologist (Gastrointestinal & Pancreas), University of Leeds
The Scientific Advisory Board includes rotating representation from our Lay Review Panel, ensuring lived-experience perspectives inform decision-making.
All of our members operate in line with our Scientific Advisory Board Terms of Reference and our Conflicts of Interest and Confidentiality Policy which set out how the Board supports and advises on our research funding decisions.