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Programme Grants for Applied Research - Subcommittee B

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Published: 01 May 2019

Version: 4.0 - January 2024

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NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research has two subcommittees that assess Stage 2 applications.

Subcommittee B Chairs 

Professor Simon HellerProfessor George Peat and Professor Alan Smyth are the Co-Chairs of PGfAR subcommittee B.

Subcommittee B membership

Generalists

NamePositionOrganisation
Associate Professor Nathan Davies Associate Professor of Ageing and Applied Health Research University College London
Professor Vari M Drennan Professor of Health Care and Policy Research Kingston University & St. George's University of London
Professor Colin Greaves Professor of Psychology Applied to Health University of Birmingham
Professor Belinda Lennox Professor Psychiatry University of Oxford
Professor Richard Martin Professor of Clinical Epidemiology University of Bristol
Dr Catriona McDaid Professor of Applied Health Research University of York
Professor Gavin Murphy Professor of Cardiac Surgery University of Leicester
Professor Kate O'Donnell Professor of Primary Care R&D University of Glasgow
Professor Mari Carmen Portillo Professor of  Long Term Conditions University of Southampton
Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman Professor of Clinical Neurology

University of Edinburgh
Dr Emma Thomas-Jones Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Infections, Inflammation & Immunity Research Division Cardiff University
Professor Sarah Wild Professor of Epidemiology University of Edinburgh

Health Economists

NamePositionOrganisation
Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons Professor of Health Outcomes Research and Director Swansea University
Dr Manuel De Oliveira Gomes Senior Lecturer in Health Economics University College London
Dr Irina Kinchin Research Assistant Professor The University of Dublin

PPI

NamePosition Organisation
Ms Nett Furley Public Representative -
Reverend Stephen Habgood Public Representative  -
Mrs Rita Long Public Representative
Mr John Pemberton Public Representative -
Mrs Angela Ruddock Public Representative
Mr David Taylor Public Representative -

Qualitative and behavioural experts

NamePositionOrganisation
Professor Christopher Armitage Professor of Health Psychology University of Manchester
Professor Sarah Dean Professor in Psychology Applied to Rehabilitation & Health University of Exeter
Professor Carrie Llewellyn Professor of Applied Behavioural Medicine University of Sussex
Dr Rachel McNamara Director for Brain Health and Mental Wellbeing Trials and Principal Research Fellow Cardiff University
Professor Carolyn Tarrant Professor of Health Services Research University of Leicester

Statisticians

NamePositionOrganisation
Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology University of Exeter
Dr Peter Martin Associate Professor in Biostatistics and Psychological Methods University College London
Dr Obioha Ukoumunne Associate Professor in Medical Statistics University of Exeter