Governance
Research Scientific Committee (RSC)
The committee is made up of researchers, healthcare professionals and people living with mesothelioma and/or their carers.
They are responsible for reviewing all grant applications to the charity and are obliged to declare any conflict of interest upon joining. All of our members are appointed for a term of three years, with a maximum of two terms.
Under our current guidelines for any grants awarded over £27,000, RSC must send the application for peer review. For grants under that threshold, it is at the discretion of RSC to decide if an external peer review is needed. Our full peer review policy can be read here.
The current members of the RSC are:
Professor Stefan Marciniak (Chair)
Dr Anna Bibby (Vice Chair)
Professor Judy Coulson
Dr Nima Moghaddan
Dr Elizabeth Sage
Dr Stephani Ejegi-Memeh
Rowena Bailey
Lavinia Magee
Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
We are members of the AMRC, which means that we work to the principles of peer review that they have set out. Having AMRC membership is seen as a hallmark of quality research funding and is really important in helping us to build our research activity as we move forward.
Use of animals in research
We support the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) position statement on using animals in research.
National Institute of Health Research (HIHR)
Mesothelioma UK is an NIHR RDN Non-commercial Partner. This means the studies that we fund may be eligible to access the NIHR Study Support Service which is provided by the NIHR Research Delivery Network within the NHS, and the wider public health and social care environment, across England.
Read the full policy:
