Policy team
We aim to influence policy developments so that researchers can be as effective as possible and health can be improved.
We work with a wide range of partners – including governments, research funders, learned societies, charities and commercial organisations – in the UK, Europe and globally.
Team contacts
Sam Alvis
Policy Officer
gene editing, mitochondrial donation, research involving animals
Natalie Banner
Policy Adviser
patient data and medical records, Expert Advisory Group on Data Access, research ethics and governance
Ben Bleasdale
Senior Policy Officer
Research Excellence Framework, APPG on Medical Research, What’s it Worth studies
Adrienne Hunt
Research Ethics and Governance Manager
research ethics and governance, UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council, Global Forum on Bioethics in Research
Alice Jamieson
Policy Officer
research practice, research integrity, improving reproducibility
Katherine Littler
Senior Policy Adviser
data sharing in public health emergencies, research ethics and governance, epidemic preparedness, biobanking, gene editing, H3Africa, returning research findings
Sophie Mathewson
Policy Adviser
Katherine Powell
Policy Officer
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Medical Research, parliamentary communications, diversity
Beth Thompson
Head of Policy – UK and EU
Data Protection Regulation, research involving animals, regulation of clinical trials, research in the NHS
Louise Wren
Policy Adviser
government investment in research, innovation policy, immigration, parliamentary communications, Accelerated Access Review
Reports
Regulation and governance of health research: five years on [PDF 652KB]
Report of a joint Academy of Medical Sciences, Cancer Research UK and Wellcome workshop on the regulation and governance of health research in the UK.
The Impact of Collaboration: the value of UK medical research to EU science and health [PDF 376KB]
Joint report on the value of UK medical research to EU science and health.
Building and sustaining data infrastructures [PDF 531KB]
This commissioned review looks at the data infrastructure provision available to Wellcome-funded researchers and suggests areas where improvements could be helpful.