Meeting
Global Health Research Programme - Call 1 Units and Groups Selection Panel Committee Meeting
Date
6th & 7th March 2017
Place
Danubius Hotel, St John’s Wood, London.
Present Members
Chair
Professor Fred Binka
Deputy Chair
Professor Francisca Mutapi
Core Committee Members
Professor Kevin Marsh
Professor Janaka de Silva
Professor Peter Byass
Professor Li Yang Hsu
Professor Catherine Law
Dr Lesong Conteh
Professor Martin Prince
Professor Helen Lambert
Professor Caroline Jones
Professor David Lalloo
Professor Peter Smith
Professor Majid Ezzati
Professor Moffat Nyirenda
Professor Charles Mgone
NETSCC Secretariat
Ms Elaine Williams, Director
Dr Martin Ashton-Key, Scientific Director and
Consultant in Public Health Medicine
Mrs Stephanie Russell, Senior Research Manager
Mrs Rebecca Croucher, Research Manager
Mrs Stella Burton, Administrator
Ms Katherine Paes, Assistant Research Manager (Day 1 only)
Dr Sarah Puddicombe, Assistant Director (from lunchtime, Day 1)
Dr Helen Walters, Consultant in Public Health Medicine / Consultant Advisor (Day 1 only)
DHSC Representatives
Alison MacEwen (Senior Programme Manager, DH)
Dr Val Snewin (Senior Programme Manager, DH)
Dr Marta Tufet (Global Health Advisor, DH)
Dr Ursula Wells (Section Head, DH)
Professor Chris Whitty (Chief Scientific Advisor, DH) (Day 1 only)
Apologies
None
Review of Applications
Day 1
16/136/33: Professor Mark Woolhouse, The University of Edinburgh
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Charles Mgone, David Lalloo
Declared a conflict and left the room: Francisca Mutapi
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/111: Dr David Aanensen, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Francisca Mutapi, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/46: Professor Robert Heyderman, University College London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Charles Mgone, Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, David Lalloo, Catherine Law
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/35: Professor Stephen Squire, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Kevin Marsh, Caroline Jones
Declared a conflict and left the room: David Lalloo
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/117: Professor Tim Allen, London School of Economics & Political Science
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Li Yang Hsu, Charles Mgone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peter Smith, Moffat Nyirenda
Outcome: Decline
16/136/24: Professor John Danesh, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Majid Ezzati, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/136/87: Professor Richard Lilford, University of Warwick
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Caroline Jones, Janaka De Silva
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/85: Professor Kara Hanson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Byass, Helen Lambert
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, Peter Smith, Lesong Conteh, Caroline Jones, Chris Whitty
Outcome: Decline
16/136/23: Professor Richard Sullivan, King's College London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Smith, Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: Majid Ezzati, Martin Prince, Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Decline
16/136/34: Professor Ara Darzi, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, Martin Prince
Declared a conflict and left the room: Majid Ezzati, Peter Byass, Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Decline
16/136/100: Professor Alastair Ager, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, Martin Prince
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/68: Professor John Chambers, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: Majid Ezzati, Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/55: Associate Professor Pablo Perel, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Janaka De Silva, Caroline Jones
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, Peter Smith, Martin Prince
Outcome: Decline
16/136/56: Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, University College London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Kevin Marsh, Janaka De Silva
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, Peter Smith, Catherine Law
Outcome: Decline
16/136/19: Professor John Britton, University of Nottingham
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Charles Mgone, Catherine Law
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/136/102: Professor Colin Palmer, University of Dundee
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Janaka De Silva, Helen Lambert
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/77: Professor Graham MacGregor, Queen Mary University of London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Majid Ezzati, Caroline Jones
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/54: Professor Martin Prince, King's College London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Lesong Conteh, Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/42: Professor Atif Rahman, University of Liverpool
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Charles Mgone
Declared a conflict and left the room: David Lalloo, Caroline Jones, Martin Prince
Outcome: Decline
16/136/110: Professor Nigel Stocks, University of Warwick
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Helen Lambert, Peter Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: David Lalloo
Outcome: Decline
16/136/11: Professor Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Caroline Jones, Peter Byass
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/136/29: Professor Melanie Newport, University of Sussex
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Charles Mgone, Peter Byass
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/109: Professor Aziz Sheikh, The University of Edinburgh
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Helen Lambert, Majid Ezzati
Declared a conflict and left the room: Francisca Mutapi
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/79: Professor Dion Morton, University of Birmingham
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, Caroline Jones
Declared a conflict and left the room: Francisca Mutapi
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/136/97: Dr Robert Newton, The University of York
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Smith, Janaka De Silva
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, David Lalloo
Outcome: Decline
16/136/105: Professor Thomas Harrison, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Helen Lambert, Charles Mgone
Declared a conflict and left the room: David Lalloo
Outcome: Decline
16/136/73: Professor John Reilly, University of Strathclyde
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Catherine Law, Majid Ezzati
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/136/74: Professor Graham Foster, Queen Mary, University of London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: Helen Lambert
Outcome: Decline
16/136/80: Professor Kevin Marsh, Nuffield Department of Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Li Yang Hsu, Majid Ezzati
Declared a conflict and left the room: Kevin Marsh, Caroline Jones, Francisca Mutapi
Outcome: Decline
16/136/27: Professor Dr Iain McInnes, The University Court of the University of Glasgow
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Martin Prince, Charles Mgone
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, David Lalloo
Outcome: Decline
16/136/20: Professor James Newell, University of Leeds
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, , Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/136/65: Professor Tom Solomon, University of Liverpool
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Lesong Conteh, Peter Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, David Lalloo
Outcome: Decline
16/136/14: Professor Mark Taylor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Li Yang Hsu, Lesong Conteh
Declared a conflict and left the room: David Lalloo
Outcome: Decline
Day 2
16/137/87: Professor Shabbar Jaffar, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Peter Smith, Janaka De Silva
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, David Lalloo
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/114: Dr Robert Harrison, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Helen Lambert, Charles Mgone
Declared a conflict and left the room: David Lalloo, Janaka De Silva
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/95: Dr Rachel Jordan, University of Birmingham
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Lesong Conteh
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/107: Professor Swaran Singh, University of Warwick
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Martin Prince, Peter Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/110: Professor Tom Potokar, Swansea University
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Helen Lambert, David Lalloo
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/02: Professor Christopher Millett, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Caroline Jones
Declared a conflict and left the room: Majid Ezzati, Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Decline
16/137/69: Professor Steven Cummins, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Peter Byass, Lesong Conteh
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda
Outcome: Decline
16/137/62: Professor Louise Robinson, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Peter Byass
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/45: Professor Anthony Bull, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Designated panel members: Caroline Jones, Peter Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/99: Professor Alastair Leyland, The University Court of the University of Glasgow
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Kevin Marsh, Majid Ezzati
Declared a conflict and left the room:, Moffat Nyirenda, Peter Smith
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/90: Professor Marc Suhrcke, The University of York
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Majid Ezzati, Lesong Conteh
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peter Byass
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/101: Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, University of Liverpool
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Janaka De Silva, Peter Byass
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/97: Professor Stefan Priebe, Barts & The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine & Dentistry
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Martin Prince, David Lalloo
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/16: Professor Dame Caroline Watkins, University of Central Lancashire
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Martin Prince, Majid Ezzati
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/44: Professor David Jayne, University of Leeds
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Lesong Conteh, Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/109: Professor Mark Jit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Francisca Mutapi, Kevin Marsh
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, Peter Smith
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/102: Professor Rebecca Reynolds, The University of Edinburgh
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Majid Ezzati, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda, Lesong Conteh
Outcome: Decline
16/137/85: Professor Paul Connolly, The Queen's University of Belfast
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Catherine Law
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/63: Professor Anna Gilmore, University of Bath
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Byass, Catherine Law
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/57: Professor Dilly Anumba, The University of Sheffield
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Catherine Law, Helen Lambert
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda
Outcome: Decline
16/137/125: Professor Gunter Schumann, King's College London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Kevin Marsh, Catherine Law
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Decline
16/136/112: Professor Peter Mossey, University of Dundee
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Catherine Law, Helen Lambert
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/49: Dr Julie Mytton, University of the West of England
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Majid Ezzati, Peter Smith
Declared a conflict and left the room: Helen Lambert
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/31: Professor Rory O'Connor, University of Leeds
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Martin Prince, Charles Mgone
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/39: Professor Simon Gilbody, The University of York
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Smith, Kevin Marsh
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Decline
16/137/55: Dr Sean Semple, University Court of the University of Aberdeen
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Kevin Marsh
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peter Byass
Outcome: Decline
16/137/105: Professor Peter Hutchinson, University of Cambridge / Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Martin Prince, Kevin Marsh
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/132: Professor Edward Mallen, University of Bradford
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Charles Mgone, Janaka De Silva
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/113: Dr Elias Mossialos, London School of Economics & Political Science
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Lesong Conteh, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/67: Professor Khalida Ismail, King's College London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, Moffat Nyirenda
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Decline
16/137/53: Professor Dame Tina Lavender, The University of Manchester
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Helen Lambert, Catherine Law
Declared a conflict and left the room: Martin Prince
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/34: Professor Nicholas Wareham, MRC Epidemiology Unit
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: David Lalloo, Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: Peter Byass
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/36: Associate Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan, University of Warwick
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Li Yang Hsu, Helen Lambert
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/104: Professor Fabrizio Schifano, University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Janaka De Silva, Martin Prince
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/22: Professor David Fowler, University of Sussex
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Kevin Marsh, Majid Ezzati
Declared a conflict and left the room: Moffat Nyirenda
Outcome: Decline
16/137/06: Honorary Professor Jonathan Burns, University of Exeter
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Moffat Nyirenda, Caroline Jones
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/73: Dr Dimitrios Siassakos, University of Bristol
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Byass, Lesong Conteh
Declared a conflict and left the room: Helen Lambert
Outcome: Decline
16/137/46: Professor Khalid Khan, Queen Mary, University of London
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Catherine Law, Li Yang Hsu
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/119: Professor Melanie Davies, University of Leicester
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Smith, David Lalloo
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
16/137/122: Professor Neville Stanton, University of Southampton
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Peter Byass, Francisca Mutapi
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Straight Fund
16/137/121: Dr Daniel Pope, University of Liverpool
Chair: Fred Binka
Designated panel members: Lesong Conteh, Peter Byass
Declared a conflict and left the room: None identified
Outcome: Decline
Summary of outcomes
| Reference | Director | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 16/136/33 | Professor Mark Woolhouse | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/111 | Dr David Aanensen | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/46 | Professor Robert Heyderman | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/35 | Professor Stephen Squire | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/117 | Professor Tim Allen | Decline |
| 16/136/24 | Professor John Danesh | Decline |
| 16/136/87 | Professor Richard Lilford | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/85 | Professor Kara Hanson | Decline |
| 16/136/23 | Professor Richard Sullivan | Decline |
| 16/136/34 | Professor Ara Darzi | Decline |
| 16/136/100 | Professor Alastair Ager | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/68 | Professor John Chambers | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/55 | Associate Professor Pablo Perel | Decline |
| 16/136/56 | Professor Ibrahim Abubakar | Decline |
| 16/136/19 | Professor John Britton | Decline |
| 16/136/102 | Professor Colin Palmer | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/77 | Professor Graham MacGregor | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/54 | Professor Martin Prince | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/42 | Professor Atif Rahman | Decline |
| 16/136/110 | Professor Nigel Stocks | Decline |
| 16/136/11 | Professor Paul Hunter | Decline |
| 16/136/29 | Professor Melanie Newport | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/109 | Professor Aziz Sheikh | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/79 | Professor Dion Morton | Straight Fund |
| 16/136/97 | Dr Robert Newton | Decline |
| 16/136/105 | Professor Thomas Harrison | Decline |
| 16/136/73 | Professor John Reilly | Decline |
| 16/136/74 | Professor Graham Foster | Decline |
| 16/136/80 | Professor Kevin Marsh | Decline |
| 16/136/27 | Professor Dr Iain McInnes | Decline |
| 16/136/20 | Professor James Newell | Decline |
| 16/136/65 | Professor Tom Solomon | Decline |
| 16/136/14 | Professor Mark Taylor | Decline |
| 16/137/87 | Professor Shabbar Jaffar | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/114 | Dr Robert Harrison | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/95 | Dr Rachel Jordan | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/107 | Professor Swaran Singh | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/110 | Professor Tom Potokar | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/02 | Professor Christopher Millett | Decline |
| 16/137/69 | Professor Steven Cummins | Decline |
| 16/137/62 | Professor Louise Robinson | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/45 | Professor Anthony Bull | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/99 | Professor Alastair Leyland | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/90 | Professor Marc Suhrcke | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/101 | Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/97 | Professor Stefan Priebe | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/16 | Professor Dame Caroline Watkins | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/44 | Professor David Jayne | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/109 | Professor Mark Jit | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/102 | Professor Rebecca Reynolds | Decline |
| 16/137/85 | Professor Paul Connolly | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/63 | Professor Anna Gilmore | Decline |
| 16/137/57 | Professor Dilly Anumba | Decline |
| 16/137/125 | Professor Gunter Schumann | Decline |
| 16/136/112 | Professor Peter Mossey | Decline |
| 16/137/49 | Dr Julie Mytton | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/31 | Professor Rory O'Connor | Decline |
| 16/137/39 | Professor Simon Gilbody | Decline |
| 16/137/55 | Dr Sean Semple | Decline |
| 16/137/105 | Professor Peter Hutchinson | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/132 | Professor Edward Mallen | Decline |
| 16/137/113 | Dr Elias Mossialos | Decline |
| 16/137/67 | Professor Khalida Ismail | Decline |
| 16/137/53 | Professor Dame Tina Lavender | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/34 | Professor Nicholas Wareham | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/36 | Associate Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan | Decline |
| 16/137/104 | Professor Fabrizio Schifano | Decline |
| 16/137/22 | Professor David Fowler | Decline |
| 16/137/06 | Honorary Professor Jonathan Burns | Decline |
| 16/137/73 | Dr Dimitrios Siassakos | Decline |
| 16/137/46 | Professor Khalid Khan | Decline |
| 16/137/119 | Professor Melanie Davies | Decline |
| 16/137/122 | Professor Neville Stanton | Straight Fund |
| 16/137/121 | Dr Daniel Pope | Decline |