Membership of the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC)

Membership of the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee from 12^th March 2009.

There are currently two Chairpersons serving the ISAC

Professor Jacqueline Cassell FFPH FRCP MD MSc DipGUM DFFP (Chair)
Professor Jacqueline Cassell, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Honorary Consultant in Health Protection and in Genitourinary Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Professor Martin Gulliford MA FRCP FFPH (Chair)
Professor in Public Health at King's College London

Professor Richard Donnelly MD PhD FRCP FRACP
Associate Dean & Professor of Vascular Medicine, University of Nottingham Medical School

Professor Amrit (Pali) Hungin OBE MD FRCGP FRCP FRSA
GP, Professor of Primary Care and General Practice and Dean of Medicine and Head of School of Health at the University of Durham

Dr Umesh T Kadam MRCGP MPhil MSc PhD
GP Epidemiologist, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University

Professor Paul Little MBBS MRCP MSc MD FRCGP
GP and Prof of Primary Care Research at the Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton University

Dr David Lovell BSc (Hons) FSS FIBiol CStat CBiol
Reader in Medical Statistics, University of Surrey

Professor Richard Martin BMedSci BM BS MRCGP FFPH MSc PhD
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol

Dr Sarah Meredith (Deputy Chair) MBBS MSc MRCGP FFPH
Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit

Professor Simon Mitchell MD MRCP FRCPCH DCH DRCOG
Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician St Mary’s Hospital Manchester, Honorary Professor, School of Health Care Professions, University of Salford

Professor Barbara Pierscionek PhD MBA LLM
Lay member and Professor of Vision Science, University of Ulster

Ms Marcia Saunders BA MA MSc
Lay member and lay member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Dr Richard Stevens BA MSc PhD
Senior Statistician, Division of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford

Dr Ruben Thanacoody MD FRCP (Edin)
Consultant Physician, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant Clinical Toxicologist, NPIS (Newcastle) and YCC (Northern and Yorkshire), Regional Drugs and Therapeutics Centre Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The ISAC uses a two team system for reviewing GPRD protocols. The composition of the 2 teams is as follows:

Team 1

Professional members

• Professor Jacqueline Cassell (Chair)
• Professor Pali Hungin
• Professor Richard Martin
• Professor Simon Mitchell
• Dr. Ruben Thanacoody
• Dr. David Lovell

Lay Member

• Professor Barbara Pierscionek

Team 2

Professional members

• Professor Martin Gulliford (Chair)
• Professor Richard Donnelly
• Professor Paul Little
• Dr. Sarah Meredith
• Dr. Umesh Kadam
• Dr. Richard Stevens

Lay Member

• Ms. Marcia Saunders