NIHR Senior Investigators 2023

Published: 01 March 2023

Version: 1.0 - March 2023

In March 2023, the NIHR announced the appointment of 56 NIHR Senior Investigators in the 16th round of awards.

27 new appointments

Name	Institution	Primary Research Field
Professor Peymane Adab	University of Birmingham	Public Health
Professor Quentin Anstee	University of Newcastle upon Tyne	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Professor Penny Bee	The University of Manchester	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Yvonne Birks	University of York	Social Care
Professor Jackie Bridges	University of Southampton	Older People
Professor Barbara Casadei	University of Oxford	Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
Professor Claudia Cooper	Queen Mary University of London	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Adnan Custovic	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	Paediatrics
Professor Paola Dazzan	King's College London	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Alastair Denniston	University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	Ophthalmology & Optometry & Orthoptics
Professor Soo Downe	University of Central Lancashire	Health Care Sciences & Services
Professor Jo Dumville	The University of Manchester	Epidemiology
Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn	The University of Manchester	Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Professor Anthony Gordon	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	Intensive Care
Professor Richard Grieve	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	Economics
Professor Michael Hanna	University College London	Neurology
Professor Lorraine Harper	University of Birmingham	Nephrology & Urology
Professor Catherine Hewitt	University of York	Statistical Sciences
Professor Pearse Keane	University College London	Ophthalmology & Optometry & Orthoptics
Professor Katherine Payne	The University of Manchester	Economics
Professor Sonia Saxena	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	Primary Health Care
Professor James Spicer	King's College London	Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Professor Karen Spilsbury	University of Leeds	Nursing
Professor Stephanie Taylor	Queen Mary University of London	Primary Health Care
Professor Tom Wilkinson	University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust	Respiratory Diseases
Professor Janelle Yorke	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	Nursing
Professor Alys Young	The University of Manchester	Social Care

29 reappointments

Name	Institution	Primary Research Field
Professor Kathryn Abel	The University of Manchester	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Ashley Adamson	University of Newcastle upon Tyne	Public Health
Professor Anthony Avery	University of Nottingham	Primary Health Care
Professor Antonio Belli	University of Birmingham	Neurosciences
Professor Iain Buchan	University of Liverpool	Public Health
Professor Tim Coleman	University of Nottingham	Primary Health Care
Professor Matt Costa	University of Oxford	Orthopaedics
Professor Mike Crawford	Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust	Mental Health
Professor Johann S de Bono	Institute of Cancer Research: The Royal Cancer Hospital	Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Professor Krysia Dziedzic	Keele University	Primary Health Care
Professor Naomi Fulop	University College London	Policy & Services
Professor Simon Gilbody	University of York	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Ian P Hall	University of Nottingham	Respiratory Diseases
Professor Alison Holmes	University of Liverpool	Infectious Diseases
Professor Timothy Illidge	The University of Manchester	Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Professor Dame Tina Lavender	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Midwifery
Professor Richard McManus	University of Oxford	Primary Health Care
Professor Helen McShane	University of Oxford	Infectious Diseases
Professor Richard Morriss	University of Nottingham	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Paul Moss	University of Birmingham	Haematology
Professor Kevin J Munro	The University of Manchester	Audiology and hearing sciences
Professor Philip Newsome	University of Birmingham	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Professor Jugnoo Rahi	University College London	Ophthalmology & Optometry & Orthoptics
Professor Nick Reynolds	University of Newcastle upon Tyne	Dermatology
Professor Avan Sayer	University of Newcastle upon Tyne	Geriatrics
Professor Tom Solomon	University of Liverpool	Neurology
Professor Mark Thursz	Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Professor Chris Todd	The University of Manchester	Health Care Sciences & Services
Professor Lucy Yardley	University of Bristol	Behavioural science

14 new NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigators

Name	Institution	Primary Research Field
Professor Jane Blazeby	University of Bristol	Surgery
Professor Janet Dunn	University of Warwick	Statistical Sciences
Professor Fang Gao	University of Birmingham	Anaesthesiology
Professor Chris Hollis	University of Nottingham	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor David A Lomas	University College London	Respiratory Diseases
Professor Jonathan Mant	University of Cambridge	Primary Health Care
Professor Dion G Morton	University of Birmingham	Surgery
Professor Peter Openshaw	NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre	Respiratory Diseases
Professor Gavin Perkins	University of Warwick	Intensive Care
Professor Philip Quirke	University of Leeds	Pathology
Professor Jane Sandall	King's College London	Health Care Sciences & Services
Professor Emily Simonoff	King's College London	Mental Health & Psychiatry
Professor Judith Stephenson	University College London	Public Health
Professor Stuart Taylor	University College London	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Contents

27 new appointments

29 reappointments

14 new NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigators