YBRI Governance and Reporting
Day to day decision making is led by the YBRI management team, who meet once a month.
The YBRI management team consists of:
- YBRI Director Professor Jeremy Mottram
- Theme Lead; Immunology, Haematology and Infection Professor Gavin Wright
- Theme Lead; Molecular and Cellular Medicine Professor Jenny Southgate
- Theme Lead; Neuroscience Professor Alex Wade
- Research Development Manager for Biosciences Dr Fiona Frame
The two cross-theme advisors and the clinical interface lead attend management meetings three times a year. The Director of the YBRI Doctoral Training Programme attends on an ad-hoc basis.
- Cross-cutting Theme Advisor - Biomedical Technologies Professor Steve Johnson
- Cross-cutting Theme Advisor - Chemical and Structural Biology Dr Lianne Willems
- Clinical Interface Lead Professor Alison Layton
- YBRI Doctoral Training Programme, Director Professor Paul Genever
YBRI activities are overseen and governed by the YBRI Steering Committee.
The Steering Committee meets two-three times per year and comprises key academics and professional services staff from within the University of York who provide YBRI with strategic oversight and advice. Primarily, but not limited to, research development and YBRI’s position and operations within the University of York.
Committee seats: 2023/2024
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Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Science |
Professor Jane Hill |
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Director, York Biomedical Research Institute |
Professor Jeremy Mottram |
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YBRI Theme Leads |
Professor Alex Wade, Psychology Professor Gavin Wright, Biology Professor Jennifer Southgate, Biology |
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The Dean of HYMS |
Professor Una MacLeod |
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The Head of Biology |
Professor James Moir |
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The Head of Chemistry |
Professor Caroline Dessent |
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The Head of Health Sciences |
Professor Kate Flemming |
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The Head of Psychology |
Professor Lisa-Marie Henderson |
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The Head of the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology |
Professor Kieran Gibson |
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The Head of the Research and Innovation Development Team |
Dr Dave Diston |
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Junior YBRI Members |
Dr Scott Cairney, Psychology Dr Samadhan Patil, School or Physics, Engineering and Technology |
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Secretary |
Libby Hagston, YBRI Coordinator |
The External Advisory Board comprises professionals with expertise in biomedical science to provide YBRI with strategic advice and strengthening links between YBRI researchers and external organisations. The Board meets once a year.
Departmental Research Committees
YBRI provides a quarterly report to the Departments with YBRI members for discussion at their meetings.
Facilitation team
The facilitation team are here to facilitate the smooth running of the Institute and develop biomedicine at York.
Libby Hagston, YBRI Coordinator
Libby is a psychology graduate and has a keen interest in cognitive neuroscience.
She is the central contact for YBRI and provides planning and support for projects within YBRI; including the delivery of YBRI's programme of meetings, seminars and events. Libby also implements YBRI's communications strategy and runs our social media campaigns.
Rebecca Chalkley, Research Development Manager, Health
Rebecca’s background is in translational research focused on cancer; specifically head and neck, lung, breast, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and developing molecular tools.
As Research Development Manager in Health she provides strategic YBRI support, relating to clinical research and large initiatives.
Fiona Frame, Research Development Manager, Bioscience
Fiona's background is in prostate cancer with an interest in therapy resistance, using primary prostate epithelial cells from patient samples as a clinically relevant model.
As Research Development Manager in Biosciences she works with YBRI researchers to increase their relationships and collaborations with industry.