The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide expert advice to the Steering Committee.  Members of the Advisory Committee may be asked to attend Trial Steering Committee meetings on occasions when their specific expertise will be relevant to matters arising.  There is representation on this Board from the Northern Ireland Biobank, the Department of Pathology BHSCT, the Research Governance Team Queen’s University Belfast, the Knowledge Exploitation Unit Queen’s University Belfast, the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, other trusts within Northern Ireland and Consultant Urologists.