governance
Trustees
The board of Trustees is the major decision-making body of the Science Media Centre and meets at least three times a year. Trustees are distinguished in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism, communications, finance, law and policy.
Jonathan Baker (Chair)
Professor of Journalism, University of Essex, (ex-Head of Newsgathering, BBC)
Marshall Davies (Treasurer)
Former President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Julian Hitchcock
Counsel, Denoon Legal
Dr Helen Jamison
Head of Media Relations, Wellcome Trust
Prof. Ottoline Leyser
Director & Professor of Plant Development, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Prof. Sir Mike Rawlins
Former Chair of NICE
Jo Revill
Chief Executive, British Society for Immunology
Fran Unsworth
Director World Service Group, BBC
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely
Professor of Psychological Medicine, Kings College London
Advisory Committee
The Trustees are guided by a voluntary group of advisors from the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism and communications, who provide expertise and advice, and also meet three times a year.
Prof. Wendy Barclay
Chair in Influenza Virology, Imperial College London
Steve Bates
Chief Executive, BioIndustry Association
Dr Helen Bedford
Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Epidemiology, UCL Institute of Child Health
Prof. Dorothy Bishop
Professor Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Oxford
Adrian Bull
External Relations Director, National Nuclear Laboratory
Dariel Burdass
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Communications, Society for General Microbiology
Prof. Chris Chambers
Senior Research Fellow in Psychology, Cardiff University
Lord Paul Drayson
Entrepreneur and former Science Minister
James Gallagher
Health Editor, BBC News
Jeremy Laurance
Former Health Editor, The Independent and the i
Prof. Robin Lovell-Badge
Head of Developmental Genetics, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
Lawrence McGinty
Former Science Editor, ITV News
Fay Schlesinger
Home Editor, The Times