The PHR Prioritisation Committee advises on the identification and prioritisation of research topics and stage 1 proposals based on public health importance.
Programme Director
- Professor Brian Ferguson, Director, NIHR Public Health Research Programme (Committee Chair)
Members
- Mr Victor Agbontean - Public Committee Member
- Dr Jo Bibby - Director of Health, Health Foundation
- Dr Julie Bishop - Director of Health Improvement, Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- Dr Adam Briggs - Deputy Director of Public Health, Oxfordshire County Council
- Mrs Ruth Chambers - Public Committee Member
- Ms Rachel Clark - Head of Evidence and Evaluation, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
- Professor Alisha Davies - Head of Research & Evaluation, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- Miss Hannah Drew - Public Committee Member
- Dr Catherine Falconer - Deputy Director, of Health Equity and Inclusion Health, UK Health Security Agency
- Dr Naomh Gallagher -Specialty Registrar, Public Health Agency NI
- Professor Mark Gamsu, Professor of Local Democracy and Health, Leeds Beckett University
- Dr Susan Hampshaw - Head of Public Health, Doncaster Council
- Ms Farrah Hart - Consultant in Public Health, Mayor of London Office
- Ms Emily Humphreys - Associate Director Public Health, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Ms Louise Hurst - Consultant in Public Health, Buckinghamshire Council
- Dr Wikum Jayatunga - Consultant in Public Health, Camden and Islington Public Health
- Professor Gerry McCartney - Professor of Wellbeing Economy, University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
- Dr Susanna Mills - Public Health Registrar and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Newcastle University
- Ms Nikki Morris - CEO, Deafblind UK
- Dr Kay Nolan - Associate Director (Surveillance), Centre for Guidelines, NICE
- Miss Philippa Osei - Public Committee Member
- Mr David Pye - Programme Manager Research, Local Government Association
- Dr Garth Reid - Public Health Consultant, Public Health Scotland
- Mr Nigel Riglar - Director of Environment and Community Services, South Gloucestershire Council
- Miss Emily Slade - Public Committee Member
- Ms Joanne Smithson - Head of Implementation & Learning, What Works Centre for Wellbeing
- Mr Paul Southon - Member, Citizens Advice Birmingham
- Mrs Jean Spencer - Public Committee Member
- Miss Samantha Start - Public Health Lead, Sunderland City Council
- Ms Humera Sultan - Consultant in Public Health, Birmingham City Council
- Mr Michael Thomas-Sam - Strategic Business Adviser Social Care, Kent County Council
- Dr Rachel Thompson - Specialty Registrar & Honorary Lecturer, University of Glasgow
- Mr John Wilderspin - Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Network Committee, Mind