The YSRCCYP’s Scientific Advisory Group was established in March 2006 and meets once per year. Originally chaired by Professor David Forman, the scientific advisory group is now chaired by Dr Richard McNally (Newcastle), an esteemed epidemiologist who brings an independent perspective to the work in his role as the Northern Region Young Person’s Malignant Disease Register.
| Name | Specialty | Institution |
| Dr. Richard McNally (Co-Chair) | Epidemiology/Northern Region Young Persons Malignant Disease Register | North of England Children’s Cancer research Unit Sir James Spence Institute of Child Health University of Newcastle upon Tyne Queen Victoria Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP |
| Mr. Charles Stiller (Co-Chair) | Lead on Childhood Cancer | PHE/National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service |
| Prof. Richard Feltbower | Professor of Epidemiology/Principal Investigator | Leeds Institute for Data Analytics University of Leeds Worsley Building Clarendon Way Leeds LS2 9JT |
| Ms. Kirsten Cromie | Statistician | Leeds Institute for Data Analytics University of Leeds Worsley Building Clarendon Way Leeds LS2 9JT |
| Prof. Adam Glaser | Paediatric Oncology/Psychosocial/Co-Principal Investigator | Children’s Day Hospital Leeds General Infirmary |
| Prof. Dan Stark | Clinical lead for Teenage and Young Adult Cancer (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) | Consultant Medical Oncologist Institute of Oncology St James’s Hospital Beckett Street Leeds LS9 7TF |
| Prof. Sue Burchill | Clinical Oncology | Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre St James’s Hospital Beckett Street Leeds LS9 7TF |
| Prof. Diana Greenfield | Consultant Nurse and Multidisciplinary Team Lead in Late Effects | Clinical Academic Lead, Nursing Weston Park Cancer Centre Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS FT Whitham Road Sheffield S10 2SJ |
| Dr. Anna Jenkins | Consultant Oncologist – Late Effects | Sheffield Children’s Hospital Western Bank Sheffield S10 2TH |