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 Catherine Aiken, Consultant Obstetrician and Academic Clinical Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Dr Jon Bishop, Senior Medical Statistician, University of Birmingham

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

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

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

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

Professor Richard Edmondson, Professor of Gynaecological Oncology, University of Manchester

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

Dr Chris Hill, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool

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

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

Dr Pallavi Latthe, Consultant Urogynaecologist, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Clare Macdonald, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in General Practice, University of Birmingham

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

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

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

Dr Gemma Owens, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust

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

Professor Gemma Sharp, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Exeter

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

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.