Grant Assessment Panel (GAP)

The Grants Assessment Panel (GAP) members help us in assessing grants and make recommendations to the Research, Policy and Innovation Committee. Its members are:

Professor Alan Stitt (Chair)
Dean of Innovation and Impact, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queens University Belfast

Professor Marcela Votruba (Vice Chair)
Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Optometry and Vision, Cardiff University, Cardiff

Professor Alastair Denniston (Vice Chair)
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Birmingham University, Birmingham

Professor Lynda Erskine
Chair in Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen University, Scotland

Professor Jeremy Guggenheim
Director of Research, School of Optometry and Vision, Cardiff University, Cardiff

Professor Alison Hardcastle
Professor of Molecular Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London

Professor Chris Inglehearn
Professor of Molecular Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Leeds University, Leeds

Professor Timothy Jackson
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, King’s College Hospital, King’s College London

Professor Rachael Pearson
Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London

Professor  David Steel
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Sunderland Eye Infirmary  and Honorary Professor of Retinal Surgery, Newcastle University

Professor Jessica Teeling
Professor of Experimental Neuroimmunology, Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton

Professor Colin Willoughby
Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland

The College of Experts help assess applications and make recommendations to the Research, Policy and Innovation Committee. Its members are:

Professor Maria Balda
Professor of Cell Biology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London

Dr Katie Bentley
Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, London

Dr Anil Anthony Bharath
Reader in Image Analysis, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College, London

Professor Che Connon
Professor of Tissue Engineering, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle

Professor Ted Garway-Heath
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London

Professor David Keegan
Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon and Head of Department, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Ireland

Professor Majlinda Lako
Professor of Stem Cell Science, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle

Mr. Frank Larkin
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

Professor Andrew Lotery
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Southampton, Southampton

Dr Patrick Yu-Wai Man
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

Professor Paul McGraw
Allen Standen Chair in Visual Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Nottingham University, Nottingham

Professor Barbara Pierscionek
Associate Dean Research and Enterprise, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent

Professor Stuart Peirson
Associate Professor, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Oxford

Dr Tony Redmond
Senior Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision, Cardiff University, Cardiff

Miss Cathy Williams
Reader in Pediatric Ophthalmology, Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, University of Bristol, Bristol

Professor Rachel Williams
Professor of Ophthalmic Bioengineering, Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool

Professor Heping Xu
Professor of Ocular Immunology, Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland