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.
Nick Hillier (Chair)
Director of Communications and Engagement, Academy of Medical Sciences
Amanda Borton (Treasurer)
Interim Director of Finance, Saint Francis Hospice
Jonathan Brüün
Chief Executive Officer, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Richard Fisher
Senior Editor, Aeon Media & Honorary Professor of Practice, University College London
Prof Azra Ghani
Director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis & Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London
Alice Henchley
Communications Director, Journals and Editorial, Springer Nature
Alex Keenlyside
Partner, Bristows LLP
Ash Khan
Deputy Head of Media and PR at the British Academy
Joanne Manning
Chief Operations Officer, Microbiology Society
Prof Peter JM Openshaw
Professor of Experimental Medicine & Proconsul, Imperial College London
Prof Charlotte Summers
Director of the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute and Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Cambridge
James Stephenson
Executive Editor, Editorial Quality and Standards, BBC News
Advisory Group
The advisory group consists of the Trustees and an additional voluntary group of external advisers from the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism and communications. They provide expertise and advice to guide the staff of the Science Media Centre, and also meet three times a year.
Craig Brierley
Head of Research Communications, University of Cambridge
Ethan Ennals
Health Editor at The Mail on Sunday
Ed Humpherson
Director General, Office for Statistics Regulation
Mun-Keat Looi
International Features Editor, The BMJ & Journalism Lecturer, Imperial College London
Leonora Merry
Director of Communications and External Affairs, Nuffield Trust
Nic Newman
Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford
Dr David Nunan
Senior Research and Educator in Evidence Based Health Care, University of Oxford
Allan Pacey
Deputy Vice President, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
Michelle Roberts
Digital Health Editor, BBC News
Jacqui Thornton
Freelance health journalist for the Lancet, BMJ and Nature, and media consultant
Tom Whipple
Science Writer, The Times
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