Research and Audit Committee
The Research and Audit Committee is responsible for advising on all matters relating to research, managing the ACPGBI databases and participating in national audit, including NBOCA (National Bowel Cancer Audit).
Committee Members
| Role |
Representative |
| Chair |
Jim Tiernan |
| Patient Liaison Group member |
Sue Blackwell |
| Elected Member |
Elaine Burns |
| Elected Member |
Malcolm West |
| Elected Member |
Sharad Karandikar |
| Elected Member |
Hema Sekhar |
| ACPN representative |
Gabrielle Thorpe |
| RCS Research Leads for Colorectal Surgery |
Dale Vimalachandran |
| RCS Research Leads for Colorectal Surgery |
Susan Moug |
| Dukes’ Club representative |
Mohamed Rabie |
| 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. 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 is an integral member of the Programme Committee for annual meetings and has direct responsibility for arranging research sessions.
Job description: Chair, Research and Audit Committee
Contact
For more information, please email Adele Sutton