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.

Board associates

  • Dr Kate Peters, University of Sussex
  • Dr Felix Chan, University of Birmingham

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

Contacts

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Last updated: 9 December 2024

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