The remit of the Selection Committees is to support the development of the NIHR Research Professorships and Global Research Professorships, assess applications, interview candidates and make funding recommendations based on quality.
Applications are assessed by our Selection Committee. Membership is reviewed regularly and adjusted in response to need. If you would like to register your interest to join this committee, please complete the expression of interest form.
The International Expert Review Selection Committee is composed of the members listed below.
NIHR Research Professorships
International Expert Review Research Professorship Selection Sub-Committee Membership 2023
- Professor Richard McManus (Chair), Professor of Primary Care, University of Oxford
- Professor Kerry Hood (Deputy Chair), Director, Centre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, Wales
- Professor Louise Kenny (Deputy Chair), Executive Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Liverpool
- Professor Gina Higginbottom, Emeritus Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health, School of Health Sciences,University of Nottingham
- Professor Jacques Galipeau, Don and Marilyn Anderson Professor in Oncology, Associate Dean for Therapeutics Development, Director, Program for Advanced Cell Therapy, University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA
- Professor Karen Luker, Queen’s Nursing Institute Professor of Community, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester
- Professor Martin Knapp, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Professor Matthew Griffin, Professor of Transplant Biology, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
- Professor Nadine Foster, Director - Research & Education STARS, University of Queensland, Australia
- Professor Wendy Tindale, Scientific Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Professor Norbert Krug, Professor of Immunology, Allergology and Clinical Airway Research and has been Medical Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Germany
NIHR Global Research Professorships
International Expert Review Global Research Professorship Selection Sub-Committee Membership 2022
- Professor Ibrahim Abubakar (Chair), Dean, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London
- Professor Address Malata, Vice Chancellor of the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), Malawi
- Professor Alastair Leyland, Professor of Population Health Statistics, University of Glasgow
- Professor Bruce Hollingsworth, Professor of Health Economics, Lancaster University
- Professor Harish Nair, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health, The University of Edinburgh
- Professor Jonathan Ball, Professor of Molecular Virology, University of Nottingham
- Professor Malabika Sarkar, Professor & Associate Dean of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh
- Professor Naomi Levitt, Professor of Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Professor Oye Gureje, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Professor Richard Adanu, Professor of Women’s Reproductive Health, University of Ghana
- Professor Robert Heyderman, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London
- Professor Virginia Bond, Professor Anthropology of Public Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine