YBRI Governance and Reporting
Day to day decision making is led by the YBRI Director, and also the Leadership Team which meets every 2 months.
The YBRI Leadership Team
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Professor Ian Hitchcock | Director |
| Professor Adele Fielding | Theme Co-Lead: Cancer |
| Dr Chris Hill | Theme Co-Lead: Infection / Molecular Mechanisms and Tools |
| Dr Dave Boucher | Theme Co-Lead: Immunity |
| Professor Dimitris Lagos | Theme Co-Lead: Cancer |
| Fiona Frame | Research Development Manager for Biosciences |
| Professor Gavin Thomas | Theme Co-Lead: Infection |
| Professor Gavin Wright | Theme Co-Lead: Infection |
| Dr Heidi Baseler | Theme Co-Lead: Brain Health |
| Dr Ioannis Kourtzelis | YBRI Postgraduate Programme, Co-Director |
| Dr James Hewitson | YBRI Postgraduate Programme, Co-Director |
| Professor Jamie Blaza | Theme Co-Lead: Molecular Mechanisms and Tools |
| Dr Jillian Barlow | GenRes Lead |
| Dr Joana Faria | Early Career Co-Lead |
| Professor Martin Fascione | Theme Co-Lead: Molecular Mechanisms and Tools |
| Dr Michael Plevin | Theme Co-Lead: Biomedical and Healthcare Technologies |
| Dr Noémie Hamilton | Theme Co-Lead: Immunity |
| Dr Pegine Walrad | Theme Co-Lead: Infection |
| Professor Sean Sweeney | Theme Co-Lead: Brain Health |
| Professor Steven Johnson | Theme Co-Lead: Biomedical and Healthcare Technologies |
| Professor Stephen Smith | Theme Co-Lead: Biomedical and Healthcare Technologies |
| Dr Stuart Higgins | Early Career Co-Lead |
| Professor Tony Morland | Theme Co-Lead: Brain Health |
| Professor Will Brackenbury | Theme Co-Lead: Cancer |
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.
- Jo Berry, YBRI Coordinator
- 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.