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 four committees: two for Product Development Awards (committee A and committee B), one for Challenge Awards, and one for Connect.
Committee members - Product Development Awards Selection Committee B
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Charles Spicer (Chair) | Chairman | CREO Medical Group PLC | Mr Spicer is an experienced company director, corporate finance adviser and investor who focuses on the life science and medical technology sectors |
| Professor David Hawkes (Deputy Chair) | Professor of Computational Imaging Sciences | University College London | Professor Hawkes is a physicist with 44 years’ experience in medical imaging research, working closely with healthcare providers and industry to translate novel imaging science to the clinic |
| Mr Vadim K Alexandre | Head of Research | Northland Capital Partners Ltd | Mr Alexandre spearheads the Healthcare Team at SP Angel, an independent investment bank which provides financing solutions to growing companies. The team has extensive expertise in advising Life Sciences and Medtech businesses |
| Professor Philip Breedon | Professor of Smart Technologies | Nottingham Trent University | Professor Breedon has experience with smart technologies for clinical and medical applications. His research interests cover emerging materials, including biomimetics, biomaterials, biorobotics, wearable technologies, intelligent environments |
| Mr Mark Campbell | Freelance Consultant | Independent Expert | Mr Campbell is an independent healthtech consultant who, until 2019, was responsible for NICE’s medtech evaluation programmes. He has also worked at Director level in an NHS commissioning organisation |
| Professor Enitan Carrol | Chair in Paediatric Infection, and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology | University of Liverpool | Professor Carrol is a research active paediatrician. Her interests include exploring the use of infection related biomarkers as diagnostics, to monitor an individual's response to serious bacterial infection and to direct antibiotic therapies |
| Miss Helen George | Public Committee Member | PPI Representative | PPI Representative |
| Professor Liam Grover | Research Facilitator | University College London | Professor Grover is a biomaterials scientist with a particular expertise in the development of hard tissue replacements and linking implant resorption with bone formation and chemical engineering |
| Professor Paul Leeson | Head of Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility | University of Oxford | Professor Leeson is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford, Research Fellow at Wolfson College and Head of the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility. He is also a Consultant Cardiologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, where he provides expertise in Cardiovascular Imaging, as well as General Cardiology and Cardiovascular Prevention through the Oxford Specialist Hypertension Clinic |
| Professor Luca Marciani | Professor of Gastrointestinal Imaging | University of Nottingham | Professor Marciani is a physicist and has an academic background. He has been granted NIHR awards and therefore, he is familiar with the i4i programmes. Luca has been recently appointed to the European Commission expert panel of medical devices. He has invented a medical device for paediatrics, has 2 patents. Luca has experience in trademarking products, CE marking. |
| Ms Bishara Mohamud | Public Committee Member | PPI Representative | PPI Representative |
| Ms Jo Smart | Chief Operating Officer | VivoPlex Medical Ltd | Ms Smart is a life sciences business executive with over 15 years' experience, is COO of Vivoplex Medical Ltd, a UK medtech SME |
| Professor Sarah Stapley | Defence Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics | Royal Navy | Professor Stapley is a consultant in trauma and orthopaedic injury with a special interest in hand surgery |
| Dr Neville Young | Director of Enterprise & Innovation | Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (Y&H AHSN) | Dr Young holds a PhD in molecular embryology and is experienced with innovative surgical tools, intraoperative imaging systems, novel biosensing diagnostics, nanotechnology and remote monitoring |