Membership of the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee for MHRA database research (ISAC)

Professor Jennifer Adgey (Chair)
Hon Prof Cardiology Queens University & Hon consultant cardiology, Royal Victoria Hospital,Belfast

Professor Jacqueline Cassell
Professor Jacqueline Cassell, Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology, Honorary Consultant in Health Protection and in Genitourinary Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

Professor Corinne De Vries
Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath
 
Professor Richard Donnelly
Associate Dean & Professor of Vascular Medicine, University of Nottingham Medical School 

Professor Martin Gulliford
Professor in Public Health at King's College London
 
Professor Amrit (Pali) Hungin
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
GP Epidemiologist, Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University

Professor Paul Little
GP and Prof of Primary Care Research at the Aldermoor Health Centre, Southampton University

Dr David Lovell
Reader in Medical Statistics, University of Surrey

Professor Richard Martin
Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol

Ms Barbara Meredith
Lay member

Dr Sarah Meredith (Deputy Chair)
Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit
 
Dr Simon Mitchell
Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester

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

Dr Ruben Thanacoody
Consultant Physician and Clinical Toxicologist Yellow Card Centre (Scotland) and NPIS (Edinburgh Unit) Royal Infirmary Edinburgh

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
Professor Corrine De Vries
Professor Pali Hungin
Dr. Richard Martin
Dr. Simon Mitchell
Dr. Ruben Thanacoody
Dr. David Lovell
Lay Member
Ms. Barbara Meredith

Team 2
Professional members
Professor Richard Donnelly
Professor Martin Gulliford
Professor Paul Little
Dr. Sarah Meredith
Dr. Umesh Kadam
Dr. David Lovell
Lay Member
Ms. Marcia Saunders