NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research has two subcommittees that assess Stage 2 applications.
Subcommittee A chairs
Professor Richard Watt and Professor Rebecca Kearney are the Co-Chairs of PGfAR subcommittee A.
Subcommittee A membership
Generalists
Name Position Organisation
Professor Anthony Avery
GP and Professor of Primary Health Care
University of Nottingham
Professor Penny Bee
Professor of Applied Mental Health Research
University of Manchester
Professor Olga Ciccarelli
Professor of Neurology University College London
Professor Tim Coleman
Professor in Primary Care
University of Nottingham
Professor Andrew Cook
Professorial Fellow-Enterprise University of Southampton
Professor Matthew Hickman
Professor of Public Health Medicine
University of Bristol
Professor Carmel Hughes
Professor of Primary Care Pharmacy
Queen's University of Belfast
Professor Gregory Lip
Price Evans Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Liverpool
Dr Elsa Marques
Associate Professor in Health Economics University of Bristol
Professor Carl Philpott
Professor of Rhinology & Olfactology University of East Anglia
Dr Gillian Shorter
Reader in Clinical Psychology Queens University Belfast
Professor Stephanie Taylor
Professor in Public Health and Primary Care
Queen Mary University of London
Health economists
Name Position Organisation
Professor Claire Hulme Professor in Health Economics University of Exeter
Dr David Meads Associate Professor - Health Economics University of Leeds
Professor Subhash Pokhrel Professor of Health Economics Brunel University London
PPI
Name Position Organisation
Ms Anica Alvarez Nishio Public Representative -
Miss Sheena Bhageerutty
Public Representative
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Mrs Jules Griffiths Public Representative -
Ms Julie Stone Public Representative -
Ms Mavis Wenham Public Representative -
Qualitative and behavioural experts
Name Position Organisation
Professor Steve Gillard Professor, Mental Health
City, University of London
Professor Catherine Haighton Professor of Public Health Northumbria University
Professor Glenn Robert Chair in Healthcare Quality and Innovation King's College London
Professor Sara Shaw Professor of Health Policy & Practice University of Oxford
Professor Kavita Vedhara Professor of Health Psychology University of Nottingham
Statisticians
Name Position Organisation
Professor Ruth Dundas Professor of Social Epidemiology University of Glasgow
Dr Kim Goldsmith Reader in Medical Statistics King's College London
Professor Kelvin Jordan Professor of Biostatistics Keele University
Professor Issy Reading Principal Medical Statistician University of Southampton
Professor Stephen Walters Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials University of Sheffield
