National and International Committees
MRC Clinical Research & Career Development Panel Chair 2006-2010 (member 2001-2006)
National Institute of Health Research Clinician Scientist Appointments Board Chair 2007-2010
MRC Training & Career Development Board 2006-
Breakthrough Breast Cancer Clinical Researcher Awards Committee 2008-
British Society of Gene Therapy Executive Committee 2003-
CORE (ex-Digestive Disorders Foundation) Scientific Advisory Committee 2003-
Pathological Society of UK & Ireland Executive Committee 2006-2009
North-East Thames Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards 2007-
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) program in the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) Scientific Advisory Committee 2008-
Canadian Institute of Health Research Training Program in Molecular Pathology of Cancer Scientific Advisory Board 2008-
Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology Scientific Advisory Board 2004-
Institute of Molecular Medicine (Lisbon) Scientific Advisory Committee 2005-
Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Biology & Medicine Panel) 2007-2010
Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund Scientific Advisory Board 2007-
Pancreatic Cancer UK Charity Medical Advisory Board 2006-2009
Trusteeship
Trustee, Medical Research Foundation (MRC’s independently managed charity)
External Scientific Activities
Visiting Professor of Molecular Oncology, Zhengzhou University, China 2005-
Valirx plc Scientific Advisory Panel 2006-
Medical Solutions plc, Scientific Advisory Board 2003-
IC-Vec, Scientific Advisory Board 2002-
Alexis Biotechnology Ltd, Scientific Advisory Board 2001-
Editorial Activities
Editor in Chief: Gene Therapy (Nature Specialist Journals) 1997-
Commissioning Editor: British Medical Bulletin
Editorial Board: Disease Models & Mechanisms 2008-
