NIHR Programme Grants for Applied Research has two subcommittees that assess Stage 2 applications.
Subcommittee B Chairs
Professor Simon Heller , Professor George Peat and Professor Alan Smyth are the Co-Chairs of PGfAR subcommittee B.
Subcommittee B membership
Generalists
Name Position Organisation
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
Name Position Organisation
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
Name Position Organisation
Ms Nett Furley
Public Representative
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Reverend Stephen Habgood
Public Representative
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Mrs Rita Long
Public Representative
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Mr John Pemberton
Public Representative
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Mrs Angela Ruddock
Public Representative
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Mr David Taylor
Public Representative
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Qualitative and behavioural experts
Name Position Organisation
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
Name Position Organisation
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