Scientific Advisory Panel

In accordance with best practice for medical research charities, we have appointed a Scientific Advisory Panel, which is made up of prominent cancer experts.

They act in a voluntary capacity and ensure that the research the charity funds is of the highest quality and will lead to developments in detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer.  

Members of the Scientific Advisory Panel:

Panel Chairman
Professor Nick Lemoine - Clinical Director, Barts Cancer Institute, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London

Panel Vice Chairman
Professor Michael Seckl - Professor of Molecular Cancer Medicine, Imperial College, London

Panel Member 
Professor Brian Davidson - Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London

Panel Member
Dr. Heike Grabsch - Senior Clinical Lecturer in GI Pathology/Consultant Histopathologist, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds

Panel Member
Professor Matthias Löhr - Professor of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, The Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Panel Member
Dr. Karin Oien - Senior Lecturer in Molecular Pathology, Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Cancer Research UK Beatson Laboratories, University of Glasgow

Terms of Reference

Delegation of authority

• The Panel will have full power and authority to consider and approve or reject applications for funding
• Any grant approved by the Panel will be in accordance with the funding budgets approved by the Trustees

Members of the Panel

• The Trustees appoint the members of the Panel, including Chairman
• The charity will aim to ensure that the Panel is made up of experts in different areas of pancreatic cancer research

Conflict of Interest Policy

Exclusion from grant decisions

• Where any member of the panel (including Chairman) is a sole applicant or co-applicant, he or she will stand down from that grant round and be replaced by a suitable alternative (in the case of Chairman, replacement will be with the Vice Chairman; in the case of other Panel members, a replacement with similar expertise will be sought).
• A Panel member must not be in the room if a grant proposal with which they are connected is discussed. They may not take part in any decisions taken in relation to such a grant proposal, and should not receive any papers relating to it. An individual will be deemed connected with a grant proposal if the individual is:
  • a relative of one of the grant applicants
  • a business partner of one of the applicants
  • a member or employee of the same university or other institution as one of the grant applicants.