Research Strategy Committee
Our Research Strategy Committee (RSC) is made up of researchers, health care professionals and people living with MS.
They advise us on the development and implementation of our research strategy.
The committee also reviews our research priorities for MS. And they review our research programme, including how we decide what to fund.
What is the role of the RSC?
The RSC meets three times a year and:
- oversees, guides and monitors the development and implementation of our research strategy.
- reviews our research priorities on an annual basis and advises how these can best be incorporated into our funding decisions.
- advises how we can commission research to support our strategy and priorities.
- advises and assists us to influence other research funders to support our strategy.
- provides recommendations on funding for strategically important collaborative projects.
Because of these responsibilities, the RSC is independent of our research applicants and grant holders. Members are not allowed to apply to us for research funding as Principal Investigator during their tenure.
Membership
Members of the UK and international professional MS research community and members of the MS Society Research Network are welcome to sit on the RSC. It always includes at least two people affected by MS from our Research Network. All our members are appointed for a term of three years, for a maximum of two terms. If you're interested in joining the RSC, you can email [email protected].
Co-chairs:
- Anne Rosser, Cardiff University
- Sasha Leigh, Research Network representative
Committee members
- Ana Manzano, University of Leeds
- Charlotte Spicer, Research Network representative
- Elizabeth Lemmon, Research Network representative
- Frauke Zipp, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
- Howard Beames, Research Network representative
- Liesbet Peeters, Hasselt University, Netherlands
- Mark Dallas, University of Reading
- Rachel Allen, St George's University of London
- Shewly Choudhury, MS Society Trustee
The RSC was created in 2010 to help us implement recommendations around the management of our research programme. And to ensure our research programme remains aligned to our research strategy.
The RSC continues to look at the strategic picture and provide advice on broad areas of research. The RSC also sets priorities and reviews the larger, ongoing research programmes.
Our current research strategy will run from 2025-2029.
