The advisory panel provides a non-executive advisory function to the Manchester Rare Conditions Centre (MRCC).
Members help to guide the MRCC strategy, projects, and programs. Membership is reviewed every two years to ensure that the Panel’s expertise is relevant to the changing priorities of the MRCC.
Advisory panel members:
| Name | Role | Organisation |
| Angela Davies | Professor of Clinical Bioinformatics and Healthcare Science Education | University of Manchester |
| Angela Rowe | Deputy Director of Charities | MFT Charities |
| Barrie Morgan-Scrutton | MFT Engagement, Inclusion and Neurodiversity | MFT Group |
| Bill Newman | Clinical Director | NW GMSA |
| Catherine Breen | Genetics Consultant | Specialist Hospitals |
| Cheryl Stevens | Deputy Director of Comms | MFT Group |
| Chris Bedford-Gay | Patient Representative | External Charity |
| David Walliker | Chief Digital and Information Officer | MFT Group |
| David Wolferstan | WTWA Dep DoS | Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington, Altrincham (WTWA) |
| Dinesh Chawla | MRCC Manager | MRCC |
| Fiona Marley | Head of Highly Specialised Services | NHS England |
| Gemma Batchelor | NMGH Dep DoS | North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) |
| Glyn Wood | Deputy Director of Strategy | Specialist Hospitals |
| Graeme Black | Consultant in Genetics and Ophthalmology | Specialist Hospitals |
| Hannah Jackson | Administration, Project Support & Clinic Coordinator | MRCC |
| Ian Daniels | Deputy Director of Strategy | Clinical and Scientific Services (CSS) |
| Indi Banerjee | Deputy Medical Director | Specialist Hospitals |
| Josie McCabe | Dep DoS | Manchester Local Care Organisation |
| Kamal Masarweh | Information and Data Manager | MRCC |
| Kate Hillman | Consultant Renal Physician | Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) |
| Katie Lees | Head of Philanthropy | University of Manchester |
| Laura de Peyer | Senior Philanthropy Manager | University of Manchester |
| Leonard Ebah | Medical Director | Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) |
| Lynne Webster | Director of Research Governance and Quality | MFT Group |
| Matthew Makin | Medical Director | North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) |
| Philip Waugh | MRI Dep DoS | Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) |
| Rachel Isherwood | UoM Philanthropy Manager | University of Manchester |
| Ray O’Keefe | Professor of Molecular Genetics | University of Manchester |
| Rhona MacLeod | Consultant Genetic Counsellor | Specialist Hospitals |
| Sally Briggs | Medical Director | Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington, Altrincham (WTWA) |
| Sarah O’Shea | Medical Director | Clinical and Scientific Services (CSS) |
| Sarah Wynn | CEO | Unique |
| Siddharth Banka | Clinical Director | MRCC |
| Sue Baker | Program Director RCC for children with rare diseases | Perth Children’s Hospital |
| Victoria Grant | Manchester Museum Family Programme Coordinator | University of Manchester |
| Videha Sharma | Clinical Innovation Lead Pankhurst Institute | University of Manchester |