The MDC Capacity Development Group includes the Capacity Development Directorate Team and the Capacity Development Leads that support career development for each of the MDC research themes.
Capacity Development Group
| MDC Capacity Development Lead | Professor Judith Rankin OBE |
| Capacity Development Deputy lead | Professor Vanora Hundley |
| MDC Administrator | Sarah Critchley |
| MDC Capacity Development Programme Manager | Emma Campbell |
| MDC Capacity Development Training Manager | Andi Sull |
Capacity Development Leads (CDL)
The Capacity Development Leads are the point of contact for each theme.
| Theme | Capacity Development Lead |
| Neonatal and Longer-Term Child and Family Outcomes | Professor Vanora Hundley |
| Preconception and Interpregnancy Health | Professor Anna David |
| Pregnancy, Birth and Early Postnatal Maternal Health | Professor Caroline Sanders Dr Beck Taylor |
| Access, Communication, Experience | Professor Gurch Randhawa |
| Racism, Discrimination and Intersectionality | Dr Andrea Woolner |
| Community Engagement and Co-Production | Dr Claire Kerr Dr Maria Loane |
| Digital, Economics, Data Linkage, Trial, Analytics and Implementation Science (DELTA) | Dr Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas |
| Consortium-wide | Fiona Yelnoorkar |