Margaret Grayson, MBE
Meet Margaret, Chair of the Advocacy Panel
A native of Belfast, Margaret works extensively with cancer organisations as a patient advocate.
Margaret had her first breast cancer diagnosis in 2004 and then a second diagnosis in September 2021. Margaret chairs the Cancer Grand Challenges Advocacy Panel, having been the deputy chair previously. She is a member of the Northern Ireland Cancer Research Consumer Forum, which she chaired from 2011 to 2021, working with the NI Cancer Trials Network.
Margaret is a member of the NCRI (National Cancer Research Institute) Consumer Forum and of Independent Cancer Patient Voice (ICPV). She is a facilitator for HSC NI, Research and Development Division’s Building Research Partnerships workshop. Margaret is the Public Contributor for HSC NI on the Shared Commitment Steering Group. She co-chaired a subgroup of the new, 10-year, NI Cancer Strategy and is a member of the NI Clinical Research, Recovery, Resilience and Growth Oversight Group.
She has been a member of Cancer Research UK’s Research and Innovation Cancer Insight Panel and been involved in many of CRUK’s involvement activities.
Margaret was awarded the MBE for services to cancer research in the Queen’s Birthday 2018 Honours List.