External Advisory Board

The MRC DTP in IBR Programme is advised by a biennial External Advisory Board (EAB), which for the past 8 years has been chaired by Professor Anne Ridley FMedSci FRS, Professor of Cell Biology and Head of the School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol. in 2026 Anne will be succeeded by the Rt Hon Greg Clark, member of Government’s Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, Executive Chair of the University of Warwick’s Innovation District and former chair of the cross-party Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee. The EAB provides expert advise and recommendations to the MRC DTP Steering Group and Leadership Team in relation to research and training strategy and how the programme is delivered to facilitate iterative programme improvement.