Neurosciences and Mental Health Board

Board membership from 1 April 2024

  • Professor Marcus Munafò (Chair), University of Bristol
  • Professor Diego Gomez Nicola (Deputy Chair), University of Southampton
  • Dr Michael Ashby, University of Bristol
  • Dr Duncan Astle, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Barbara Canlon, Karolinska Institute
  • Professor Jeffrey Dalley, University of Cambridge
  • Professor Sylvane Desrivières, King’s College London
  • Professor Neil Harrison, Cardiff University
  • Professor Lora Heisler, University of Aberdeen
  • Professor Corinne Houart, King’s College London
  • Dr Clare Howarth, The University of Sheffield
  • Professor Mark Humphries, University of Nottingham
  • Professor Ann John, Swansea University
  • Professor James Kilner University College London
  • Professor Jonathan Mill, University of Exeter
  • Professor Shane O’Mara, University of Dublin
  • Professor Rickie Patani, The Francis Crick Institute and University College London
  • Professor Anthony Pickering, University of Bristol
  • Dr Jill Richardson, MSD
  • Dr William Schafer, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  • Professor David Sharp, Imperial College London
  • Professor Tara Spires-Jones, The University of Edinburgh
  • Professor Huiling Tan, University of Oxford
  • Professor Rachel Upthegrove, University of Birmingham
  • Professor William Whiteley, The University of Edinburgh

See the Neurosciences and Mental Health Board conflicts of interest register.

Find out more about the units and centres funded by this board.

Contacts

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Last updated: 1 October 2024

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