Research Advisory Board

Our Research Advisory Board comprises experts in a wide variety of research disciplines to ensure that all applications are assessed knowledgably and fairly.

As a member of the Association of Medical Research Charities we are committed to maintaining a rigorous peer review process for the assessment of research applications, for which the Advisory Board are responsible. This process ensures that only the highest quality research at the best institutions receives DRWF funding. When we are awarding a DRWF Fellowship, we are also intent on rewarding determined and committed individuals who have a proven track record in diabetes research and can display an intention to continue working in the field. It is our hope that a DRWF Fellowship can serve as a significant and fruitful step in the career of a bright, young and ambitious researcher.

Our current Board members are:

Professor Stephen Gough, PhD MD FRCP (Chairman) Professor of Medicine and Hon. Consultant Physician, University of Birmingham and University of Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. More »
Dr Anthony Baines, BSc, PhD Reader in Molecular Cell Biology, University of Kent. More »
Dr Julian Paul Hamilton-Shield MB,ChB, MD(Bristol), MRCP, FRCPCH Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol. More »
Mr Paul Johnson, MBChB MD FRCS Reader in Paediatric Surgery, Fellow of St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford, and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. More »
Mr Michael W Mansfield, FRCP Consultant Physician, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds. More »
Renee C.L. Page, MD FRCP MA (Ed) Consultant Physician, Nottingham City Hospital. More »
Shanta Persaud, PhD Reader in Diabetes and Endocrinology, King’s College London. More »
Dr John Wilding, FRCP Reader in Medicine, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool. More »
Professor Alan Stitt Prof Stitt’s programme of research is focused on pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy. More »
Professor Guy A. Rutter My interests in cell signalling and metabolic control began in 1985 and a PhD with RM (Dick) Denton FRS in Bristol on the regulation by Ca2+ of mitochondrial dehydrogenases. More »
Krystyna Matyka MB BS, MRCP, MD Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at Warwick Medical School. Krystyna runs a weight management clinic for children with problems of excess weight and is a member of the Paediatric Diabetes Clinical team at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire. More »