Our Scientific Advisory Group
Tommy's Trustees and Co-Chairs:
Anita Charlesworth – The Health Foundation
Director of Research and REAL Centre (Research and Economic Analysis for the Long term) at the Health Foundation
Honorary Professor in the College of Social Sciences at the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at the University of Birmingham.
Anna David – University College, London
Consultant Obstetrician & Head of the Research Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Institute for Women's Health, UCL.
Dr Shema Tariq PhD MSc MSc MBBS DFSRH Dip GUM FRCP – University College, London
Institute for Global Health
Clinical Research Fellow /Honorary Consultant in Sexual Health and HIV
Scientific Advisory Group Members:
Prof Andrew Shennan OBE – King’s College London and St Thomas’ Hospital London
Professor of Obstetrics at King's College London
Head of Tommy's Preterm Birth Surveillance Clinic
Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe MD, FRCOG, FRCPI – University College Dublin
Chair and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Dublin
Director UCD Perinatal Research Centre
Head, Women’s and Children’s Health, University College Dublin
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, National Maternity Hospital
British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society, Scientific Advisor
RCOG UK, Council member, International Representative
FIGO International Federation of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Executive Board member
Prof Ganesh Acharya – Karolinska Institute Stockholm
Prof Katie Morris PhD MRCOG – University of Birmingham
Reader/Consultant Maternal Fetal Medicine
Prof Marian Knight – NPEU University of Oxford
Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU)
Nigel Simpson – University of Leeds
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Prof Vanora Hundley – Bournemouth University
The Tommy’s management will agree with the Co-Chairs of the SAG to initiate a search for new SAG members. This may be to fill a vacancy/vacancies or to recruit different skills to the group.
Nominations for new members of the SAG will be sought from the Co-Chairs, existing members of the SAG, Management, and other external experts.
Once a list has been gathered from a variety of sources, the Co-Chairs and Tommy’s Management will meet to agree a shortlist based on the following criteria recommended by the AMRC:
“a fair balance of experience, scientific disciplines, institutions, age, gender, ethnicity and geographical location”
Tommy’s management or the Co-Chair will approach each shortlisted person and invite them to join the SAG.
They will be inducted into their responsibilities, which includes peer reviewing Tommy’s Research Centres each year, and they may be asked to join a panel to select a new research centre from time to time.