The Access Committee of the UK Biobank Board oversees access to UK Biobank data.
It is responsible for setting the policy for access to the data and samples within the dataset. It also makes decisions in relation to the use of depletable samples, re-contact and potentially contentious research.
Chair of the Access Committee
Professor Sir Michael Ferguson chairs the UK Biobank Access Committee.
Sir Michael Ferguson is Regius Professor of Life Sciences and Associate Dean of Research Strategy at the University of Dundee. He is a Director of the Dundee Proteomics Facility and the Discovery Centre.
He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Wellcome Trust and serves on the Board of Directors of the MMV and scientific advisory boards for the Structural Genomics Consortium and the Crick Institute.
Sir Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation.
Committee Members
Other members
Professor Michael Parker is a representative of the Ethox Centre, and provides the Committee with ethical advice on general issues and specific applications.
