Meet the Team
Steering Committee
The work conducted by CF AMR Syndicate is overseen by a steering committee comprising people with CF, leading industry and academic experts in CF AMR, clinicians and representatives from the Medicines Discovery Catapult and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.
The steering committee is responsible for the development and delivery of the CF AMR Syndicate in AMR’s strategy. It provides on-going scientific advice and insights of people with CF on all Syndicate’s activities.
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Dr Deborah O’Neil
(Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, NovaBiotics Ltd
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Prof. Jane Davies
(Deputy Chair)
Professor in Paediatric Respirology & Experimental Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute
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Dr Richard Amison
Lecturer in Pharmacology, Scholl of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science King’s College London
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Prof. Miguel Camara
Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Nottingham & Co-Director, National Biofilm Innovations Centre
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Dr. Victoria Savage
Head of Biology at Infex Therapeutics
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Prof. Andres Floto
Professor of Respiratory Biology, University of Cambridge & Research Director at the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection
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Dr Jo Fothergill
Senior Lecturer Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool
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Abigail Halstead
People with CF
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Dr Peter Jackson
Executive Director, Infex Therapeutics
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Prof. Clive Page
Professor of Pharmacology, King’s College London & Director of the Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology
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Dr Mark Sutton
Scientific Leader, Public Health England
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Laura Taylor
People with CF
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Dr Christian Zwingelstein
Clinical Pharmacology, Antabio
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Prof. Adilia Warris
Paediatric infectious disease specialist and Co-Director of the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter
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Pam Brown
Head of Chemistry, Centauri Therapeutics
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Dr Yoann Personne
Director UK& Ireland Medical Affairs, bioMérieux
Management Team
The CF Syndicate in AMR is a partnership between Medicines Discovery Catapult and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) is a government-funded, not-for-profit organisation. It is enabling the community to reshape medicines discovery in the UK. The Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to fighting for a life unlimited by cystic fibrosis for everyone affected by the condition.
Day-to-day management of the Syndicate is carried out by:
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Constance Takawira
Partnership Manager, Medicines Discovery Catapult
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Dr Paula Sommer
Head of Research, Cystic Fibrosis Trust
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Dr Beverley Isherwood
Partnership Lead, Medicines Discovery Catapult
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Dr Lucy
Allen
Director of Research, Cystic Fibrosis Trust
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Dr Catherine Kettleborough
Translational Challenge Leader – Associate Director, Drug Discovery Biology, LifeArc
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Dr Kevin Buchan
Business Development Manager, LifeArc
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Dr Ed McIver
Principal Scientist, LifeArc
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