Date and Location
Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th January 2024, Virtual Meeting Via Zoom
Attendance
- Professor Joe Jarvis (Co Chair)
- Professor Venkat Narayan (Co Chair)
- Professor Pamela Abbot (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Amrita Ahluwalia (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Carrol Gamble (Funding Committee Member)
- Dr Lydia Kaduka (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Christopher Millett (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Mosa Moshabela (Funding Committee Member)
- Dr Aliya Naheed (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Elijah Ogola (Funding Committee Member)
- Dr Mojisola Oluwasanu (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Anushka Patel (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Catherine Sackley (Funding Committee Member) (Day 1)
- Professor Flavia Mori Sarti (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Freddie Ssengooba (Funding Committee Member)
- Professor Rod Taylor (Funding Committee Member)
- Dr Rachael Thomson (Funding Committee Member)
Observers
- Professor Kara Hanson
- Noor Akbar (Day 2)
- Ms Koiwah Koi-Larbi
- Professor Wilma Valsalan
- Mr Saifullah Khan
Secretariat
- Dr Nicola Commander
- Dr Louise Kim
- Bronwyn Mathews
- Dr Reena D'Souza
- Sam Howes (Day 1)
- Ryan Hollands (Day 1)
- Allison Potter (Day 2)
- Curtis Dixon (Day 2)
Welcome and Introductions
Chair - Professor Joe Jarvis and Professor Venkat Narayan officially welcomed everyone to the meeting and introduced themselves.
Purpose of the meeting and process for accessing applications
The Chair (Professor Joe Jarvis) reminded the Funding Committee about the assessment criteria, process for assessing the applications and the purpose of the meeting; to make recommendations to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on which applications should proceed to Stage 2 and which applications should be rejected at Stage 1. A video on unconscious bias was shown to the Committee following a practice voting.
RIGHT Call 7 Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR207021: Innovating Community Health: AI-Enhanced Early Detection and Management of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease
Conflicts: Ms Koiwah Koi-Larbi
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207001: Detection and Management of Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases during Adolescence in South-East Asia
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207026: HEARTSA (Health Expansion And Role Transformation) Reducing cardiovascular disease through South African community health workers
Conflicts: Professor Mosa Moshabela
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207004: SCLEDAM: Sustainable Community Level Early Detection and Management of Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Accidents
Conflicts: Dr Mojisola Oluwasanu, Professor Elijah Ogola
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206987: Community-led digitally-aided support system for cardiovascular disease prevention: starting in pregnancy extending to the family
Conflicts: Professor Christopher Millet, Professor Rod Taylor, Professor Anushka Patel, Dr Lydia Kaduka
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207027: Pre-emptIng Cardiovascular risk in 4000 Sub-Saharan households [PICASSO-4000]
Conflicts: Professor Flavia Mori Sarti, Professor Christopher Millett, Professor Anushka Patel, Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Elijah Ogola, Professor Mosa Moshabela, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206979: Improving Cardiovascular Health Equity in South America: Integrating the WHO-HEARTS Framework and Digital Support
Conflicts: Professor Flavia Mori Sarti, Professor Pamela Abbott, Professor Rod Taylor, Professor Christopher Millett
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206985: SPARKLE: Nepal; Stroke Prevention by tackling vascular risk across the Lifespan in Nepal
Conflicts: Professor Rod Taylor
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207006: Enhanced risk stratification for early detection and intervention to reduce risk of CVD in Malaysia
Conflicts: Professor Rod Taylor, Dr Aliya Naheed
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206990: Collaborative Learning to Empower Primary Care for Managing Cardiovascular Risk in Pakistan (CLEAR Study)
Conflicts: Professor Christopher Millett, Dr Aliya Naheed
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206995: DiaMoS:Design/Implementation/evaluation of EHR-based detection, treatment, and control of cardiovascular Metabolic risk factors in Serbia
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Sackley, Professor Christopher Millett, Dr Lydia Kaduka
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206975: Integrated Community Approach to Achieving Cardiovascular Health (iCATCH) in Kenya and Tanzania
Conflicts: Professor Elijah Ogola, Dr Lydia Kaduka
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206988: Integrated, co-developed intervention for detection and management of cardiometabolic risk factors in older Indians (CARDIO-INDIA)
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Anushka Patel, Dr Aliya Naheed, Professor Catherine Sackley, Professor Elijah Ogola, Professor Mosa Moshabela
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207002: A Low-Cost, Scalable Treatment Strategy for Improving Hypertension Control in Low and Middle-Income Settings
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Anushka Patel, Professor, Christopher Millett, Dr Aliya Naheed, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206983: Community-based postpartum intervention to reduce cardiometabolic risks in women with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206981: Primary care Referral linkages through health navigator model for patients with Hypercholesterolemia in Pakistan (PRIME-HC-PAK)
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Anushka Patel, Professor Christopher Millet
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206994: Clinical practice guideline for Ayurvedic practitioners to manage metabolic conditions in India and Nepal
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Sackley, Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Anushka Patel, Dr Aliya Naheed, Professor Rod Taylor
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207008: Development, implementation and evaluation of a hypertension screening and management programme in Vietnam and Malaysia
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207019: Transforming prevention of cardiometabolic diseases in Bangladesh: stepwise, scalable approaches focusing on multiple diseases
Conflicts: Dr Aliya Naheed, Professor Rod Taylor
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206966: Early Detection of Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Community Settings in Kenya
Conflicts: Dr Lydia Kaduka, Professor Elijah Ogola
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207052: Enhancing Cardiometabolic Health in Rural Egypt
Conflicts: Professor Christopher Millett
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206993: Accelerating African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology and a Vibrant Ecosystem (ACHIEVE)
Conflicts: Professor Anushka Patel, Dr Mojisola Oluwasanu, Professor Rod Taylor, Professor Elijah Ogola, Dr Lydia Kaduka, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207035: Rural and urban models for early detection and management of metabolic risk factors in Bangladesh
Conflicts: Dr Aliya Naheed, Professor Joseph Jarvis
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206992: Data-driven approach to early CVDs detection and personalised risk surveillance for rural-areas and hill-tribes
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206977: Pressure drops (Preventing Strokes in Urban and Rural Populations in Sierra Leone)
Conflicts: Professor Catherine Sackley
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206964: Programme to detect and manage metabolic-risk factors for cardiovascular disease in newly-diagnosed cancer patients (PROACTIVE)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206969: Addressing Cardiovascular Disease risk factors in India
Conflicts: Dr Aliya Naheed
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206965: Integrated management of metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in community and primary care setting
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206968: Cardiovascular disease risk reduction in sub–Saharan Africa (CARisSA)
Conflicts: Professor Anushka Patel, Professor Joe Jarvis, Professor Elijah Ogola, Dr Lydia Kaduka
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207023: Prevention and treatment of NCDs through scale-up of the polypill in South Africa
Conflicts: Professor Anushka Patel, Professor Christopher Millett, Professor Joe Jarvis, Professor Mosa Moshabela, Professor Elijah Ogola
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207031: Co-creation of a national technology-enabled program to support weight management in Thailand
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Joe Jarvis
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206996: Early Detection and Management of Metabolic Risk Factors at Primary care in sub-Saharan Africa
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Dr Rachael Thomson, Professor Joe Jarvis, Professor Christopher Millett, Dr Aliya Naheed
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207012: Leveraging Malawian cohorts and biobank to establish sustainable community responses aimed at addressing cardiometabolic risk
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Rod Taylor, Professor Joe Jarvis
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207033: Early Detection and Management of Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in East Africa (DeMAR-EA)
Conflicts: Professor Elijah Ogola, Professor Joe Jarvis, Professor Venkat Narayan
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207046: Community-based Research for Assessment, Detection and management of hypertension after pregnancy for Lifetime Benefit (CRADLE-B)
Conflicts: Professor Elijah Ogola, Ms Koiwah Koi-Larbi
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207034: Intervention Programme for Metabolic Risk Factor-Related Cardiovascular Disease Including Stroke (PreventCVDs)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207050: I-CARE: Integrated Cardiovascular risk reduction in HIV care through multi-level strategies and implementation research networks
Conflicts: Professor Mosa Moshabela
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207016: Pregnancy as an Opportunity to Prioritise Mothers Cardiocerebrovascular Health in Uganda: PROMOTE-U
Conflicts: Professor Carrol Gamble, Professor Amrita Ahluwalia
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207015: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Screening and Hypertension Management (CREME) in low-income sub-Saharan African settings
Conflicts: Professor Venkat Narayan, Professor Anushka Patel, Professor Flavia MorI Sarti, Dr Aliya Naheed, Professor Mosa Moshabela, Professor Elijah Ogola,
Dr Lydia Kaduka
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207029: Community-based mobile-health intervention to improve cardiovascular and stroke risk due to hyperglycaemia in Malaysia (MyCARDIO-Care)
Conflicts: Professor Anushka Patel, Dr Aliya Naheed
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206974: “Ubumi Bwandi – Healthy Heart”: A community-based integrated intervention to address cardiometabolic risk-factors in Zambia.
Conflicts: Professor Joe Jarvis
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR207025: mHealth Intervention for Cardiometabolic Disease Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (CARDIOSSA)
Conflicts: Professor Anushka Patel, Professor Elijah Ogola, Professor Mosa Moshabela, Ms Koiwah Koi-Larbi
Outcome: Decline
NIHR206970: Participatory Learning and Action for Detection and Management of Raised Blood Pressure in Sierra Leone
Conflicts: Professor Pamela Abbot, Professor Anushka Patel
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206976: Community-Pharmacies managing hypertension: intervention development and Evaluation in Bangladesh and Pakistan (COPE-BP).
Conflicts: Professor Flavia Mori Sarti, Professor Rod Taylor, Dr Aliya Naheed
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206998: Early Detection and Management of Hypertension in Pregnancy through Telemedicine and Task-shifting.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207044: Preventing cardiovascular disease in vulnerable populations in Peru and Bolivia
Conflicts: Dr Rachael Thomson, Professor Christopher Millett
Outcome: Decline
NIHR207028: Early Cardiovascular Disease And Stroke Detection Application Enhanced by Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Decline