slysaint
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TrusteesThe BBC has ties to the SMC. So do ITV. I wouldn't expect anything from them.
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/about-us/governance/
The board of Trustees is the major decision-making body of the Science Media Centre and meets at least three times a year. Trustees are distinguished in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism, communications, finance, law and policy.
Jonathan Baker (Chair)Professor of Journalism, University of Essex, (ex-Head of Newsgathering, BBC)
Marshall Davies (Treasurer)
Former President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Julian HitchcockCounsel, Denoon Legal
Dr Helen Jamison
Head of Media Relations, Wellcome Trust
Prof. Ottoline LeyserDirector & Professor of Plant Development, Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Prof. Sir Mike RawlinsFormer Chair of NICE
Jo RevillChief Executive, British Society for Immunology
Fran Unsworth
Director World Service Group, BBC
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely
Professor of Psychological Medicine, Kings College London
Advisory Committee
The Trustees are guided by a voluntary group of advisors from the fields of science, engineering, medicine, journalism and communications, who provide expertise and advice, and also meet three times a year.
Prof. Wendy BarclayChair in Influenza Virology, Imperial College London
Steve BatesChief Executive, BioIndustry Association
Dr Helen BedfordSenior Lecturer in Paediatric Epidemiology, UCL Institute of Child Health
Prof. Dorothy BishopProfessor Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Oxford
Adrian BullExternal Relations Director, National Nuclear Laboratory
Dariel Burdass
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Communications, Society for General Microbiology
Prof. Chris ChambersSenior Research Fellow in Psychology, Cardiff University
Lord Paul DraysonEntrepreneur and former Science Minister
James Gallagher
Health Editor, BBC News
Jeremy LauranceFormer Health Editor, The Independent and the i
Prof. Robin Lovell-BadgeHead of Developmental Genetics, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
Lawrence McGinty
Former Science Editor, ITV News
Fay SchlesingerHome Editor, The Times