The PHR Funding Committee plays an important role in assessing proposals and identifying topics for research based on their scientific quality, feasibility, and value for money.
Programme Director
Professor Brian Ferguson - Director, NIHR Public Health Research Programme
Programme Chair
Professor Peymane Adab - Professor of Public Health, University of Birmingham (Committee Chair)
Members
- Dr Salma Ayis - Reader in Medical Statistics, King's College London
- Associate Professor Derrick Bennett - Associate Professor, University of Oxford
- Ms Rachel Clark - Head of Evidence and Evaluation, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
- Professor Frank de Vocht - Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Bristol
- Dr Karen Exley - Group Leader Air Quality and Public Health, UK Health Security Agency
- Professor Emma Frew - Professor in Health Economics, University of Birmingham
- Professor Judith Green - Professor of Sociology, University of Exeter
- Professor Susan Griffin - Professor of Health Economics, University of York
- Dr Dougal Hargreaves - Houston Reader in Paediatrics & Population Health, Imperial College London
- Dr Benjamin Hawkins - Senior Research Associate (Health Policy), University of Cambridge
- Professor Ruth Hunter - Professor of Public and Planetary Health, Queen's University of Belfast
- Dr Judi Kidger - Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
- Professor Ruth Kipping - Professor of Public Health, Bristol Medical School
- Dr Chris Kypridemos - Senior Lecturer in Public Health Informatics & Data Science, University of Liverpool
- Dr Anthony Laverty - Lecturer, Imperial College London
- Professor James Lewsey - Professor of Medical Statistics, University of Glasgow
- Dr Mary Madden - Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, University of York
- Professor Elizabeth McDermott - Professor of Mental Health & Society, University of Birmingham
- Ms Tess McManus - Public Member
- Professor Petra Meier - Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow
- Professor Graham Moore - Professor of Social Sciences & Public Health, Cardiff University
- Dr Magdalena Opazo Breton - Senior Research Fellow, The University of Nottingham
- Dr Madeleine Power - Research Fellow, University of York
- Professor Sarah Rodgers - Professor of Health Informatics, University of Liverpool
- Mr Roy Shubhabrata - Public Member
- Professor Jolene Skordis - Professor of Economics, University College London
- Mr Jack Welch - Public Member
- Professor James Woodcock - Professor of Transport and Health Modelling / Programme Lead Public Health Modelling, University of Cambridge