Wellcome Trust [to 5 December 2015]
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New appointments at the UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council
Baroness Helene Hayman has been appointed as Chair of the UK Biobank Ethics and Governance Council. She will be joined by Dr Eric Meslin, who takes on the role of Vice Chair.
4 December 2015

… UK Biobank is a long-term project to build a resource for research including samples and information from about 500,000 people living in the UK. The project aims to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and the promotion of health.

The Ethics and Governance Council, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, was established in 2004 as an independent body to advise UK Biobank on rigorous standards of ethical, legal and social consideration, as set out in the project’s Ethics and Governance Framework.

The Council also reports publicly on the conformance of UK Biobank’s activities with the Framework and with the interests of participants and the public…