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Regulation and governance of UK health research

Regulation Research ecosystem and Careers
May 2012
1 minute

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This report documents discussions convened by the Academy of Medical Sciences, Cancer Research UK and Wellcome involving leading figures in the health research sector on the evolution of the health research regulation landscape, and what more is needed to truly transform this environment in the UK.  

Published: May 2012

  • Transforming the regulation and governance of health research in the UK May 2012 (PDF, 1.02 MB)
Fellows mentioned

Professor Deborah Ashby OBE FRS FMedSci

Dean of Medicine
Imperial College London
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Professor Sir John Bell CH GBE FRS HonFREng FMedSci

Regius Professor of Medicine
University of Oxford
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Sir Rory Collins FRS FMedSci

British Heart Foundation Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology; Head, Nuffield Department of Population Health
University of Oxford
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Professor Raymond Hill FMedSci

Honorary Professor of Pharmacology
Imperial College
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Professor David Webb CBE FRSE FMedSci

Professor Emeritus: Therapeutics and Pharmacology
University of Edinburgh
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Professor Peter Weissberg CBE FMedSci

Fellow
University of Cambridge
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Professor Sir Professor Sir Simon WesseIy GBE FRS FMedSci

Regius Professor of Psychiatry
King's College London
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Sir Kent Woods FMedSci

Emeritus Professor
University of Leicester
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