Grant Assessment Panel (GAP)

The Research Grants Assessment Panel (RGAP) 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 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 Majlinda Lako
Professor of Stem Cell Science, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle

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

Professor Jugnoo Rahi
Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, London

Professor Reinier Schlingemann
Professor of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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

Professor Jan Wijnholds
Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Neuromedical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands

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:

Dr Mark Ahearne
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Professor Brendan Barrett
Professor of Visual Development, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Bradford, Bradford

Dr Katie Bentley
Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, London

Professor Anil Anthony Bharath
Professor of Biologically Inspired Computation & Inference, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College, London

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

Professor Luminita Paraoan
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Biology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk

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

Dr Xinhua Shu
Reader in Biomedical/Vision Sciences, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow

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

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