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 A
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
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| Ms Emma Palmer Foster (Chair) | Healthcare Consultant | EJ Palmer Consulting | Ms Palmer Foster has 30 years experience in life sciences investment banking, venture capital, investor relations, technology transfer and journalism. |
| Professor Paul Sibbons (Deputy Chair) | Independent pre-clinical Consultant | Independent Consultant |
Professor Sibbons has extensive experience in pre-clinical surgery, pathology, evaluation and interpretation.
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Professor Clive Buckberry |
Co-founder and Fellow of Engineering |
Quanta Dialysis Technologies |
Professor Buckberry is a mechanical engineer by background and has experience in technology development, clinical evaluation and implementation.
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| Mr Ravi Chana | Head of Business Development |
Roche Diagnostics UK Limited |
Mr Chana has a broad range of expertise in business development, market access, health economics, medtech commercialisation and value based healthcare. |
| Ms Mary Anne Cordeiro | Consultant to life science businesses | Science to Business Ltd |
Ms Cordeiro has expertise in corporate finance and merchant banking to life science companies as well as investment fund experience in the healthcare sector. |
| Professor Gail Hayward | Associate Professor |
University of Oxford |
Professor Hayward is a practising GP and experienced in diagnostics and infectious diseases research in primary care. |
| Professor David Jayne | Professor (Clinical) | University of Leeds |
Professor Jayne's expertise covers general surgery with coloproctology sub-specialisation, robotic and minimally invasive surgery, gastrointestinal oncology and global surgery. |
| Mr Derek Jerome | PPI representative | PPI representative | PPI representative |
| Professor Pamela Kearns |
Professor of Clinical Paediatric Oncology, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Oncologist |
University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women and Children’s Hospital |
Professor Kearns is a clinician by background with clinical trial expertise in cancer and paediatrics. She was the Director of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit for over 10 years. |
| Dr Thomas Keeble |
Cardiologist & Associate Professor |
The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and Anglia Ruskin University |
Dr Keeble is an experienced cardiologist and Associate Professor who primarily focuses on interventional cardiology clinical trials and out of hospital cardiac arrest. |
| Dr Zahid Latif |
VP Global Innovation |
Shionogi Europe |
Dr Latif is a qualified pharmacist with experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors, specialising in life sciences and technology. |
| Professor James Moore |
The Bagrit Chair in Medical Device Design |
Imperial College London |
Professor Moore has experience in research commercialisation and his interests include cardiovascular biomechanics, implantable devices, and the lymphatic system.
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Dr Nick de Pennington
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CEO
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Ufonia Limited
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Dr de Pennington is a former neurosurgeon with experience in digital innovation, health AI and clinical entrepreneurship. |
| Dr Julie Simmonds | Managing Director, Equity Research | Panmure Gordon |
Dr Simmonds has expertise in investment and financial analysis across the healthcare sector, including medical devices, digital health and biotechnology. |
| Dr Andrew Sims |
Head of Department, Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering |
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Dr Sims is a medical physicist specialising in technology assessment of medical devices and diagnostics. He has expertise in medical image analysis and research commercialisation. |
| Dr Corinne Squire |
Interim Director of Clinical Innovation |
Cardiff University |
Dr Squire has an academic background in biochemistry and has experience in clinical innovations, technology transfer, research development and commercialisation. |
| Professor Peter Watkinson |
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine |
University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust |
Professor Watkinson brings experience of large scale data analysis including the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, randomised controlled trials and clinical trials of wearable monitoring devices. |
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Ms Alexina Weekes |
PPI representative |
PPI representative |
PPI representative |