The funding committees for the NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) Programme are multidisciplinary, comprising academic, clinical and commercial experts, as well as patient and public members. i4i has five committees: three for Product Development Awards (committee A, committee B and committee C), one for Challenge Awards, and one for Connect.
Committee members - Product Development Awards Selection Committee C
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
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Ms Joanna Smart (Chair) |
Investor Director |
BGF |
Ms Smart has been active in the life sciences sector for over 20 years, as a CEO, non-executive chair and board director with experience in operating roles in SMEs, startups, global biotech, and investment banking. |
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Dr Matthew Reeves (Deputy Chair) |
Associate Professor/Reader in Molecular Virology |
University College London |
Dr Reeves has a specialty in infectious diseases focusing primarily on human cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation, and viral pathogenesis in human transplantation. |
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Mrs Sarah Biggs |
Public Committee Member |
PPI Representative |
PPI Representative |
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Ms Jacqueline Birks |
NIHR Senior Medical Statistician |
University of Oxford |
Ms Birks is a medical statistician who has worked on large clinical trials in different clinical areas including neurology, mental health, surgery and dementia. |
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Professor Philip Breedon |
Professor of Smart Technologies
|
Nottingham Trent University |
Professor Breedon is a medical design engineer with interests in wearable and rehabilitation technologies, Extended Reality, AI, surgical and mobile robotics and the surgical pathway. |
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Mr Sam Gray |
Managing Partner |
Apposite Capital |
Mr Gray has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare investment with extensive expertise in digital health and medical products. |
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Dr Surbhi Gupta |
Senior Regulatory Affairs Lead (Medical Devices) |
NHS England |
Dr Gupta is an experienced medtech executive specialised in progressing innovative healthcare assets towards regulatory approval and commercialisation. |
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Dr Stephen Hicks |
Co-founder |
OXSIGHT Ltd |
Dr Hicks has an interest in neuroscience, AI and building diagnostic devices. In 2016, he founded the start-up Oxsight. |
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Professor David Lowe |
Chief Scientist Office |
Clinical Director for health innovation |
Professor Lowe is an emergency consultant with radiology, imaging, AI and healthcare innovation expertise. |
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Mr Stuart Mealing |
Associate Director (Health Economics and Outcomes Research) |
York Health Economics Consortium Ltd |
Mr Mealing has experience in the development and review of cost-effectiveness and budget impact models and working with medical devices and the modelling of orphan/ultra-orphan conditions. |
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Professor Steve Morris |
CEO |
Ingram Networks Ltd |
Professor Morris has experience in the development of medical devices from concept to regulatory approval and first human use. |
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Dr Kam Pooni |
CEO |
Glyconics Ltd |
Dr Pooni has over 25 years of life sciences and MedTech commercialisation expertise, including regulatory, market entry and adoption routes. |
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Dr Krishan Ramdoo |
CEO Tympa Health and NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow. |
Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research |
Dr Ramdoo is an ear, nose and throat surgeon with experience in developing a product starting from a lab bench to commercial product. |
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Ms Josephine Tapper |
Public Committee Member |
PPI Representative |
PPI Representative |
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Professor Wendy Tindale OBE |
Director |
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals; NIHR Devices for Dignity MIC |
Professor Tindale is a Consultant Medical Physicist and is experienced in collaborative MedTech development and NHS implementation. |