Date
21 September 2021
Venue
Via Zoom
Present members
- Professor Stephen Tollman (Chair)
Director, Medical Research Council (MRC) / Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) and Head Health and Population Division in the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa - Professor Jane Norman (Deputy Chair)
Dean for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Bristol, UK - Professor Bertie Squire (Deputy Chair)
Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Dean of Clinical Sciences & International Public Health, LSTM, UK
Core Members
- Professor Moses Chimbari
Professor of Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Dr Evelyn Gitau
Director of Research Capacity Strengthening at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), KEMRI-Wellcome, Kenya - Professor Caroline Jones
Professor of International Health Systems Research, University of Leeds, UK and KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya - Dr Francisco Oviedo-Gomez
Senior Medical Officer, Department of Health Services Ministry of Health, Costa Rica - Professor Malabika Sarker
Associate Dean & Director CoE for Science of Implementation and Scale-up, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh - Professor Dong (Roman) Xu
Southern Medical University, School of Health Management, China
Members
- Dr Dorcas Kamuya
Head of Health Systems and Research Ethics, KEMRI Wellcome Trust, Kenya - Dr Tara Tancred
Senior Research Associate, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK - Dr Koku Awoonor-Williams
Director of Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ghana Health Service, Ghana - Dr Anna Dare
Clinician and Epidemiologist, University of Toronto, Canada - Professor Gail Davey
Professor of Global Health Epidemiology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), UK - Professor Alison Elliott
Based at the MRC Unit, Uganda (Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), UVRI and Makerere – LSHTM & Uganda - Professor Carlos Gomez-Restrepo
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Pontifica Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia - Professor Rob Heyderman
Head, Research Department of Infection, University College London, UK - Dr Malay Mridha
Associate Professor, Director of Centre for Excellence for Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition, BRAC University, Bangladesh - Dr Aliya Naheed
Head of the Initiative for Non-Communicable Diseases at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh - Dr Nonhlanhla Nxumalo
Director of the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa - Professor Alafia Samuels
Honorary professor (retired), Caribbean Centre for Health Research, University of the West Indies, Barbados - Dr Alan Sanchez
Principal Investigator, Young Lives Peru, University of Oxford, UK
NETSCC Secretariat
- Dr Sarah Puddicombe
Assistant Director - Dr Jason Horsley
Consultant Advisor - Mrs Fay Habens
Senior Research Manager - Dr Lisa Marsh
Research Manager - Mrs Natalija Edwards
Senior Finance Manager - Mrs Renee Lewin
Research Awards Manager - Dr Ruth Challis
Research Manager - Mrs Stella Burton
Assistant Research Manager - Miss Linda Welch
Assistant Research Manager - Mrs Marlina Curtis
Administrator - Miss Asia Pracz
Administrator
Apologies
- Evelyn Gitau (attending until 14:50 only)
Observers
- Mrs Stephanie Russell (all day)
Global Health Research Portfolio Delivery Manager - Dr Val Snewin (morning only)
Head of Global Health Research Partnerships - Bianca Dsouza (morning only)
Partnerships Manager, Global Health Research - Francesca Ashworth (morning only)
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager, Global Health Research - Charlotte Seely-Musgrave (afternoon only)
Programme Officer, Global Health Research - Nicole Owen (afternoon only)
Global Health Research Officer - Ali McEwen (afternoon only)
Global Health Research Partnerships Manager
Quoracy Information
21 voting members present (19 committee members + 2 deputy chairs)100%
quorate
Call 2 Units (Phase 2) Application Feedback
Project ref: 134298
Professor Matthew John Burton, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Stephen Gichuhi, University of Nairobi
NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Eye Health
Chair Stephen Tollman, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Alison Elliott
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134801
Professor Alastair Leyland, The University Court of the University of Glasgow
Professor Mauricio Barreto, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities
Chair Stephen Tollman, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Alison Elliott, Bertie Squire
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Fund with changes
Project ref: 133891
Professor Swaran Singh, University of Warwick
Professor Olayinka Omigbodun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Developing Care Models for Serious Mental Disorders in Resource poor Settings
Chair Stephen Tollman, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Bertie Squire, Evelyn Gitau, Tara Tancred
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome: This application was not approved for funding by DHSC
Project ref: 134232
Professor Paul Connolly, Lancaster University
Dr Issaka Sagara, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Early Childhood Development for Peacebuilding
Chair Stephen Tollman, Bertie Squire (deputy)
Conflicts Carlos Gomez-Restrepo, Rob Heyderman
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134702
Professor Jonathan Green, The University of Manchester
Dr Gauri Divan, Sangath, India
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Neurodevelopment and AutisM in South ASia Treatment and Evidence - NAMASTE
Chair Stephen Tollman, Bertie Squire (deputy)
Conflicts None declared
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Fund with changes
Project ref: 134752
Associate Professor George Mbugua Warimwe, The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
Associate Professor Edwine Barasa, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Vaccines in Africa
Chair Stephen Tollman, Bertie Squire (deputy)
Conflicts Evelyn Gitau, Caroline Jones, Dorcas Kamuya, Alison Elliott, Nonhlanhla Nxumlalo, Alan Sanchez
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome: This application was not approved for funding by DHSC
Project ref: 134110
Dr Michelle Heys, University College London
Dr Simbarashe Chimhuya, University of Zimbabwe
NIHR Global Health Research Unit: Learning Health care systems for Newborns in low resource settings.
Chair Bertie Squire, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Rob Heyderman
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome: This application was not approved for funding by DHSC
Project ref: 134106
Professor Nicholas Wareham, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Professor Shane Norris, University of the Witwatersrand
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Pan African Adolescent Health (PAHRU): preventing Non Communicable Disease risk
Chair Bertie Squire, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Stephen Tollman, Nonhlanhla Nxumlalo, Alafia Samuels
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 133252
Professor Marc Suhrcke, The University of York
Professor Indrani Gupta, University of Delhi, India
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Health financing for UHC in challenging times: leaving no-one behind
Chair Bertie Squire, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Stephen Tollman, Nonhlanhla Nxumlalo
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Fund with changes
Project ref: 134626
Professor Dame Caroline Watkins, University of Central Lancashire
Professor Jeyaraj Pandian, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India
NIHR Global Heath Research Unit on improving stroke care in India, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Vietnam at the University of Central Lancashire (IMPROVISE-Global HRU)
Chair Jane Norman, Stephen Tollman (deputy)
Conflicts None reported
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134688
Professor Richard Sullivan, King's College London
Professor Manju Sengar, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Cancer
Chair Jane Norman, Stephen Tollman (deputy)
Conflicts Anna Dare, Alison Elliott, Rob Heyderman, Alan Sanchez
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134530
Professor Daniel Pope, University of Liverpool
Dr James Mwitari, AMREF International University, Kenya
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on CLEAN-Air (Africa) Unit “Clean modern energy for all”. Benefitting health, society, environment and climate in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Chair Jane Norman, Stephen Tollman (deputy)
Conflicts Bertie Squire
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Fund with changes
Project ref: 133716
Professor Mark Woolhouse, The University of Edinburgh
Professor Gordon Awandare, University of Ghana
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa at The University of Edinburgh (TIBA2)
Chair Bertie Squire, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Moses Chimbari, Gail Davey, Alison Elliott, Caroline Jones, Dorcas Kamuya
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134712
Dr Oyinlola Oyebode, University of Warwick
Dr Romaina Iqbal, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Healthy Food Environments for Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods
Chair Bertie Squire, Jane Norman (deputy)
Conflicts Nonhlanhla Nxumlalo
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134143
Professor Catherine Robinson, The University of Manchester
Professor Indika Gawarammana, University of Peradeniya
NIHR Global Health Unit for the Prevention of Self Harm and Suicide - NIHR GHUPOSS
Chair Stephen Tollman, Bertie Squire (deputy)
Conflicts Jane Norman, Alan Sanchez
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134755
Professor Shakila Thangaratinam, University of Birmingham
Professor Hadiza Galadanci, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
NIHR Global Health Unit on Maternal and Perinatal Health (Glo-MAP)
Chair Stephen Tollman, Bertie Squire (deputy)
Conflicts Alison Elliott, Jane Norman
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Project ref: 134108
Professor Dilly Anumba, The University of Sheffield
Dr Shams El Arifeen, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
NIHR GHR Unit on PRevention and management of major morbidities to IMprove maternal and nEwborn health in LMICs (PRIME).
Chair Stephen Tollman, Bertie Squire (deputy)
Conflicts Gail Davey, Aliya Naheed
ODA compliant Yes
Outcome Decline
Summary
| NIHR Reference | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 134298 | NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Eye Health | DECLINE |
| 134801 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Inequalities | FUND WITH CHANGES |
| 133891 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Developing Care Models for Serious Mental Disorders in Resource poor Settings | DECLINE |
| 134232 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Early Childhood Development for Peacebuilding | DECLINE |
| 134702 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Neurodevelopment and AutisM in South ASia Treatment and Evidence - NAMASTE | FUND WITH CHANGES |
| 134752 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Vaccines in Africa | DECLINE |
| 134110 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit: Learning Health care systems for Newborns in low resource settings. | DECLINE |
| 134106 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Pan African Adolescent Health (PAHRU): preventing Non Communicable Disease risk | DECLINE |
| 133252 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Health financing for UHC in challenging times: leaving no-one behind | FUND WITH CHANGES |
| 134626 | NIHR Global Heath Research Unit on improving stroke care in India, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Vietnam at the University of Central Lancashire (IMPROVISE-Global HRU) | DECLINE |
| 134688 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Cancer | DECLINE |
| 134530 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on CLEAN-Air(Africa) Unit “Clean modern energy for all”. Benefitting health, society, environment and climate in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. | FUND WITH CHANGES |
| 133716 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa at The University of Edinburgh (TIBA2) | DECLINE |
| 134712 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Healthy Food Environments for Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods | DECLINE |
| 134143 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit for the Prevention of Self Harm and Suicide NIHR GHUPOSS | DECLINE |
| 134755 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Maternal and Perinatal Health (Glo-MAP) | DECLINE |
| 134108 | NIHR Global Health Research Unit on PRevention and management of major morbidities to IMprove maternal and nEwborn health in LMICs (PRIME). | DECLINE |