Meet the team

Nick Beazley-Long

BSc, PhD

Nick has over a decade’s worth of experience as a life sciences postdoctoral researcher. Nick’s role in the Data Integrity and Quality Assurance team is as a Knowledge Exchange Fellow.

Fiona Booth

MRQA, CIPP/E

Fiona has over 20 years’ experience in the conduct and oversight of commercial research. She is the Programme Director for Data Integrity and Quality Assurance at the University of Bristol

Prof Marcus Munafò

M.A.(Oxon.), M.Sc., Ph.D.(Soton.)

Marcus is a biological psychologist and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research Culture, University of Bristol.

Funder

Reproducibility by Design is funded by a philanthropic donation from Dr John Climax.

He is the Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and Honorary Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at National University of Singapore. He is also an honorary fellow of St Hilda’s, University of Oxford.

Dr Climax is co-founder of Afimmune, a biotech specialising in metabolic diseases where he is the CEO, and DS Biopharma, a dermatology biotech where he is Executive Chairman. Dr Climax co-founded the world leading Clinical Research Organisation Icon Plc and is a founding member of Science Gallery International and Human Dignity Foundation.

Steering Board

Malcolm Skingle (Chair), Head of Academic Liaison, GSK
Steven Hill, Director of Research, Research England
Natasha Karp, Director, Biostatistics, AstraZeneca
Veronique Kiermer, Chief Scientific Officer, PLOS
Malcolm Macleod, Professor of Neurology and Translational Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh
Nathalie Percie du Sert, Head of Experimental Design and Reporting, NC3Rs
Ian Gilmore, Senior Fellow, National Physical Laboratory; Visiting Professor University of Nottingham
Karen Halliday, Chair of Systems Physiology & College Dean of Systematic Inclusion, University of Edinburgh