SAB (Student Advisory Board) - a collaboratively space, where students play an active role in shaping the future of the programme. All students are welcome join the SAB and all year students are encourage to be involved. DTP Student Advisory Board (SAB)The purpose of the SAB is to be a forum for ideas, discussion, and co-design, including suggestions for improvement to training and cohort activities, ideas for new types of training you would like to see, views on social and cohort building activities, and the ways in which the programme can better support your academic, professional, and personal development. SAB MembersMembers are expected to:Attend the SAB meetings, online option to join meetings will be made availableSAB members are expected to speak with their cohorts and bring collective feedback to meetingsSAB members are expected to discuss key points among themselves in advance, and appoint a student lead, who can help summarise the main discussion at meetingsMembers to take notes and help prepare a short report The SAB is a genuinely collaboratively space, where students play an active role in shaping the future of the programme in ways that matter to them. Current SAB members 2021Dana Drukadana.druka@ed.ac.uk2022Katia Trevino-CuellarK.L.Trevino-Cuellar@sms.ed.ac.uk2022Ludwig BaldazstiL.Baldaszti@ed.ac.uk2022Josie McPhersonjosie.mcpherson@ed.ac.uk2022Lokesh Jainlokesh.jain@ed.ac.uk2023Rachael EgglestonRachael.Eggleston@ed.ac.uk2023Aninda BhattacharyaA.Bhattacharya-9@sms.ed.ac.uk2024Rhoslyn HowrowdR.C.Howroyd@sms.ed.ac.uk2025Kay TuranskiM.R.Turanski@sms.ed.ac.uk2025Isabel LambI.Lamb@sms.ed.ac.uk2025Ellie HansenEllie.Hansen@ed.ac.uk2023Careen McRaeCareen.MacRae@ed.ac.uk Thinking about join the SAB New SAB members are always welcome, from all cohorts and at any stage of the PhD.If you would like to join the SAB, please email - e4dtp.support@ed.ac.uk This article was published on Tuesday 24 March 2026