Research and Audit Committee
Committee members
| Role | Representative |
|---|---|
| Chair | Austin Acheson |
| Elected member | Andrew Beggs |
| Elected member | Faheez Mohamed |
| Elected member | Doug Speake |
| Elected member | Jared Torkington |
| Elected member | Jim Tiernan |
| ACPN representative | Gabrielle Thorpe |
| RCS Research Leads for Colorectal Surgery | Dale Vimalachandran Susan Moug |
| The Dukes’ Club representative | Peter Vaughan-Shaw |
| RCS ASSL | Nick Heywood |
| RCS ASSL | Abigail Vallance |
The committee meets in person at every annual meeting and by teleconference around four times a year. Each elected member of the committee also has individual additional portfolio commitments to support specific functions of ACPGBI, including representation on the NBOCA and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinical Advisory Groups, updating the website trials information, managing specific audits or databases and the Surgical Workload Outcomes Audit Database (SWORD) programme, and sitting on selection committees for research fellowships. All members are expected to review every BDRF grant application as the committee provides recommendations on funding to BDRF. Members devote a significant amount of time to the committee each year outside of meetings.
The chair is elected from within the committee by the elected members. The chair represents the views of the committee at ACPGBI Executive and Council to advise ACPGBI on policy and strategy with respect to research and audit, as well as matters affecting the profession. The chair becomes an ex officio trustee of BDRF with anticipated attendance at four BDRF trustees meetings each year. The chair is an integral member of the Programme Committee for annual meetings and has direct responsibility for arranging research sessions.
Contact
For more information, please email Adele Sutton