Meeting
Global Health Research Programme - Call 2 Groups Selection Panel Committee Meeting Day 1
Date
31 January 2018
Place
Danubius Hotel, St John’s Wood, London.
Present Members
Chair
Professor Francisca Mutapi
Deputy Chair
Professor Fred Binka
Core Committee Members
Professor Marcello Barcinski
Dr Lesong Conteh
Professor Janaka de Silva
Professor Caroline Fall
Professor Jenny Hewison
Professor Adnan Hyder
Professor Li Yang Hsu (left at 3pm)
Professor Caroline Jones
Professor David Lalloo
Professor Helen Lambert
Professor Charles Mgone
Professor Charles Newton
Professor Martin Prince
Professor Peter Smith
NETSCC Secretariat
Dr Martin Ashton-Key, Scientific Director
Dr Sarah Puddicombe, Assistant Director
Mrs Stephanie Russell, Senior Research Manager
Dr Lisa Marsh, Research Manager (to 11am)
Mrs Rebecca Croucher, Research Manager
Mrs Natalija Edwards, Finance Manager
Ms Linda Welch, Assistant Research Manager
Mrs Stella Burton, Assistant Research Manager
DHSC Representatives
Dr Val Snewin, Head of Global Health Research Partnerships
Ms Alison MacEwen, Global Health Research Programme Manager
Ms Laurence Poos, Senior Programme Officer
Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care (from 16.30 – 17.30)
Observers
Mrs Lynn Kerridge, Chief Executive Officer, NETSCC (from 11.00 – 17.30)
Ms Sian Rowlands, RCUK
Mr Dirk Mueller, Health Advisor, DfID (to 15.00)
Dr Martin Mulenga incoming Senior Research Manager, NETSCC
Mrs Becky Evans, Research Manager, NETSCC
Dr Claire Bellia, Senior Programme Officer
Miss Megan Gaffey, Programme Support Officer
Apologies
Professor Moffat Nyirenda
Dr Fiona Adshead
Quoracy Information
Voting members: 17 (all members + Deputy Chair) Quorum = 100%
Voting members present on Day 1: 15 (present members + Deputy Chair = 82%
Review of Applications
17/63/76 - Professor Kamran Siddiqi
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Addressing Smokeless Tobacco and building Research capacity in south Asia (ASTRA) at the University of York
Chair: Fred Binka
Conflicts: Francisca Mutapi
Decision: Fund
17/63/60 - Dr Lesley Anderson
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Reducing the Burden of Cervical Cancer in Angola at Queen's University Belfast
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/52 - Professor Mark Drayson
NIHR Global Health Research Group on identifying and addressing unmet need in paediatric cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa at University of Birmingham
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/142 - Professor Philip Breedon
Utilising Mobile Platform Based Technologies for the Early Detection of Head and Neck Cancer
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/125 - Professor Gene Feder
NIHR Global Health Research Group on health system responses to violence against women at University of Bristol
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Helen Lambert
Decision: Fund
17/63/96 - Professor Jacky Boivin
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Fertility Health at Cardiff University
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/97 - Professor James N'Dow
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Women’s Health outcomes ImprovemeNt for West Africa - WHINA Initiative
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Fred Binka
Decision: Decline
17/63/99 -Professor Oona Campbell
NIHR Global Health Research Group on "Maternal And Newborn Infections in Facilities: Evidence for Services and Targeting (MANIFEST)" at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Peter Smith
Decision: Decline
17/63/102 – Dr Amarnath Bhide
NIHR Global Health Research Group on anaemia in pregnancy at St George's, University of London
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Martin Prince
Decision: Decline
17/63/49 – Dr Heike Rabe
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Maternal and Child Health at University of Sussex
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/26 – Professor Dilly Anumba
NIHR Global Health Research Group on PReterm bIrth prevention and manageMEnt (PRIME) at The University of Sheffield.
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Fund
17/63/58 – Professor Nyovani Madise
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health at University of Southampton: Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in rapidly urbanizing African contexts (AsSeRtive)
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Caroline Fall
Decision: Decline
17/63/120 – Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Inter-pregnancy intervention to reduce metabolic disorders in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka at University of Warwick: A pragmatic, individualised intervention strategy using mobile technology.
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Caroline Fall
Decision: Decline
17/63/151 – Dr Sohinee Bhattacharya
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Improving Quality of Women’s Health Care (e-Quality) at University of Aberdeen
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/08 – Professor Jane Norman
NIHR global health research group on preterm birth and stillbirth at the University of Edinburgh (the DIPLOMATIC collaboration)
Chair: Fred Binka
Conflicts: Francisca Mutapi
Decision: Fund
17/63/42 – Dr Jamie Rylance
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Sepsis at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: David Lalloo, Janaka de Silva
Decision: Fund
17/63/61 – Professor Alison Holmes
NIHR Global Health Research Group in Addressing National Priorities in Drug-Resistant Infection With Context Specific Innovation
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Lesong Conteh, Janaka de Silva, David Lalloo, Helen Lambert
Decision: Decline
17/63/82 – Professor David Nokes
NIHR Global Health Research Group on the Application of Genomics and Modelling to the Control of Virus Pathogens (GeMVi) in East Africa at the University of Warwick.
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Caroline Jones, Charles Newton
Decision: Fund
17/63/91 – Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski
NIHR Global Health Research Group on genomic surveillance of malaria in West Africa at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Lesong Conteh, Charles Newton
Decision: Fund
17/63/135 – Professor Mark Blythe
NIHR Global Health Research Group on the Design and Cost-Free Dissemination of Novel, Socially Engaged Information Technologies for Combatting Anti Microbial Resistance within Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC) Settings
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/83 – Professor Chris Lavy
NIHR Global Health Research Group on: Trauma and orthopaedic conditions in children and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa at University of Oxford
Chair: Fred Binka
Conflicts: Francisca Mutapi, Charles Newton
Decision: Decline
17/63/21 – Associate Professor Annette Schuh
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Precision Diagnostics for patients with haematological disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Oxford in Partnership with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania
Chair: Fred Binka
Conflicts: Francisca Mutapi, Charles Newton
Decision: Fund
17/63/35 – Professor Emma McIntosh
NIHR Global Health Research Group on estimating the prevalence, quality and life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: a mixed methods study at University of Glasgow
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Fund
17/63/98 – Professor Aled Phillips
NIHR Global Health Research Group on IT Solutions to Improve Research and Healthcare of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Ethiopia at Cardiff University.
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Jenny Hewison
Decision: Decline
17/63/67 – Professor Guruprasad Aithal
NIHR Global Health Research Group on diet-related noncommunicable diseases: tackling the dual burden of malnutrition in India at the University of Nottingham
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: None identified
Decision: Decline
17/63/16 – Professor Rory O'Connor
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Musculoskeletal Trauma Rehabilitation at the University of Leeds
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Jenny Hewison
Decision: Decline
17/63/43 – Professor Christian Mallen
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders at Keele University
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Caroline Fall
Decision: Decline
17/63/48 – Dr Celia Gregson
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Musculoskeletal Health - Establishing the Sub-Saharan African MuSculOskeletal Network (SAMSON) hosted at the University of Bristol
Chair: Francisca Mutapi
Conflicts: Caroline Fall, Helen Lambert, Charles Newton
Decision: Decline
Summary of outcomes
| Reference | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
|
17/63/76 Siddiqi |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Addressing Smokeless Tobacco and building Research capacity in south Asia (ASTRA) at the University of York | Fund |
|
17/63/60 Anderson |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Reducing the Burden of Cervical Cancer in Angola at Queen's University Belfast | Decline |
|
17/63/52 Drayson |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on identifying and addressing unmet need in paediatric cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa at University of Birmingham | Decline |
|
17/63/142 Breedon |
Utilising Mobile Platform Based Technologies for the Early Detection of Head and Neck Cancer | Decline |
|
17/63/125 Feder |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on health system responses to violence against women at University of Bristol | Fund |
|
17/63/96 Boivin |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Fertility Health at Cardiff University | Decline |
|
17/63/97 N'Dow |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Women’s Health outcomes ImprovemeNt for West Africa - WHINA Initiative | Decline |
|
17/63/99 Campbell |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on "Maternal And Newborn Infections in Facilities: Evidence for Services and Targeting (MANIFEST)" at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Decline |
|
17/63/102 Bhide |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on anaemia in pregnancy at St George's, University of London | Decline |
|
17/63/49 Rabe |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Maternal and Child Health at University of Sussex | Decline |
|
17/63/26 Anumba |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on PReterm bIrth prevention and manageMEnt (PRIME) at The University of Sheffield. | Fund |
|
17/63/58 Madise |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health at University of Southampton: Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in rapidly urbanizing African contexts (AsSeRtive) | Decline |
|
17/63/120 Saravanan |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Inter-pregnancy intervention to reduce metabolic disorders in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka at University of Warwick: A pragmatic, individualised intervention strategy using mobile technology. | Decline |
|
17/63/151 Bhattacharya |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Improving Quality of Women’s Health Care (e-Quality) at University of Aberdeen | Decline |
|
17/63/08 Norman |
NIHR global health research group on preterm birth and stillbirth at the University of Edinburgh (the DIPLOMATIC collaboration) | Fund |
|
17/63/42 Rylance |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Sepsis at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Fund |
|
17/63/61 Holmes |
NIHR Global Health Research Group in Addressing National Priorities in Drug-Resistant Infection With Context Specific Innovation | Decline |
|
17/63/82 Nokes |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on the Application of Genomics and Modelling to the Control of Virus Pathogens (GeMVi) in East Africa at the University of Warwick. | Fund |
|
17/63/91 Kwiatkowski |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on genomic surveillance of malaria in West Africa at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. | Fund |
|
17/63/135 Blythe |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on the Design and Cost-Free Dissemination of Novel, Socially Engaged Information Technologies for Combatting Anti Microbial Resistance within Lower Middle Income Country (LMIC) Settings | Decline |
|
17/63/83 Lavy |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on: Trauma and orthopaedic conditions in children and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa at University of Oxford | Decline |
|
17/63/21 Schuh |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Precision Diagnostics for patients with haematological disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Oxford in Partnership with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania | Fund |
|
17/63/35 McIntosh |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on estimating the prevalence, quality and life, economic and societal impact of arthritis in Tanzania: a mixed methods study at University of Glasgow | Fund |
|
17/63/98 Phillips |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on IT Solutions to Improve Research and Healthcare of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Ethiopia at Cardiff University. | Decline |
|
17/63/67 Aithal |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on diet-related noncommunicable diseases: tackling the dual burden of malnutrition in India at the University of Nottingham | Decline |
|
17/63/16 O'Connor |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Musculoskeletal Trauma Rehabilitation at the University of Leeds | Decline |
|
17/63/43 Mallen |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders at Keele University | Decline |
|
17/63/48 Gregson |
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Musculoskeletal Health - Establishing the Sub-Saharan African MuSculOskeletal Network (SAMSON) hosted at the University of Bristol | Decline |