Hilary Newiss has been appointed to the board of the Francis Crick Institute

Hilary Newiss joins the Board of The Francis Crick Institute as an independent director and trustee.

She is currently deputy chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Appeals Committee, a member of the National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care, a non-executive director and trustee of The Roslin Foundation, the legal member of the Animal Procedures Committee and deputy chair of the Development Board, Somerville College, Oxford.

Sir David Cooksey, the Chair of The Francis Crick Institute said: "Hilary has a wealth of experience in intellectual property, ethics, public policy and the translation of medical research into application. Her strategic understanding  of these issues will be of enormous value to the Institute, and should in turn help the Institute to drive forward its discoveries into public benefit."

Hilary Newiss added:  "I am delighted to become a Trustee of this exciting and formidable charity. It has the potential to change countless lives through its world-class research."

The Francis Crick Institute, due to open in 2015, is a charity founded by the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and UCL (University College London). It will be a world-class medical research centre with a strong national role - training scientists and developing ideas for public good.

Hilary Newiss was formerly a partner and Head of Intellectual Property in the law firm Denton Hall, now SNR Denton. She qualified as a solicitor in 1981. In 2000, she retired from full time practice as a lawyer and has since served on a number of public bodies in the ethics, legal and scientific research field, including the Human Genetics Commission, the Ethics and Governance Council of Biobank UK, and the Intellectual Property Advisory Commission.

 

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