Minutes of the Artificial Intelligence Health & Care Award Funding Panel meeting to discuss applications to Competition 1, Phase 3, Stage 2.
Date and location
Meeting held on Thursday 25 June 2020 as a virtual meeting using Zoom.
In attendance
Funding Panel Members
Dr Jonathan Sheffield OBE (Chair)
Dr Paul Bromiley (Acting Deputy Chair)
Ms Linsey Ann Carter
Mr Alan Davies
Professor Alastair Denniston
Dr Aldo Faisal
Dr Eldrid Herrington
Mr Ravi Kumar
Professor Katherine Payne
Professor Geraint Rees
Professor Salman Siddiqui
Ms Gail Thornton
Mr Joseph Waller
Dr David Wong
Apologies
Dr Michael Nix
Professor Anoop Chauhan
Professor Andrew Morris (Deputy Chair)
NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) AI Award Secretariat
Mr Martin Hunt ( i4i Programme Director)
Mr Ben Patient (Director of Innovations)
Dr Ruth Nebauer (Assistant Director)
Dr Andrew Barber
Dr Emma Blamont
Dr Fanny Burrows
Dr Sultana Choudhry
Dr Samantha Gan
Dr Aayesha Hassan
Dr Caterina Lombardo
Mrs Paula Milton
Dr Ian Newington
Miss Deimante Normantaite
Dr Sandra Nwokeoha
Dr Raffaella Roncone
Mr Edwin Tucker
CCF Operations Team
Mr Krishna Kothandapani
Ms Joanna Robottom
Mrs Samantha Wade
Applications invited to Stage 2
AI_AWARD01694: A type 2 hybrid implementation-efficacy study of the HAVEN early warning system to identify deteriorating patients in hospital: the iHAVEN (“implement HAVEN”) study
Conflict Funding Panel Member: Dr David Wong, Dr Eldrid Herrington
Funding Panel recommendation: Reject
AI_AWARD01746: Saving lives and mainstreaming AI in Breast Screening across the East Midlands: Mia AI as the second reader - implementation and real-world testing: an NHS EMRAD and Kheiron partnership
Conflict Funding Panel Member: None
Funding Panel recommendation: Reject
AI_AWARD01794: Evaluation of the DEONTICS AI platform for personalised, evidence-based treatment planning in multidisciplinary cancer care: Increasing compliance with national standards of care and streamlining MDTs in prostate cancer
Conflict Funding Panel Member: Dr Eldrid Herrington
Funding Panel recommendation: Support
AI_AWARD01816: A study to assess the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Ibex Artificial Intelligence Histology system in diagnosing clinically important prostate cancer on prostate biopsy tissue
Conflict Funding Panel Member: Dr Aldo Faisal, Dr Eldrid Herrington, Professor Katherine Payne
Funding Panel recommendation: Support
AI_AWARD01833: EchoGo Pro: NHS Impact of Automating Coronary Artery Disease Risk Prediction in Stress Echocardiogram Clinics
Conflict Funding Panel Member: Dr Eldrid Herrington
Funding Panel recommendation: Support
AI_AWARD01849: Point-of-care Heart Failure Diagnosis for GP Use: Implementation and Evaluation of a Simple AI-tool into the Folio of Care Pathways Serviced byImperial’s Connected Care National GP Network
Conflict Funding Panel Member: Dr Aldo Faisal
Funding Panel recommendation: Support
AI_AWARD01956: Real World Testing of PreSize Neurovascular: medical device software to optimise stenting surgeries to reduce complications
Conflict Funding Panel Member: None
Funding Panel recommendation: Support
AI_AWARD01964: The real-world testing of an AI autonomous algorithm to rule-out normal chest X-ray exams and prioritise those suspected lung cancer patients for same-day CT onto the Optimal Lung Screening Pathway
Conflict Funding Panel Member: None
Funding Panel recommendation: Reject