Our research is selected, monitored and evaluated by our eminent Research Advisory Committee (RAC), a team of established and expert clinicians and researchers.

Each member serves a fixed term to make sure we have fresh opinions and up-to-date expertise.

Decisions are based on each project’s scientific value, the quality of the applicants and what research will have the greatest impact on women’s health.

Committee members:

Professor Hilary Critchley (Chair), Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of Edinburgh.

Professor Dilly Anumba (Vice Chair), Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sheffield

Professor Ahmed Ahmed, Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, University of Oxford

Professor Andrew Blanks, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Warwick

Dr Rufus Cartwright, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London

Professor Jane Daniels, Professor of Clinical Trials, University of Nottingham

Dr Jenny Douglas, Professor of Social Justice and Health Equity, Open University

Dr Abigail Easter, Reader in Perinatal Mental Health, King’s College London

Dr Kerry Evans, Associate Professor of Midwifery, University of Nottingham

Professor Abigail Fraser, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Bristol

Professor Dharani Hapangama, Professor of Gynaecology, University of Liverpool

Dr Sarah Hillman, Clinical Associate Professor in Primary Care, University of Birmingham

Dr Jennifer Jardine, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cambridge

Dr Channa Jayasana, Reader in Reproductive Endocrinology, Imperial College London

Professor Pierre Martin-Hirsch, Director of Research and Innovation, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Professor Sarah McClelland, Professor of Cancer Cell Biology and Genomics, Queen Mary University of London

Dr Jenny McNeill, Reader in Midwifery Research, Queen's University Belfast

Mr Lee Middleton, Reader in Clinical Trials and Statistics Lead at the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham

Professor Ashley Moffett, Director of Research, Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Immunology, University of Cambridge

Professor Katie Morris, Professor of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine and Head of Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham

Dr Mintu Nath, Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, University of Aberdeen

Professor Philippa Saunders, Chair of Reproductive Steroids, University of Edinburgh

Dr Natalie Suff, Clinical Lecturer and Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, King’s College London

Dr Nicola Tempest, Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Medicine, University of Liverpool

Dr Anja Wittkowski, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester

Midwifery subcommittee

We are also supported by our Midwifery Subcommittee – three expert members in the field of midwifery research who sit on behalf of Wellbeing of Women and the Royal College of Midwives.

Dr Annette Briley, Professor of Women’s Health & Midwifery Research, Flinders University

Professor Vanora Hundley, Professor of Midwifery, University of Bournemouth

Professor Jayne Marshall, Foundation Professor of Midwifery, University of Leicester

Our peer reviewers

We work alongside a group of dedicated peer reviewers, who are women’s health experts working in specific fields from around the world.

Without their insight, expertise and hard work, it would be impossible to do what we do to fund high-quality research that benefits the lives of babies, girls and women.