NIHR Research for Patient Benefit is a national funding programme that funds research on a regional level through eight Regional Advisory Committees. Each region has a local committee chair and members, and patient or public members.
Regional chair
Professor Kevin J Munro is Chair of the North West Regional Advisory Committee for NIHR Research for Patient Benefit.
Committee members
| Name | Position | Organisation | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Katherine Berry | Professor of Clinical Psychology | University of Manchester | A health service researcher and clinical psychologist. She specialises in severe mental health problems with a focus developing and evaluating more accessible psychological therapies |
| Dr Helen Brooks | Senior Lecturer | University of Manchester | Qualitative methods, social networks, the implementation of interventions designed to improve global mental health, service user/carer experiences mental health, chronic conditions |
| Professor Iain Bruce | Consultant Paediatric Otolaryngologist and Professor of Paediatric Otolaryngology | Royal Manchester Children's Hospital | Paediatric Otolaryngology, Sleep Disordered Breathing, Childhood Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implantation, Bone Conduction Implants |
| Dr Lesley-Anne Carter | Lecturer in Biostatistics | University of Manchester | Statistician with expertise in research methodology, clinical trials and intensive longitudinal designs. Interest in mental health |
| Professor Suresh Chhetri | Consultant Neurologist | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Neurology, Motor Neuron Disease, end of life care in neurodegenerative conditions |
| Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons | Professor of Healthcare Innovation and Technology | Liverpool John Moores University | Mixed methods evaluation of innovative care delivery models, particularly those embedding technology-enabled capacity building |
| Dr Alys Griffiths | Lecturer in Clinical Psychology | University of Liverpool | Mixed-methods independent research in social care, with a focus on older people's care, dementia and long-term care.I have expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research and also teach qualitative and quantitative research methods to doctoral level students |
| Dr Ferhana Hashem | Reader in Health Services Research | University of Kent | Qualitative methods Rare and life-limiting conditions Respiratory health Palliative and end-of-life care |
| Dr Maria Horne | Associate Professor in Community & Public Health | University of Leeds | Expertise is primarily in qualitative and mixed methods research related to promotion of health and wellbeing across the life course, self-care, healthy ageing, public health and community care. In terms of qualitative research I have reached a strong level of competency in ethnography, grounded theory, qualitative description design and constructivist phenomenology. I also have a strong level of competency in sequential and concurrent mixed methods designs. |
| Mrs Glenys Hunt | Public Member | - | - |
| Professor Gregory Lip | Price Evans Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine | University of Liverpool | Atrial fibrillation, thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy, hypertension, heart failure |
| Dr Matthew Parkes | Lecturer in Clinical Trial Statistics | University of Oxford | Chronic disease clinical trials methodology, statistics, musculoskeletal clinical trials, and outcomes research |
| Dr Stephen Preece | Senior Research Fellow | University of Salford | - |
| Mr John Roberts | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Eduard Shantsila | Senior Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care and Mental Health | University of Liverpool | Research focuses on cardiovascular health in general practice (hypertension, atrial fibrillation, heart failure), ageing and multi-morbidity, using RCT, observational and translational studies. |
| Mr Steve Telford | Public Member | - | - |
| Dr Laura Ternent | Senior Lecturer & Deputy Director RDS NENC | Newcastle University | Health economics. Economic Evaluation |
| Dr Gillian Yeowell | Reader Musculoskeletal Health & Wellbeing | Manchester Metropolitan University | musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapist, improving patient outcomes and quality of life, qualitative research, Musculoskeletal Neurological, health services research |