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

Prof Azra Ghani
Director of the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis & Professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London

Richard Fisher
Senior Editor, Aeon Media & Honorary Professor of Practice, University College London

Amanda Borton
Interim Director of Finance, Saint Francis Hospice

John Davidson
Head of Communications, IPSO

Jonathan Brüün
Chief Executive Officer, Royal College of Anaesthetists

Alex Keenlyside
Partner, Bristows LLP

Joanne Manning
Chief Operations Officer, Microbiology Society

Alice Henchley
Communications Director, Journals and Editorial, Springer Nature

Prof Charlotte Summers
Director of the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute and Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Cambridge

Prof Peter JM Openshaw
Professor of Experimental Medicine & Proconsul, Imperial College London

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.

Mun-Keat Looi
International Features Editor, The BMJ & Journalism Lecturer, Imperial College London

Jacqui Thornton
Freelance health journalist for the Lancet, BMJ and Nature, and media consultant

Michelle Roberts
Digital Health Editor, BBC News

Dr David Nunan
Senior Research and Educator in Evidence Based Health Care, University of Oxford

Leonora Merry
Director of Communications and External Affairs, Nuffield Trust

Craig Brierley
Head of Research Communications, University of Cambridge

Jane Kirby
Health and Science Editor, PA Media

Dr Ruth McKernan
Venture Partner, SV Health Investors

Alex Bannister
Group Managing Editor and Editorial Director, DMGT