Grant Assessment Panel (GAP)
All grants will be assessed by our Grant Assessment Panel, who make recommendations to the Research, Policy and Innovation Committee.
The members of each of our assessment panels are listed below
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Core
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 BelfastProfessor Alastair Denniston (Vice Chair)
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Birmingham University, BirminghamProfessor Lynda Erskine
Chair in Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen University, ScotlandProfessor Jeremy Guggenheim
Director of Research, School of Optometry and Vision, Cardiff University, CardiffProfessor Alison Hardcastle
Professor of Molecular Genetics, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, LondonProfessor Majlinda Lako
Professor of Stem Cell Science, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, NewcastleProfessor Rachael Pearson
Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, LondonProfessor Jugnoo Rahi
Professor of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, UCL GOS Institute of Child Health, LondonProfessor Reinier Schlingemann
Professor of Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, NetherlandsProfessor Jessica Teeling
Professor of Experimental Neuroimmunology, Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, SouthamptonProfessor Jan Wijnholds
Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Neuromedical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, NetherlandsProfessor Colin Willoughby
Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland -
College of Experts
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, IrelandProfessor Brendan Barrett
Professor of Visual Development, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Bradford, BradfordDr Katie Bentley
Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, LondonProfessor Anil Anthony Bharath
Professor of Biologically Inspired Computation & Inference, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College, LondonProfessor Ted Garway-Heath
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, LondonProfessor Luminita Paraoan
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Biology, Edge Hill University, OrmskirkProfessor Stuart Peirson
Associate Professor, Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, OxfordDr Tony Redmond
Senior Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision, Cardiff University, CardiffDr Xinhua Shu
Reader in Biomedical/Vision Sciences, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, GlasgowProfessor Rachel Williams
Professor of Ophthalmic Bioengineering, Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, LiverpoolProfessor Patrick Yu-Wai-Man
Professor and Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge